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Enough with the GOP ‘Sophie’s Choice’ Nonsense
Seriously? Plug “GOP Sophie’s Choice” into the Googletron and you get this. Representative sample from the Boston Herald: Latest Donald Trump win creates a GOP ‘Sophie’s Choice’ Donald Trump’s stirring primary victories in South Carolina and New Hampshire are a … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Herald, Donald Trump, Googletron, GOP, Hobson's Choice, Patrick Griffin, Sophie's Choice, William Styron
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Ads ‘n’ Ends From the Campaign Trail
Itemizing some deductions from the 2016 presidential race. Item: Local TV Stations Love All White House Wannabes Nobody profits from a presidential race more than the broadcast and cable outlets in the early primary states. From Bloomberg Politics: Local TV … Continue reading
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Tagged Bloomberg Politics, Buzzfeed, BuzzFeed Motion Pictures, BuzzFeed Politics, Campaign Media Analysis Group, CMAG, Dale Woods, Des Moines, Dustup 2016, enail Clinton, FCC, Friskies cat food native ads, GOP, Hillary Clinton emails, Iowa, Jeb Buh, Kantar Media, native video ads, New Hampshire, Pandora, Rena Shapiro, Republican National Committee, Right to Rise, RNC, the art of the pussyble, Washington Times, WHO-TV
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Ask Dr. Ads: What’s Up With The Starbucks Shutdown Ad?
Well the Doc opened up the old mailbag today and here’s what poured out. Dear Dr. Ads, I was enjoying a latte at the Coolidge Corner Starbucks and reading the New York Times yesterday when I came across this ad: … Continue reading
WSJ Says GOP All Wee-Wee’d Up
The Wall Street Journal editorial page, which routinely serves up more red meat than an Iowa slaughterhouse, featured this in Wednesday’s edition: The Bedwetter Caucus That didn’t take long. Much as we predicted last week, the Republican Party’s Bedwetter Caucus … Continue reading
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Tagged GOP, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, pee you, The Bedwetter Caucus, Wee Weed Up, WSJ.
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Why Did The GOP Lie When The Truth Was Apparently Worse?
The other day the hardworking staff noted that the Republican National Committee had, according to Bloomberg News, “altered the audio of U.S. Supreme Court (1000L) oral arguments in an attack on President Barack Obama’s health-care law.” In a web ad circulated this week, the … Continue reading
RNC’s “War on Women” Counterattack
Last week MoveOn.org began running a paid TV spot accusing the GOP of waging a war on women: This week the Republican National Committee launched a counterattack in the form of an unpaid Web video: CNN anchor Erin … Continue reading
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Tagged CNN, Erin Burnett, Glenn Beck, GOP, MoveOn, RNC, The Blaze, war on women
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The Daily Caller Sells Out Its Readers – Again
This is the second time in two weeks the Daily Caller has pimped out its email list to a GOP presidential candidate. First it was Herman Cain telling the hardworking staff he was getting high-tech-lynched by the left-wing media. Now … Continue reading
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Tagged email list, GOP, Herman Cain, inevitable nominee, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, The Daily Caller
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Boston Globe Draws GOP Fire Over Brown/Warren Headlines
Barack Obama often talks about the silly season in politics. Now, welcome to the sensitive season. From Ben Smith’s media blog on Politico: Let the Globe grumbles begin A Republican official sends over two recent headlines from the Boston Globe … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Smith, Boston Globe, Elizabeth Warren, GOP, Politico, Scott Brown
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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Destroying The American Dream Edition)
Democracy for America, the advocacy group ginned up by Howard Dean (your scream goes here), has purchased airtime on this Sunday’s squawk shows for an ad that, according to AlterNet, “takes the GOP to task for its inability to create … Continue reading
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Tagged AlterNet, Democracy for America, GOP, Howard Dean, kill the American Dream, Sunday squawk shows
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