Tag Archives: Huey Long

The War Over ‘War of the Worlds’ – Myth or Math?

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

Conventional wisdom holds that Orson Welles’s 1938 radio broadcast of War of the Worlds terrorized an entire nation. Representative sample from the following day: But that’s not really what happened, as Jefferson Pooley and Michael J. Socolow chronicled in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A. Brad Schwartz, American Experience, Broadcast Hysteria: Orson Welles' War of the Worlds and the Art of Fake News, C.E. Hooper, Fr. Coughlin, Huey Long, Jefferson Pooley, Jon Stewart, MacMillan, Michael J. Socolow, NPR, Orson Welles, PBS, Radiolab, Slate, Stephen Colbert, The Takeaway, War of the Worlds | 4 Comments

Our Rick Perry Anti-Redemption Edition

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

As you splendid readers might – or more likely might not – remember, the hardworking staff recently noted The Weekly Standard’s rehab job on lame duck Gov. Rick Perry (R-Oops), who once again has presidential ambitions. (Far more convincing – … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Amy Davidson, Baton Rouge, Comeback Kid, Cryin' John Boehner, David Duke, deportation, Earl Long, Edwin Edwards, Fred Barnes, Huey Long, immigration hearings, Jennifer Rubin, Kingfish, KKK, Louisiana, Matt Labash, Pres. Obama, Rick Perry, Russell B. Long, Ted Cruz (Control), The New Yorker, The Weekly Standard, Washington Post | 2 Comments

The Weekly Standard, Redemption Issue (Rick Perry/Edwin Edwards Edition)

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

From our Late to the Comeback Party desk Last week’s issue of The Weekly Standard featured a pair of Act Two political characters – one failed, one jailed – auditioning for the 2014 Comeback Kid designation. Start with Fred Barnes’s take on … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Baton Rouge, Comeback Kid, David Duke, Earl Long, Edwin Edwards, Fred Barnes, Huey Long, Jennifer Rubin, Kingfish, KKK, Louisiana, Matt Labash, Rick Perry, Russell B. Long, The Weekly Standard, Washington Post | 2 Comments

Ads ‘n’ Ends

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Who Dat Who Say Louisiana Is 1st in Ethics Disclosure Laws? The Pelican State has hitched its wagon to the New Orleans Saints Super Bowl bid by running a national newspaper ad for Louisiana Economic Development headlined, “The Stats Don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Focus on the Family, Huey Long, Louisiana Economic Development, New Orleans Saints, Planned Parenthood, Rahm Emanuel, Super Bowl, Tim Tebow, Who Dat | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Huey Long

The War Over ‘War of the Worlds’ – Myth or Math?

Our Rick Perry Anti-Redemption Edition

The Weekly Standard, Redemption Issue (Rick Perry/Edwin Edwards Edition)

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