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Weekly Standard Whacks Mike Dukakis Re: Ethel Rosenberg
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg may have been executed in 1953 for conspiring to pass atomic secrets to Russia, as this Los Angeles Times front page noted. Except they haven’t really. During the past six decades, the Rosenbergs have been subject to more … Continue reading
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Tagged atomic secrets, Boston Globe, Boston University, boston.com, Ethel Rosenberg, Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, Joseph McCarthy, Joseph Stalin, Julius Rosenberg, Los Angeles Times, Michael Dukakis, Michael Meeropol, Robert Meeropol, Roy Cohn, Ruth Greenglass, Sacco and Vanzetti, Scrapbook, The New Red Scare, The Weekly Standard, Upton Sinclair
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Hillary Clinton Again Hitched to Death Penalty Opportunist
Yesterday’s New York Times featured this front-page piece about Hillary Clinton’s running mate, Tim Kaine. On Death Penalty Cases, Tim Kaine Revealed Inner Conflict Kevin Green’s lawyers were pleading with the governor for mercy. It was spring 2008, and Mr. … Continue reading
Campaign Symbolism 101: Donald Trump’s Emergency Landing
It turns out Donald Trump lost altitude in more than just the Iowa caucuses this week. Exhibit A: Mechanical troubles forced Trump Force One to make an emergency landing in Tennessee on Wednesday. From ABC’s The Note: Donald Trump’s Private … Continue reading
Michael Dukakis Is Snow Blind About the Blizzard of ’78
The hardworking staff yields to no man in our admiration and respect for former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, but we fear the Duke’s memory is starting to fade a bit. Dukakis held a press avail after Wednesday’s Summit o’ the … Continue reading
The Atlantic Says Bay State (Hearts) Charlie Baker
Snow kidding: The current issue of The Atlantic features this piece by Molly Ball. The Bluest Republican Why staunchly Democratic Massachusetts loves its new GOP governor “Mark Wahlberg is asking me for a pardon?,” Charlie Baker said as he folded … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Weld, boston.com, Charlie Baker, Mark Wahlberg, Martha Chokeley, Martha Coakley, MassLive, MBTA, Michael Dukakis, Mitt Romney, Molly Ball, Paul Cellucci, The Atlantic, Vivien Li, WBUR
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Hey, Politico: Tanks For The Dukakis ’88 Memories
From our Late to the Losing Party desk Politico took a trip down Memory Lane the other day in this Josh King confessional piece from the new Politico Magazine. Dukakis and the Tank The inside story of the worst campaign photo … Continue reading
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Tagged 17 point lead, 1988 presidential campaign, battle tank, Christian Science Monitor, Dan Quayle, Democratic National Convention, Ed McCabe, Josh King, Matt Bennett, Michael Dukakis, New York, Politico, Politico Magazine, Sam Donaldson, The Campaign You Never Saw
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Gov. Patrick’s Driving Ban Didn’t Keep This Carr Off The Road
First, a personal note: V-I-C-T-O-R-Y, victory victory that’s our cry! The hardlyreading staff went out earlier yesterday to find some actual newspapers – and we actually did. As we carried them triumphantly back to the Two-Daily Town Global Worldwide Headquarters, we discovered … Continue reading
DP=Deval Patrick, Dukakis Payback
From Friday’s Boston Globe: John Dukakis will help plot film office’s mission Local advertising and entertainment executive John Dukakis has agreed to lead an advisory committee to chart a new mission for the Massachusetts Film Office, and help find a … Continue reading
It’s Good To Live In A Two-Newspaper Town (Dukakis/Romney Slapfight Edition)
Tuesday’s dead-tree Boston Herald ran a State House News Service story headlined, “The Duke dumps on Romney.” Subhed: Dukakis: ‘Lousy’ gov is ‘the biggest’ letdown The ex-gubernatorial slapfight kicked off with the Duke putting up his dukes, to wit: A fiery … Continue reading
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