Tag Archives: Ron Paul

Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Paul Mauls Gingrich Edition)

GOP presidential quadrennial Ron (Big Dog) Paul has taken his smashmouth web video charging Newt (Top Dog) Gingrich with serial hypocrisy and cut it down to a 60-second TV spot airing in Iowa:   (“I’m Mitt Romney, and I approve this … Continue reading

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Iowa Air War Edition)

(Tip o’ the pixel: ABC’s The Note) The Iowa airwaves are stacked up like LaGuardia with ads from the GOP presidential hopefuls. Call the roll: • Ron Paul’s $429,000 Big Dog spot:   Arf. • The pro-Rick Perry Make Us Great … Continue reading

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Ad Spending Tally Edition)

MSNBC’s First Read has helpfully provided an update on TV advertising expenditures so far in the 2012 presidential election (although it’s awfully secretive about the source of its numbers): Among the GOP presidential candidates: — Perry $2.8 million (including the campaign’s national … Continue reading

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Cain & Airable Edition)

Hormone – sorry, Herman – Cain has launched his first ad campaign, and it’s, well, eminently forgettable. Via MSNBC’s First Read: DES MOINES, Iowa — Herman Cain released his first television ad of the presidential cycle today, not surprisingly, in the first-in-the-nation … Continue reading

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Ron Paul Twofer Edition)

Congressman Ron Paul (R-Anyone Seen My Right Eyebrow?) may be – actually, has been – marginalized by the mainstream media, but he’s nonetheless managed to mainstream himself in paid media. Paul is the only GOP presidential hopeful who’s run actual … Continue reading

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Dead Blogging The GOP Presidential Primary Debate

Full disclosure: The hardworking staff only saw the first and last half-hours of Wednesday night’s MSNBC Republican presidential primary slapfight, but a little of this crowd goes a long way. So . . . • If you picked “Ronald Reagan” … Continue reading

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Ron Paul Whacks Rick Perry Edition)

Presidential primary thorn Ron Paul (R-Have I Pricked You Now?) has turned his advertising sights on GOP frontrunner Rick Perry (R-Prick This). Paul’s latest ad (and, credit where credit’s due, he’s the only Republican candidate running a real on-TV – v. … Continue reading

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Let The Rick Perry-And-Thrust Begin! (Texas Mistress Edition)

Compliments of Mediaite, here’s the full-page ad Ron Paul supporter Robert Murrow just ran in the Austin Chronicle: Check out the fine print at the bottom: Offer not valid for enabling wives wearing Hillary Clinton boots. Note to gay people: … Continue reading

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Ron ‘The One’ Paul Edition)

Ron Paul (R-No New Nuthin’) has just released his second TV spot, another minute-long mock movie trailer, this time taking on the slick, telegenic, smooth-talking, non-Paulish politicians leading our great nation to perdition. (First spot here.) Via the Daily Caller: … Continue reading

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Dead Blogging The GOP Iowa Debate

Well that was fun, although the hardworking staff firmly believes Lewis Carroll – no relation – would’ve been a better moderator than Fox Newshound Bret Baier (Cheshire Cat smile notwithstanding). Fox News summary and video clips here. Random notes: • Everyone … Continue reading

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