Tag Archives: The Weekly Standard

GOP = Got Our Pitch? (II)

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

As the hardworking staff recently noted, for reasons unknown we’ve been plunged lately into a Republican fundraising emailstrom. Representative samples include this missive from Karl Rove (subject line: TIGHT AS A TICK): Friend, President Obama’s approval ratings keep dropping, no reliable poll shows … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, emailstrom, GOPanhandling, Harry Reid, ISIS, Karl Rove, Marco Rubio, Mitt Romney, Nancy Pelosi, National Republican Congressional Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, NRCC, portrait in the attic, The Weekly Standard | 4 Comments

GOP = Got Our Pitch?

Posted on September 17, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

For reasons far beyond our ken, the hardworking staff has been peppered lately with emails from Republican hustlers looking to shake us down for campaign contributions. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-God’s Waiting Room) kicked off the right-wingding with the subject line … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Marco Rubio, Mitt Romney, Nancy Pelosi, National Republican Congressional Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, portrait in the attic, The Weekly Standard | 2 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

Quote o’ the Day (William Tecumseh Sherman Edition)

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

From Geoffrey Norman’s sparkling piece Grant Takes Charge in the current edition of The Weekly Standard. “The American press is a shame and a reproach to a civilized people. When a man is too lazy to work and too cowardly to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Battle of Shiloh, Geoffrey Norman, Grant Takes Charge, John Sherman, The Weekly Standard, U.S. Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman | 2 Comments

Weekly Standard Exclusive! Charles Krauthammer Is Twins!!

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

For most of its 20-year history, The Weekly Standard has been sort of cruise-crazy. The neocon magazine, long considered the in-house organ for the House of Bush, has sponsored cruises from St. Maarten to Alaska, where Weekly Standard founder/editor William … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alaska, Broadmoor Resort, Byron York, Charles Krauthammer, Chris Krauthammer, Colorado Springs, Fred Barnes, House of Bush, Michael Barone, Sarah Palin, St. Maarten, The Weekly Standard, Washington Examiner, William Kristol | Leave a comment

Ambrose Bierce and Gerard Manley Hopkins: Writers Famous for Not Being Famous

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

You can argue with the politics of The Weekly Standard all you want, but the magazine’s Books, Arts & Society section is almost uniformly superb. Two recent examples are reviews of writers who failed to achieve fame in their lifetimes – … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ambrose Bierce, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, Andrew Ferguson, bartleby.com, Books Arts & Society, Edward Short, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Poetry Foundation, Richard Watson Dixon, The Collected Works of Gerard Manley Hopkins, The Devil's Dictionary, The Weekly Standard, The Windhover | 6 Comments

Bull(bleep) In Journalism’s China Shop

Posted on November 10, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

It’s lately become clear that reporting on China triggers the law of diminishing returns. From Saturday’s New York Times front page: Bloomberg News Is Said to Curb Articles That Might Anger China BEIJING — The decision came in an early … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bloomberg News, China, Hong Kong, Mark hemingway, Matthew Winkler, New York Times, The Weekly Standard, Third-World taxi drivers, Thomas Friedman, Washington Post, Wen Jiabao, Yahoo | 2 Comments

Joseph Epstein Review Of Red Smith Anthology Lacks Heinz Sight

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

One of the several joys of subscribing to The Weekly Standard is the work of Joseph Epstein, a writer of uncommon sense and sensibility. His piece last week was a review of American Pastimes: The Very Best of Red Smith, a Library … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged American Pastimes: The Very Best of Red Smith, Death of a Racehorse, Frank Graham, Grantland Rice, Jeff MacGregor, Jimmy Cannon, John Lardner, Joseph Epstein, Library of America, New York Sun, New York Times, Red Smith, Ring Lardner, Sports Illustrated, The Weekly Standard, W.C. Heinz | Leave a comment

Campaign Outsider On Here & Now

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff will be on NPR’s Here & Now around 12:45 today to discuss the marketing of electronic cigarettes. For extra credit, check out Thank You for Not Vaping, which appears in the current issue of The Weekly Standard. Just … Continue reading →

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