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McCain's media relations office
How fortunate is John McCain, (R-AZ), to have Newsweek magazine in its corner?The magazine’s reporters and writers don’t even pretend to be objective anymore. They see their job as explaining the ‘Maverick’ to an unappreciative nation. Case in point is their package of stories and columns under the headline Straight Talk Roadblock, which sought to…
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A habit
Georgia Couple Win $270 Million Lottery Here are a couple of previous Georgia winners of the Mega Millions lottery (man on the left in 2o06 and the man on the right in 2007). Man at the counter: Damn, I didn’t win the Mega Millions again! Counterman: Yeah, some couple from Georgia won it. Me: It’s…
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Due dilligence
Jack Shafer, Slate magazine’s press critic, had a piece on Thursday that it called McCain’s Smoking Blonde. He defended The New York Times’ article about McCain’s shaky ethics. He’s got it just right. Here’s a passage: So far, I’ve yet to encounter a single critique that faults the article for its portrayal of McCain’s eccentric…
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Invitation to a boondoggle?
It was a wet, slushy commute from NYC to NJ Friday night. I wanted to nap on the train. Instead, I opened The Nation magazine. There was a piece by Gary Younge called Feudal Democracy about the wound the Democrats are about inflict on themselves by having the so-called Super-delegates pick their nominee for president…
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Revolution, or an election?
Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton debating in Texas on Thursday. (Photo by Deborah Cannon) Washington Post Columnist Robert J. Samuelson wrote a column on Wednesday questioning the Barack Obama phenomenon. We will see more pieces like this, especially if Sen. Obama, (D-IL), becomes the Democratic Party nominee. Let me attempt to refute some…
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Candor as performance art
I am sorry if I am beginning to sound like a broken record on Sen. John McCain, (D-AZ). His denial notwithstanding, this is not the first time he’s found himself under the glare and his response was almost typical. I said ‘almost’ because McCain himself would have put this story out himself and run with…
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I'm just saying . . .
(Tableau borrowed from huffingtonpost.com) The two faces of Mitt Romney were seen arguing on Boston Harbor this morning: Mitt I: See, I told you, you shouldn’t have gotten out of the race. Mitt II: You? You said nothing of the sort. I wanted to stay in and you told me I should get out and…
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A friend sent this note . . .
that I thought I should share: Michael- In thinking carefully about the strengths of the candidates, I stunned myself when I came to the following conclusion: that in addition to keen intelligence, integrity and a rare authenticity, Obama exhibits something that has nothing to do with age, experience, race or gender and something I don’t…
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Here come the Jokes . . .
about McCain’s age: How do you campaign effectively when people won’t stop joking about your age? And this is mild stuff, I think. Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin
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A Moment . . .
Senator Barack Obama at a rally in Houston on Tuesday night. Photo (From nytimes.com is by Rick Bowmer/Associated Press An impressive tenth straight victory for Sen. Barack Obama, (D-IL), in the race for the Democratic Party presidential nomination. He cut across every demographic in Wisconsin and bested his opponent in areas that were once weaknesses.…