Erstwhile Timeman John Dickerson schools us all on how the ad parody should be done: incredibly deadpan. Using the campaign’s own materials. With not a single untruth within it.
The NRA wasn’t the only big political player that was positioning itself for 2008 today. Meeting in Washington, Big Labor’s executive council voted to put $53 million toward voter mobilization, which is more than it has ever spent before and $3 million over its 2004 budget. The goal is to have 200,000 volunteers working phone [...]
Not the results some unfrozen caveman voter might have predicted for the first viable female candidate for president, thought maybe the only results that would lead to such: Am also struck by how the Republicans are perceived as “friendlier,” but less “even-tempered.” You can be their friend, but they’ll have to kill you. Saddam can [...]
McCain got the NRA on its feet this morning with a tart response to Code Pink protesters: “Well, my friends, we beat you yesterday,” he said. “We’ll beat you today . . . And we’ll beat you tomorrow!” I hope he’s not referring to tasers. Despite the enthusiastic response, politics, for the NRA, seems to [...]
Michael puts the MoveOn ad–hilariously–into perspective. And I’d be just really rolling in the aisle if it weren’t for the fact that we’re going to keep on hearing flagrant phony umbrage about this stupid ad until November 2008.
Last night’s Dem AARP debate did not get the kind of publicity or coverage that most of the gatherings of top-tier candidates have gotten. It didn’t even get all the top-tier candidates (not that I think Obama was greatly missed, Mike Gravel even less so). But some people paid attention to the health care-focused gathering [...]
