Power Line (Free subscription) | yesterday
Last week Kathryn Lopez asked me whether Norm Coleman could pull out his race for reelection against the former humorist Al Franken. Yesterday I met with Coleman campaign manager Cullen Sheehan to try to get the story on Senator Coleman's decision to take down all negative advertising on Franken. NRO has posted my long answer to Kathryn's short question and the upshot of my meeting...
Dispatches from the Culture Wars (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
ThinkProgress collects the complaints from the right about Obama correctly pronouncing Pakistan during the 2nd debate. I especially like this email sent to the terminally ridiculous Kathryn Lopez at the National Review. The emailer labels it a "liberal elite moment": When Obama says Pock-i-stahn I have an uncontrollable urge to read the New Yorker and find some Chardonnay. Fortunately...
National Review Online (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
The director of the comedy classic Airplane!, among so many others, is a proud father of a new baby, American Carol, which seeks to change the face of Hollywood. He wants this pro-American, pro-troop comedy will inspire others on the Right side of town to do the same. He is hoping Americans will support the effort and laugh at theaters this weekend. He talked to National Review Online editor Kathryn...
The Corner (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
From a military captain: To: Kathryn Lopez Subject: Buck Up Campers! K-Lo- I've had it. Look at this-2 points behind with ZOGBY-ZOGBY! This thing is far from over. OK so McCain is not Ronald Reagan-Got it! However he's put in 2 far superior performances than our current president ever did. A couple of non-politicos in my office mentioned two things-1) they both did well (believe it or...
The Corner (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
E-mails coming in look like this: He did go negative and lied about their regulation record. McCain let him get away with it and gave an awful populist answer. He better start answering better or I'm staying home on election day. And this from West Palm Beach: To: Kathryn Lopez Subject: Obama gets off the opening lie... ... and McCain lets him have it. The economic crisis is not due to...
The Corner (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
To: Kathryn Lopez Subject: Liberal elite moment When Obama says Pock-i-stahn I have an uncontrollable urge to read the New Yorker and find some Chardonnay. Fortunately I have an old copy of NR and a Coors Light to snap me back to reality. Seriously though -- no one in flyover country says Pock-i-stahn. It's annoying.
