Sort by Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) - 11/04/2008 - YouTube
With three months before Election Day, the McCain campaign launched a negative ad that mocks Barack Obama's popularity, comparing him to Britney Spear...
Sort by Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) - 11/04/2008
If you get a chance to see The Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story , you will watch the architect of the modern-day GOP's political strategy to win elections, which is to smear the other person with slimy personal attacks and vicious lies to keep Americans focused on the politics of personal destruction while feigning innocence. The idea is that those smear tactics will deflect us away from the real...
Sort by Swampland (Free subscription) - 08/01/2008
Question: What was the enormous upside to John McCain's decision to compare Barack Obama with Paris Hilton and Britney Spears? Still have doubts. Click here , here , here , here , here , here , here , here , here , here , and I could go on. Even counting those voters on vacation, what's your guess for the percentage of Americans who have not heard that McCain compared Obama to Spears and Hilton? Now...
Sort by The Media Mob (Free subscription) - 11/13/2008
Martin Eisenstadt, principal of the Eisenstadt Group and Senior Fellow at The Harding Institute for Freedom and Democracy is on a the mind of a lot of bloggers and cable news talent bookers lately. Apparently Mr. Eisenstadt, as an advisor to Senator John McCain, leaked the story that former G.O.P. Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin didn't know that Africa is a continent and not a single country....
Sort by BlogHer (Free subscription) - 08/06/2008
Paris Hilton has responded with this video to a John McCain-approved ad with her own energy plan for America. In the McCain campaign ad called “Celeb,” you’ll see Hilton's image – and Britney Spears, too – while the announcer criticizes Barack Obama of being “the biggest celebrity in the world,” before questioning his tax and energy plans. Hilton has responded with a video on Funny or Die , posed...
Sort by RssDaily (Free subscription) - 11/13/2008
Martin Eisenstadt, principal of the Eisenstadt Group and Senior Fellow at The Harding Institute for Freedom and Democracy is on a the mind of a lot of bloggers and cable news talent bookers lately. Apparently Mr. Eisenstadt, as an advisor to Senator John McCain, leaked the story that former G.O.P. Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin didn't know that Africa is a continent and not a single country....
Sort by Bring it On! (Free subscription) - 08/01/2008
I have pretty low expectations of a Presidential campaign. So it's pretty astounding when a candidate can break through the glass floor of my dramatically reduced expectations. This week, John McCain took a jackhammer to my E3 glass.
Sort by Wal-Mart Watch (Free subscription) - 08/08/2008
“What’s Wal-Mart? Do they sell, like, wall stuff?”
Sort by The Omnipotent Poobah Speaks! (Free subscription) - 08/01/2008
I have pretty low expectations of a Presidential campaign. So it's pretty astounding when a candidate can break through the glass floor of my dramatically reduced expectations. This week, John McCain took a jackhammer to my E3 glass.
Sort by Myrhaf (Free subscription) - 09/16/2008
In an election year, the time between Labor Day and the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November is Mud-Slinging Season. Both parties are in the spirit of the season. The Democrats, traumatized by the Swiftboat campaign against Kerry in 2004, have been assuring their base since the primaries that they won't let it happen this year. This year, we hear over and over, they will give as well as...
Sort by One Citizen Speaking... (Free subscription) - 08/06/2008
Hard on the heels of yesterday’s blog entry decrying the candidate’s promotion of style over substance, FAMOUS BY REFERENCE, we are presented with a newly released Paris Hilton video mocking John McCain. The video that started it all: “Obama, the...
Sort by Buyer Behaviour (Free subscription) - 08/12/2008
I agree. Negative Ads work ; but there's more to read into it. Sure, equating Barack Obama with Paris Hilton has hit home. And sure, people on the face will tell you that they are not swayed, though they actually are. But look more carefully and you will see that in most cases Negative Ads are devastating when its about a real, living person. Associate the negative message with an inanimate object,...
Sort by The Cup of Joe (Free subscription) - 08/03/2008
Tom Brokaw on Meet the Press: Do you think running a campaign ad in which you feature Britney Spears and Paris Hilton is respectful of Barack Obama? Joe Lieberman: [Perks up his head, raises his eyebrows and announces confidently and seemingly with utter sincerity] I do.
