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| How hypocritical can you get?
Filed at 4:09 pm, Friday October 31st 2008
by Arlen Parsa
by Arlen Parsa
Amazing video compilation put together by TPM.
Test, test
Filed at 3:23 pm, Friday October 31st 2008
by mobile
by mobile
This is a test post from my phone
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Testing, testing 1…2…3…
Filed at 2:30 pm, Friday October 31st 2008
by Arlen Parsa
by Arlen Parsa
I’m planning to be in Chicago’s Grant Park for Obama’s victory rally with about a million other people Tuesday night.
If you see some weird little test-posts crop up in the next couple of days it’ll be because I’m testing some new mobile-blogging options so I’ll be able to blog straight from the scene.
21% of American viewers tuned into Obama’s informercial
Filed at 10:20 am, Thursday October 30th 2008
by Arlen Parsa
by Arlen Parsa
From Nielson, via emailed press release:
Nielsen just released last night’s ratings of Barak Obama’s national campaign spot for the 56 local markets where we have meters.
Overall, for the six networks that aired the program simultaneously, the spot had a household rating of 21.7% (meaning that 21.7 percent of all households watching television were tuned to […]
Obama’s half hour infomercial
Filed at 10:54 pm, Wednesday October 29th 2008
by Arlen Parsa
by Arlen Parsa
Well, 27 minutes of it; there will be an additional three minutes of live stuff that obviously isn’t available to watch yet. It watches like a documentary in a lot of ways.
The worst waste of John McCain donors’ money I’ve seen yet
Filed at 10:44 pm, Monday October 27th 2008
by Arlen Parsa
by Arlen Parsa
Ever since it recently was made public that the highest-paid member of John McCain’s presidential campaign was Sarah Palin’s makeup artist, and that she had spent more on clothing than a lot of American’s houses are worth, I’ve been thinking about how the two campaigns choose to spend their money.
I thought I’d share this anecdote […]
Sup, Amazon
Filed at 6:11 pm, Sunday October 26th 2008
by Arlen Parsa
by Arlen Parsa
Check this out. If you do a search on Amazon for “terrorist costume,” this is what you come up with:
… Wow. Also note the “related searches.”
Update: Amazon has removed it after a number of readers of this blog emailed them.
Apple and Google fight anti-equality measure in California
Filed at 9:33 am, Saturday October 25th 2008
by Arlen Parsa
by Arlen Parsa
It’s always great to see ground-breaking companies like Apple and Google taking progressive stances on issues like these:
Apple has joined Google in publicly opposing California’s Proposition 8, a measure intended to ban the rights of gay Californians to legally marry, and has contributed $100,000 to defeat the measure.
Both companies have a history of remaining politically […]
White McCain volunteer mutilates self and blames it on non-existant black man
Filed at 5:02 pm, Friday October 24th 2008
by Arlen Parsa
by Arlen Parsa
The AP reports:
A McCain campaign volunteer made up a story of being robbed, pinned to the ground and having the letter “B” scratched on her face in a politically inspired attack, police said Friday.
Ashley Todd, 20-year-old college student from College Station, Texas, admitted Friday that the story was false and was being charged with making […]
Scotty knows now
Filed at 7:52 pm, Thursday October 23rd 2008
by Arlen Parsa
by Arlen Parsa
Et tu, Scotty?
Scott McClellan, the former White House press secretary who sharply criticized President Bush in his memoir last spring, told CNN Thursday he’s voting for Barack Obama.
“From the very beginning I have said I am going to support the candidate that has the best chance for changing the way Washington works and getting things […]
Change we can believe in
Filed at 8:54 am, Thursday October 23rd 2008
by Arlen Parsa
by Arlen Parsa
Hat tip- Oliver.
Just imagine if this was a Democrat…
Filed at 7:34 am, Wednesday October 22nd 2008
by Arlen Parsa
by Arlen Parsa
(Above pictured is Sarah Palin’s pre-teen daughter with a Louis Vuitton bag photographed on 9/11/08.)
Elite:
The Republican National Committee has spent more than $150,000 to clothe and accessorize vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her family since her surprise pick by John McCain in late August.
According to financial disclosure records, the accessorizing began in early September […]
NYT/CBS Poll: Obama’s favorability at historic level
Filed at 7:41 am, Tuesday October 21st 2008
by Arlen Parsa
by Arlen Parsa
But–but– who does America want to have a beer with?!
As voters have gotten to know Senator Barack Obama, they have warmed up to him, with more than half, 53 percent, now saying they have a favorable impression of him and 33 percent saying they have an unfavorable view. But as voters have gotten to know […]
The best part of Colin Powell’s endorsement
Filed at 8:30 pm, Sunday October 19th 2008
by Arlen Parsa
by Arlen Parsa
Transcript:
I’m also troubled by, not what Senator McCain says, but what members of the party say. And it is permitted to be said such things as, “Well, you know that Mr. Obama is a Muslim.” Well, the correct answer is, he is not a Muslim, he’s a Christian. He’s always been a Christian. […]
Just how healthy is McCain?
Filed at 8:19 pm, Sunday October 19th 2008
by Arlen Parsa
by Arlen Parsa
Intriguing:
The New York Times will break new ground on the health of the presidential candidates and their running mates in a major expose set to be published in Monday’s print edition.
Lawrence Altman — the veteran Times reporter, George Polk Award winner, and one of the few medical doctors working as a full-time journalist — has […]
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