Month: September 2006
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Warning: Great art inside
Romenesko flags this hilarious advisory from the News & Observer, a newspaper based in Raleigh (see a PDF of the front page): From the Page One left rail “Advisory to Readers”: “Today’s Life, etc. section includes a photo of a famous fresco by Michelangelo that includes nudity.” The picture of the Sistine Chapel (which appears
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Horse’s Mouth posts for 9/14
Here are my posts on The Horse’s Mouth yesterday: –A nasty title for an anti-Coulter book –Times correction watch: 1 for 3
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Mocking Boehner and Pryce’s PR tactics
In the conclusion to All the President’s Spin, we argue that it’s important to stigmatize the use of PR tactics by embarrassing politicians who robotically repeat talking points and buzzwords (like “The Daily Show” does). So it’s good to see a columnist for The Hill mocking Deborah Pryce and John Boehner for their hackery in
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Dana Milbank on “Treason Season”
The Washington Post’s Dana Milbank has written an excellent column on the Republican strategy of suggesting that Democrats are traitors, which includes another objectionable quote from John Boehner: House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) was his genial self at a meeting with reporters yesterday morning, showing off his golf-ball-pattern tie and talking of a conversation
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George Allen’s latest apology
George Allen has issued yet another apology for “macaca,” his fondness for Confederate flags, and other aspects of his ugly history on racial issues. Meanwhile, Allen’s behavior continue to haunt him; yesterday Josh Marshall linked to my post on the noose Allen hung in his law office, which he tried to say was “more of
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Horse’s Mouth posts for 9/13
Here are my posts today on The Horse’s Mouth: –Newsweek flags Bush straw man rhetoric –Two liberal bloggers politicize a suicide Note to Brendan-haters and group polarization scholars: Don’t miss the comments on the second post or the Atrios comment threads here and here. The similarities to the Free Republic thread on my first Spinsanity
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Horse’s Mouth posts for 9/12
Here are my posts on The Horse’s Mouth yesterday: –Bad Times coverage of Bush speech reaction –Fox News Watch host: Bias exaggerated –The myth of the White House PR offensive
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College Republicans: A classy organization
Via Michael Crowley at TNR, here’s another disturbing anecdote about College Republicans: The College Republicans have other ideas, some not quite as mainstream as parading popular politicians. Morgan Wilkins, the intern hired by the Republican National Committee to win the hearts and minds of Michigan 20-somethings, is planning events that some may find odd. To
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Dennis Hastert “sings” the national anthem
Via Wonkette, here’s one of those special moments that make you proud of the men and women who represent us in the nation’s capital: C-SPAN is a national treasure.
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Boehner latest to attack dissent
Josh Marshall points to the latest in a long sequence of post-9/11 smears suggesting that Democrats are traitors. According to the New York Times, House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) “wondered aloud at a news conference ‘whether Democrats are more interested in protecting the terrorists than protecting the American people.’” I’ve updated my timeline of