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And he has a sense of humor!

By On October 18, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Marketing, Politics

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“And I got my middle name from somebody who obviously didn’t think I’d ever run for President.”

I just got around to watching Obama’s speech at the Al Smith Dinner the other night and it’s funny as hell, taking shots at McCain, Clinton, Schumer, Bloomberg, Giuliani, Wall Street and, most importantly, himself, showing a [...]

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McCain “I Screwed Up”

By On October 17, 2008 · 1 Comment · In Politics

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Funny how he can admit that he “screwed up” by ditching Letterman’s show last month to save the economy talk to Katie Couric and make an appearance at a Bill Clinton event, but when Dave presses him on his and Palin’s “pals around with terrorists” nonsense, he sticks to the same B.S. line about [...]

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What If…FOX hosted the debate?

By On October 16, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Politics, Pop Culture

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It’s like a mash-up of so many of my favorite things!

PS: I’ll be back on a regular posting schedule, here and on Spindle, very soon.  Seriously.

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Online vs. Print Reality Check

By On August 8, 2008 · 1 Comment · In Publishing

Buried in a glowing American Journalism Review article about the success of The Politico — a politics-only news website that launched a couple of years ago and is getting 25 million page views/month — is the fact that 60% of its revenue comes from its laser-targeted, thrice-weekly 27,000 circ print edition, without which, [...]

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Cory Booker: Hero?

By On July 29, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Politics

Despite my previous reflexive defense of East Orange, I’ll admit to buying in to the some of the negative perceptions of Newark, and was originally going to post a link to a great article on Newark’s Mayor Cory Booker that I just got around to reading in last month’s Esquire [...]

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