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Political Topic of the Day: Underwear

October 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment

…Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.)…, addressing a business summit in Cambridge yesterday, was talking about the media’s “silly questions” to presidential candidates when he cracked his “joke,” his spokeswoman said.

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Presidential Candidate Equivalency Test #2

October 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Presidential Candidate Equivalency Test #2

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Presidential Candidate Equivalency Test #1

October 14th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Presidential Candidate Equivalency Test #1

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Chicken arms

October 13th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Chicken arms

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So, where the heck is Bill Ayers?

October 9th, 2008 · No Comments

I once sat on a board that included among its members one Richard Scrushy. Does this make me a perpetrator of corporate fraud or a millionaire?

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Roger Ebert branches out

October 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Roger Ebert’s “thumbs up” or “thumbs down” was generally prefaced by a thoughtful analysis. I favored his choices, as they tended to agree with mine most of the time. To this day, if I need an opinion about a movie, I go to rogerebert.com to see what ol’ Roger has to say.

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John McPenguin

October 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Here is John McCain last Friday, the morning after the vice-presidential debate between his running mate Sarah Palin, and Democratic Senator Joe Biden (the clip is only 13 seconds long).

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Main Street Challenge update #2

October 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

Better yet, the use of the word ‘maverick’ would have really put me on the floor. I lost count of its use during the debate, especially once Biden did his attack about its use to describe John McCain.

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Telepathic approval

September 26th, 2008 · No Comments

This McCain campaign ad began broadcasting before John McCain was even off the stage at tonight’s debate. Does “I approved this message” mean that “I allowed Rick Davis to approve this ad?”

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Debate notes

September 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment

McCain just referred to himself as a maverick of the Senate, and that he has a running mate who is a maverick, too. Oh, and he also mentioned – another recycled sound bite – that he wasn’t voted Miss Congeniality in the Senate.

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