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Jul 03
Jul 02
“ Underwriting Opportunity: An evening with the right people can alter the debate. … Bring your organization’s CEO or executive director literally to the table. Interact with key Obama administration and congressional leaders.
— A Washington Post flier, offering to bring together lobbyists and Obama Administration officials at dinners in the home of the Washington Post CEO. Newspapers are dead.
» Wisconsin is Awesome
A guy gets drunk on beer, climbs on a motorcycle and his female passenger dies in a crash. His favorite tavern, Fatties on the Lake, plans a fund-raiser. For him. For Jay F. Taylor, the guy in jail facing drunken homicide charges.
As he played with Tiger Woods and Tony Romo at the AT&T Classic yesterday, a “wayward drive” by House Min. Leader John Boehner came “within inches of an unsuspecting woman’s head” (“Yeas & Nays”). Meanwhile, the “mostly non-Capitol Hill” crowd at the tournament “mistook” Boehner’s “smoking two cigarettes per hole for nerves,” because he actually “seemed cool” (The Hill).
» Not A Fan Of This Bush-Esque Shit
At yesterday’s health care town hall, questions posed from social media nets were selected by WH staffers, “and the three people” Pres. Obama called “all were affiliated with advocacy groups that support” him (USA Today).
Jul 01
Jun 30
» It Came from Wasilla
Despite her disastrous performance in the 2008 election, Sarah Palin is still the sexiest brand in Republican politics, with a lucrative book contract for her story. But what Alaska’s charismatic governor wants the public to know about herself doesn’t always jibe with reality. As John McCain’s top campaign officials talk more candidly than ever before about the meltdown of his vice-presidential pick, the author tracks the signs—political and personal—that Palin was big trouble, and checks the forecast for her future.
Jun 29
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