From today’s New York Times, “Your Ad Here: Web Surprise Hits ‘08 Race,”
“[T]he [Mitt] Romney campaign had not expected its [advertising] banners to appear on FanFiction.net, whose users have seen thousands of ‘Romney for President’ ads while using the site to write their own plots about their favorite fictional characters….
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But [Romney] campaign aides were surprised […]
In an unprecedented, front-loaded primary, with presidential candidates traveling all over to reach voters, expenses are high. Republican front runners Mitt Romney and Rudolph Giuliani, despite raising over ten million each in the third quarter, are spending more than they raise. Not Fred Thompson - it’s less expensive to go nowhere. In […]
[Hat tip TalkingPointsMemo]
After President Bush said that uninsured “[p]eople have access to health care in America…. After all, you just go to an emergency room,” people considered him out of touch. When the president threatened to veto renewal legislation to fund child health care for children lacking insurance, and then announced rules to prevent states […]
Mine was parody - this is unintended parody.
From today’s Kane County Chronicle:
“The [Chris Lauzen running for congress in the 14th District] announcement kicked off a three-day, eight-county tour with 26 stops throughout the district.
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Lauzen took the offensive against his two GOP competitors in his speech, calling himself ‘the only traditional conservative in the Republican primary’ […]
Yesterday Republican State Senator Chris Lauzen announced his candidacy for the 14th Congressional race according to the Beacon News. Lauzen, a conservative whose state senate district overlaps with the 14th congressional district, will face off against conservative dairy magnate and North Aurora businessman Jim Oberweis and more moderate Geneva Mayor Kevin Burns. […]
From today’s Chicago Tribune - CHAOS - Republican Jim Oberweis announces he’s entering the 14th Congressional race. Could it be he’s beat them with that rolled up speech before?
Saying that congressional benchmarks set for the Iraqi government are not the proper measure of success, the Bush Administration today offered a more granular measurement of progress: sand.
Tony Snow, President Bush’s Spokesman, addressed benchmarks today saying, “Some of the benchmarks have been made, some of them haven’t…. Benchmarks are not a way to […]
From the New York Times story, “Court Rebuffs F.C.C. on Fines for Indecency,”
“If President Bush and Vice President Cheney can blurt out vulgar language, then the government cannot punish broadcast television stations for broadcasting the same words in similarly fleeting contexts.
That, in essence, was the decision on Monday, when a federal appeals panel struck down […]
There has been some discussion about a lowering of expectations and “seeking ways to redefine success” in September when General David H. Petraeus is slated to report to congress on progress in Iraq - but sources tell WurfWhile.com that nothing could be further from the truth. General Petraeus, WurfWhile.com has learned, has been using […]
