Posted on December 29th, 2008 by Walter Brasch
The New York Yankees just bought a first baseman for $180 million. For the next eight years, Mark Teixeira will earn about $22.5 million a season. The week before, the Yanks bought seven years of pitcher CC Sabathia’s life for $161 million, about $23 million a season—and five years of A.J. Burnett for $82.5 million, [...]
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Posted on October 14th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
I’m winding down to my last few days before my big cross country move. It’s bad timing given the election, but it’s something I must do. Needlessto say I’m overwhelmed with packing and organizing and finalizing details, so finding time to post is difficult. That said, this arrived a short time ago in my email box [...]
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Posted on October 1st, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
What the heck… John McCain got lost and could not find his way off the stage today:
And then there’s this: Something just went wrong with McCain’s face on national TV. Isn’t it about time McCain came clean with his health records?
Sphere: Related Content
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Filed under: Election '08, Health, In The Blogosphere, In The News, John McCain '08, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Presidential Election, Republicans, Sen John Mccain, TV
Posted on September 25th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
David Letterman received a personal phone call from McCain explaining that he had cancel his scheduled appearance to rush to Washington to save the economy. Fine, that’s a reasonable excuse. Letterman was peeved at the whole thing and the beginning of this video shows that clearly.
After the show had started, his staff found out that [...]
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Posted on September 13th, 2008 by Dizzy Dezzi
I was pretty offended this week when I heard that Democratic presidential candidate, Barack Obama, had the nerve to say “You can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig!” It’s obvious, Obama never met my good friend (we go waaaay back), Miss Piggy. As soon as I heard about what he said, [...]
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Posted on September 8th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
From the NY Times:
MSNBC tried a bold experiment this year by putting two politically incendiary hosts, Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews, in the anchor chair to lead the cable news channel’s coverage of the election debates.That experiment appears to be over.
After months of accusations of political bias and simmering animosity between MSNBC and its parent [...]
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Posted on September 7th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Sarah Palin is breaking the interview silence and has agreed to a sit down interivew with “Charles Gibson of ABC’s “World News Tonight,” according to an ABC News official.”
No other interviews are scheduled. It will be the first TV interview for Palin since she was named 10 days ago as running mate to John McCain.
Palin had [...]
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Posted on September 5th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
She may be ready to step in as president if need be, but the McCain camp says Sarah Palin isn’t ready for prime time or interviews with the media:
A senior McCain campaign official advises that, despite the gaggle of requests and pressure from the media, Gov. Sarah Palin won’t submit to a formal interview anytime [...]
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Posted on September 3rd, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Via Politico:
After a segment with NBC’s Chuck Todd ended today, Republican consultant Mike Murphy and Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan were caught on a live mike ridiculing the choice of Sarah Palin.
Watch here:
Those talking heads and guests will never learn… As Politico notes, “Noonan’s blunt call contrasted with her conflicted column today saying Palin [...]
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Posted on August 30th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
John McCain’s strange VP pick, Sarah Palin may have dominated the news on Friday, but Barack Obama’s speech Thursday night accepting the Democratic nomination for president, set a record for political “convention viewership that exceeded even the expectations of his aides.”
The historic speech by the first African-American presidential nominee of a major political party reached [...]
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Posted on July 27th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
I’m heading off for the night, but I want to recommend readers head over to Hullabaloo and read Digby’s post on Jane Mayer’s book The Dark Side, The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals. Digby concludes:
This isn’t just a fever dream of the liberal left and the [...]
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Posted on July 21st, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
News Flash: Janet Jackson’s boob freed! Headlines like this are hard not to comment on…
A federal appeals court has in Philly “has thrown out the $550,000 fine the FCC imposed on CBS for airing Janet Jackson’s breast for nine-sixteenths of a second during the Super Bowl halftime show in February 2004.”
The decision to free CBS [...]
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