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Line of the night from Obama’s speech

Posted by: ST on August 28, 2008 at 11:41 pm » 4 Comments

“If you don’t have a record to run on, then you paint your opponent as someone people should run from.” — BO, 8/28/08 Oh McCain campaign please, please use this line in an upcoming ad against Barack Obama, amplifying his lack of a record to run on. Actually, there were several statements Obama made in [...]

 

Denver – Day 4: Toga party at Invesco Field

Posted by: ST on August 28, 2008 at 7:07 pm » 5 Comments

***This post will be updated throughout the night. Newest updates will appear at the top of the post**** Update 11 – 10:03 PM: The DNC video of Obama is playing. Obama should be out in a few minutes. His speech is estimated to last for about 50 minutes, including the applause. I had a chance [...]

 

LOL Quote of the Day

Posted by: ST on August 28, 2008 at 2:12 pm » 3 Comments

Via the NYPost regarding Obama’s temple (emphasis added – h/t: Captain Ed): But the set is designed to evoke the White House and the Lincoln Memorial, not the Acropolis, said staging supervisor Bobby Allen, a Spears set vet. “We’ve done Britney’s sets and a whole bunch of rock shows, but this was far more elaborate and complicated [...]

 

New McCain ad: “Remote Control”

Posted by: ST on August 28, 2008 at 1:20 pm » Comments Off

It’s a newly-released web ad, and one that if they could condense from one and a half minutes down to 30 seconds, would be very effective, I think, on TV: Jim Geraghty describes it: A lot of political ads try to do too much, but by using the “picture in picture” television format, it’s a [...]

 

Democrats react to Obama’s Greek temple

Posted by: ST on August 28, 2008 at 12:01 pm » 3 Comments

ABC News’ “Liveblogging” blog reports some angst on the part of some Democrats regarding the Obama campaign’s Greek temple setting for tonight’s acceptance speech: Said one Democrat: “This is a disaster of mythical proportions.” Said another: “It’s not enough that he wants to be president — he wants to be Zeus.” Said the first: “Will [...]

 

Obama campaign slams Stanley Kurtz as a “slimy character assassin”

Posted by: ST on August 28, 2008 at 10:28 am » 4 Comments

Ben Smith reports on the Obama campaign’s response to National Review writer Stanley Kurtz’s digging into the  newly released Annenberg Foundation project files for more information on the O-man’s relationship with unrepentant domestic terrorist Bill Ayers: Barack Obama’s campaign hasn’t advertised this a great deal this week, but the campaign’s “Action Wire” has been waging [...]