Archive for 2009
McCain’s Folly
Nearly a year later, we now see how reckless John McCain was to pick Sarah Palin for Vice President. Suppose McCain had won. Suppose he had died in office or become incapacitated. The woman who made that incoherent and incomprehensible statement last week – so strange it made Mark Sanford look sane – would…
Read MoreThe New Ad Wars
Two “issue” ad campaigns caught my eye this week. They show where this kind of media strategy is going. One ad was about U.S. Senator Kay Hagan and the others, state Senator Doug Berger. When I first saw the ad about Hagan, I thought: She’s already running a campaign ad? It sounded just…
Read MoreA Red Corvette
As good as our Democratic politicians here in North Carolina are at providing us with scandals…the Academy Award this year is going to South Carolina’s Governor. Nobody’s seen anything like what’s going on ‘South of the Border’ since Sherman burnt Columbia. See if you can figure this out: The Governor went to…
Read MorePerdue in Command?
Back when Lauch Faircloth was a Democrat in Jim Hunt’s Cabinet (pre-1984), he liked to say a governor had to have “command presence.” Governor Perdue’s poll numbers may be low because the public does not see that quality in her today. Speaker Joe Hackney had what struck me as a might chilly reaction…
Read MorePassings
Could there be three more quintessential American stories than Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett and Billy Mays? Jackson was the Elvis Presley of his day. He and Elvis were racial crossovers, bringing black music into white America. Someone told me Jackson was the first black performer on MTV back in the days when the network…
Read MoreLaughs
Two of the best lines I’ve heard this week re John Edwards and Mark Sanford: “The definition of narcissism is thinking you’d look good in a sex tape.” “Now we know why Mark Sanford rejected the federal stimulus package. He already had all the stimulus he needed.”
Read MoreNew Video
The Home and Hospice Care Association folks are giving State Senator Doug Berger a run for his money. Yesterday they aired a TV ad in his district. Today they put a video on the Internet. (View Ad Below) In his State Senate Committee Berger cut home care for 20,000 patients on Medicaid. The reason he…
Read MoreA Sex Tape?
It’s been a rough couple of elections for Republicans, so I can understand how happy today’s news is making Carter (see his blog below). But how can you blame him? Just when you thought the John Edwards affair could not sink lower, here comes Andrew Young. Just when you thought Mark Sanford…
Read MoreIt’s Only Tuesday…
Well, even a blind hog finds an acorn now and then; a year ago Republicans couldnât buy a break and now gifts are falling out of the sky â of all things, Mrs. Easley is going to contest her dismissal from NCSU. Itâs amazing: After her âwooden Indianâ press conference it seemed a safe…
Read MoreDeep Throat
My guess is hardly anyone reading this blog remembers when the movie Deep Throat came out 37 years ago – but there was an article about it in the paper last Saturday. Some sleuth has figured out that back in 1972 (when I was nineteen) the FBI moved heaven and earth to keep the…
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