Post Archive
March 2008
Help make Kenny Famous
Why this event isn’t being advertised on every metro bus district-wide is a damn mystery. It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity … yet, whoever is in charge of promotion is failing miserably – so we thought we’d help. …Without further ado, the most riveting affair you’ll experience on the …
“Green” eggs and hamming it up
Below is an unbelievable exchange between a house staffer, [the name was omitted before it hit our inbox] and Perry, the Deputy Director of the “Green the Capitol” office. Perhaps funnier than the actual email exchange, the fact that Nancy is using your tax dollars to pay at least two …
Sunday Shows
Meet the Press: Former Sen. Tom Daschle, national co-chair of Obama campaign and Gov. Ed Rendell, Clinton supporter, and a roundtable with Ron Brownstein, Political Director, Atlantic Media, Dan Balz from the Washington Post, John Harwood from the New York Times and Gwen Ifill from PBS’s “Washington Week.” Face the …
Clinton’s Red Phone Girl Supports Obama
Casey Knowles, the star in Clinton’s Red Phone Ad, announces support for Obama. Clinton campaign used stock footage from eight years ago. Will she star in an Obama commerical soon? h/t Fark
While Wall Street loses, one clown gets a pass
It’s going to be a circus today when charges fly about the level of pay some CEOs got during the subprime mortgage crisis. In a memo, that was perhaps preceded by a TPS report, committee Democrats blasted Countrywide Financial Corp., Merrill Lynch, and Citigroup for awarding their CEOs massive compensation …
Avoid Georgetown This Weekend
Locals Plan Georgetown Protest this Weekend Against D.C. Council Member Jack Evans The activists plan on meeting at 6:45 a.m. both days at the corner of 30th and P streets and proceeding to demonstrate from 7 to 9 a.m. If you’re thinking of joining the ruckus but are afraid of …
I’m not a player – I just crush a lot
Pershing’s Player of the Week: Stephanie Tubbs-Jones
Polish
FishbowlDC’s Quote of the Day Has John Boehner Giving Fashion Advice to Patrick O’Connor
John Adams, Tom Hanks, Chris Matthews
Rachel Cothran covers Tom Hanks and Chris Matthews screening the new HBO mini-series “John Adams” in U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall From the Baltimore Sun to Stat Hall – is there anywhere HBO can’t go? Why were they kicked out for “K Street” a few years ago, but back now?
Where’s Bill Gone?
JoMa says Bill Clinton hasn’t left – just stayed on message: Take Monday, for example. He had events in seven Texas cities. Yes, seven: Corpus Christi, Edinburg, Brownsville, Laredo, Eagle Pass, Del Rio and El Paso. These are all South Texas towns, many of them on the Mexican border. Hillary …
The Slow Death
Calderone: L.A. Times Buyout List Is “Oversubscribed” It’s an important damage-control meeting, coming on the heels of Sam Zell’s tumultuous encounter there with reporters and editors. Today, Stanton met with some bureau staffers but will formally address the group — with Hiller — at 10 a.m Friday. Buyouts are sure …