David Hasselhoff Stars in New Cumberland Farms Ad

Posted by daily feed on 5/23/2012 at 6:43AM | No Comments

It’s Hofftastic. [Facebook / Boston Business Journal]

Curt Schilling, Shilling

In the end, Curt 'I'm a job creator' Schilling turns out to be pretty full of it.

Posted by Barry Nolan on 5/21/2012 at 11:15AM | 6 Comments

Let us consider how totally full of bull former Sox pitcher and current Republican shill Curt Schilling really is.

Just two months ago, Curt Schilling sat down with Fox News’ gleefully smarmy host Sean Hannity to brag about his new video game company, 38 Studios, and commiserate with Hannity about the many burdens President Obama and big government Democrats placed on noble people like him, a job creator. He wailed:

“Every dollar I can’t commit to my company that’s paid in taxes is paying a government that I believe is too big and doing way too much that I don’t want done.” Continue reading “Curt Schilling, Shilling” »

Eric Fehrnstrom is Batman to Mitt Romney’s Robin

Posted by daily feed on 5/3/2012 at 8:01AM | No Comments

Or at least that’s the case in this GQ photo illustration, which accompanies a great profile of Romney’s No. 1 strategist/advisor/everything. [GQ]

Thank You, Fox News, For Pointing Out All Kinds of Massachusetts Millionaires

Posted by daily feed on 5/1/2012 at 8:05AM | No Comments

The first type of Massachusetts millionaire is obviously the most desirable type of Massachusetts millionaire, the type who earned it (their bold/italics, not ours). And, well, what do you know? Mitt Romney fits that bid. The other, and certainly not less desirable, Massachusetts millionaires have no differentiating characteristics other than marrying into their wealth, inheriting their wealth, and oh yeah, happening to be Democrats. [Fox]

Now Deval Patrick Pats The Herald on the Back

Posted by daily feed on 4/6/2012 at 6:34AM | No Comments

Last week, the governor stopped just short of calling the tab the scourge of journalism — but not this week, the Herald reports. [Herald]

Deval Patrick: ‘I Think the Herald is in the Business of Making Sure You’re Angry’

Posted by daily feed on 3/30/2012 at 6:48AM | No Comments

Touché, Gov. Touché. [Herald]

The Furious Sound of Women Rising

Why American women are mad as hell at the GOP.

Posted by Barry Nolan on 3/12/2012 at 10:28AM | 12 Comments

My sister-in-law is steamed. She’s one of the kindest people I know, but she’s filled with rage at what the GOP has been doing and has joined “The Virginia Women’s Strike Force.” My wife, a lifelong Quaker-pacifist, is also on the warpath and prone to saying things like, “What are those morons doing now?”

I’m seeing this same intense, angry reaction a million times over from otherwise stable, strong, intelligent, sensible American women. I see them on the news, in the blogs, in my Twitter feed, signing petitions, and showing up in poll results. There’s a sound like a freight train roaring across the political landscape — it’s the sound of furious women rising. Women are mad as hell at the GOP, and they aren’t going to take it anymore.

Last month, the Pew Research Center ran a presidential preference poll, and the storm warnings for the GOP were already becoming apparent. Not only did Obama lead Mitt Romney by 8 percent overall, but among female voters, Obama led by a lopsided 59 percent to 38 percent against either Romney or Crazy Rick Santorum. That’s a 21-point lead. That’s bigger than a landslide; it’s a tectonic shift. Continue reading “The Furious Sound of Women Rising” »

Rush Limbaugh’s Sex Life: None of Our Business

If only he'd see it that way, too.

Posted by Barry Nolan on 3/6/2012 at 11:06AM | No Comments

Rush Limbaugh’s sex life is none of our business. In fact, contemplating it even momentarily strikes me as a rather gross and unpleasant undertaking. But apparently, Limbaugh doesn’t share my opinion about private behavior and private lives. In his rather limp efforts at damage control, Limbaugh did apologize for using the words “slut” and “prostitute” — but also managed to make it clear he thinks the private life of a private citizen should be fair game for the media if it’s for entertainment. I think ol’ Rushbo should maybe think twice about encouraging such behavior by the media. Because, well, you know how “those people” are.

As a former communications director myself, I would advise Rush to be very wary of providing a good hook for the liberal media to rehash some of the juicier details of his own rather colorful and value-free past: The Viagra bust in 2009 (on his way back from a Dominican Vacation while lonesome ol’ Limbaugh was a single guy), his arrest for doctor shopping in 2009, and his Oxycontin scandal and stint in rehab from 2003. Continue reading “Rush Limbaugh’s Sex Life: None of Our Business” »

Mitt Romney Gets the SNL Treatment Days After Michigan Win

Posted by daily feed on 3/5/2012 at 5:58AM | No Comments

The SNL opener this weekend was a total creepfest. From Fox News Channel’s Shepard Smith (Bill Hader) to Romney’s sons wearing matching Brooks Brothers, you might feel the urge to take a shower after watching this one. Favorite — albeit predicable — moment: When Smith asks Romney (Jason Sudeikis) how he feels about the win: “Michigan was just another case of voters taking a look at Mitt Romney and saying, ‘ehhh, I guess.’”