Tags: video
Hope For The Future Of Political Discourse
By Carole on May 16, 2012
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a Republican, and Newark Mayor Cory Booker, a Democrat, co-starred in a new video made for the state's recent Press Association Legislative Correspondents Club dinner.
Perry's A Doer Not A Talker
By Carole on Oct 31, 2011
Texas Governor and GOP presidential contender Rick Perry is trying to turn his poor performances in recent debates into an asset with a new campaign ad in Iowa. The money line: "If you're looking for a slick politician or a guy with great teleprompter skills, we already have that and he's destroying our economy. I'm a doer not a talker." With that blistering yet incredibly accurate depiction of President Barack Obama, Mr. Perry may have found the perfect way to redeem himself with the party's first voters.
Obama's Latest Infomercial
By Carole on Jul 28, 2010
Between his gabfest with the ladies of The View, multiple political fundraisers and vacations followed rapidly by other vacations; it's tough to figure out how President Barack Obama found the time to star in yet another infomercial. But he did. This one is for his new Healthcare.gov website.
Retiring Is Not The Word For Helen Thomas
By Carole on Jun 7, 2010
Reporter Helen Thomas, the queen bee of the White House press corps for decades, has retired effective immediately. This shouldn't be a major news story - an 89 year old woman retiring - but it is because retiring has become one of the most abused words in political discourse. Right up there with misspeaking, retiring has become a euphemism for something very ugly which some individual or group would prefer not to acknowledge.
ACORN Cannot Be Trusted To Police Itself
By Carole on Sep 17, 2009
The liberal establishment is finally acknowledging that ACORN is not the victim of a vast right wing conspiracy but is actually a corrupt enterprise. According to an editorial in yesterday's Los Angeles Times, "The liberal advocacy group needs to clean house." (source) White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs called ACORN employees' conduct on hidden camera videos "completely unacceptable." And suddenly ACORN is admitting there's a problem within.


