Our Economic Solution: We Need a Nazi
Economic recoveries are like Indiana Jones movies. The best ones have a Nazi to fight. It’s widely accepted that World War II brought us recovery from the Great Depression by putting the New Deal...
View ArticleCap Credit Card rates and save-- HOW MUCH?!?!
Okay, I’m sitting here staring at some numbers that are unbelievable. Do I have this right? Check me on it.Bilabial frictive suggested the other day that usury laws should be reformed to trim credit...
View ArticleA TV guy's 5 steps to sell stimulus NOW
After 20+ years in TV news, I've learned a thing or two about delivering a message the most powerful way possible. With that as background, here are 5 steps President Obama needs to take to sell the...
View ArticleUpdate: a TV guy's SIX steps to sell the stimulus
We're a long way from seeing the stimulus signed into law. What will help? I started with 5 steps to seal the deal, but with help from fellow Kossacks, we've added a sixth. AND, the president came...
View Article3 ways to steal the tea bag spotlight
After years in the media, I can tell you there are plenty of reporters shaking their heads today as they reluctantly shuffle out the newsroom door to endure covering a tea bag rally. They are...
View ArticleDaddy, how many more times will I see Miss Betsy?
I'm kneeling in front of my 5 year old, putting his braces on him. It's part of the morning routine when you have a child with cerebral palsy. That's when he looks at me and asks, "Daddy, how many...
View ArticleHow I am silencing right wing critics of health care
I have found a way to quickly and effectively muzzle critics of health insurance reform. I’ve used it in conversations, email exchanges with conservative friends and family, Facebook threads, you name...
View ArticleDear GOP Diary: Oh Crap
The Democrats have decided they don’t need us in the GOP to pass health care reform. Oh crap. First the unemployment numbers show the stim is working. Then that Taliban leader was killed, the stock...
View ArticleDrudge: Fox station "ordered" to kill anti-Olympic story
Oh this is rich. The headline on Drudge right now claims the Fox affiliate in Chicago ran - once - a story with Chicagoans who didn't want the Olympics. The Drudge report claims the Chicago Olympic...
View ArticleWhat Linus didn’t tell you: The story of the story of Christmas
A little word association. I say "the Christmas story". What comes to mind? Most people would rattle off the ingredients of the Nativity scene down the street: Baby Jesus, a star, shepherds, three...
View ArticleHCR without Congress?
For months now, I've had a question I was afraid to ask: Can't we achieve significant health care reform WITHOUT Congress? Specifically, can't the president begin offering a public option under the...
View ArticleIf we could cut and paste the economy since the stimulus (with graphics)
First, a disclaimer. I know there's not the testicular fortitude to push a second stimulus now. I also know it's simplistic to think economics can be cut and pasted. But I was curious what might...
View ArticleDo I have to do everything myself?
For months, I’ve been waiting. Waiting for the Democratic machine to throw the switch and come strong to defend its brand. My background’s in news. Media. Marketing. So I'm thing surely they have...
View ArticleCrossroadsGPS Facebook ads in NC = Epic FAIL
Facebook feeds in NC have been graced recently by a CrossroadsGPS video ad blasting Senator Kay Hagan for her support of the Affordable Care Act. "Under Obamacare there have been over $700 bill cut...
View ArticleGOP says Obama plans to send my voting record to neighbors, then sends voting...
You can't make up some of the stuff that crawls into North Carolina mailboxes these days. Today's mailer from the North Carolina Republican Party is, well, in a class unto itself.The header on this...
View ArticleWhat every Dem candidate should have watched before planning their 2014 campaign
The Republican brand is in the tank. The last Republican administration was an 8 year dumpster fire, and 6 years of obstruction since then has fueled frustration. On the flip side, we've had 6 years of...
View ArticleNC Gov McCrory's HB2 social media buy isn't working out so well
North Carolina’s upcoming one term governor Pat McCrory is taking to social media to defend and “clarify” HB2. His sponsored messages are popping up in Tarheel newsfeeds daily. Judging by the...
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