Tag Archives: Hillary Clinton

Komen hires the wrong PR firm, missing the boat once again (and some thoughts on PR Daily's coverage of the story)

by on February 29, 2012 in Business & Finance, Health, Journalism, Politics, Law & Government

So, the Susan Komen Foundation has hired a big-hitter PR firm. And not just any PR firm, either. Now, Komen is assessing the damage, and it’s using a consulting firm founded by two former Democratic strategists. Penn Schoen Berland (PSB), the firm Komen hired to help determine how badly the crisis hurt its reputation, is […]

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Nota Bene #118: VOTE!

by on November 1, 2010 in Features, Nota Bene

“I am not fit for this office and should never have been here.” Who said it?

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Nota Bene #115: RIP No. 32

by on August 14, 2010 in Features, Nota Bene

“If you’re really pro-life, do me a favor—don’t lock arms and block medical clinics. If you’re so pro-life, lock arms and block cemeteries.” Who said it?

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Nota Bene #104: Large Marge Sent Me

by on February 13, 2010 in Arts & Literature, Features, Music & Popular Culture, Nota Bene, Science & Technology

“Everything is changing. People are taking the comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.” Who said it?

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Psst! Mamasita Presidente! Laura Chinchilla strikes a blow for Ticas everywhere

by on February 9, 2010 in American Culture, Education, Politics, Law & Government, Race & Gender, Sex

by Shelley Jack Mamasita! Mamasita! Psst! Psst! Psst! Taunting, yet playful faces of men passed me by on uneven sidewalks, working diligently to make eye contact. I was lost, again, on a street in downtown San Jose, Costa Rica, walking quickly, head down. Only a few months in to my year-long stay as a business […]

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Nota Bene #99: Heed the Peace Gnome

by on January 7, 2010 in Features, Nota Bene, Scholars & Rogues

“You just pick up a chord, go twang, and you’ve got music.” Who said it?

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Democracy & Elitism 3: burning down the straw man, and who are these out-of-touch "liberal elites," anyway?

by on December 7, 2009 in Business & Finance, Media & Entertainment, Music & Popular Culture, Politics, Law & Government

Let’s begin with a quick trivia question. What legislator’s Top 20 donor list includes the following? Blackstone Group (Financial Services) Bain Capital FPL Group (Energy) DLA Piper (Corporate law firm, representing Global 1,000 and Fortune 500 companies) Kindred Healthcare Beacon Capital Partners Comcast Corp Brownstein, Hyatt et al (Corporate law firm) Venable LLP (Corporate law […]

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Nota Bene #92: Echoblowcation

by on November 18, 2009 in Features, Nota Bene, Scholars & Rogues

A few things for you NB readers:

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AfPakintacular

by on October 12, 2009 in Politics, Law & Government, World

It was such a pleasant weekend. Fall is in the air. Football is on TV, and the Angels sent the Boston Red Sox golfing. It even felt wholesome and normal to listen to the soothing sounds of Republicans and Democrats making fun of each other and playing nerf meme dodge ball. I suppose that we […]

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Nota Bene #86: Blog Post Go Boom

by on October 5, 2009 in Features, Nota Bene

I learned something new today

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A Qom bomb? No, but a seismic shock from Iran

by on October 2, 2009 in War & Security

THE DEPROLIFERATOR — President Obama’s appearance at the United Nations this week was intended as a show with a sideshow. First, he became the first U.S. president to chair an “extraordinary” session of the Security Council, with the nations represented not by diplomats but by actual heads of state, not diplomats. The council approved President […]

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Caller clowns Rush, Rush clowns Republicans

by on April 7, 2009 in Media & Entertainment

In the immortal words of Catbert, I just laughed myself fuzzy. First, you really must listen to this: (Transcript here, courtesy of Media Matters.) Rush starts, I think, to suggest that the caller isn’t really who he says he is, and by the end seems to allow that the guy may be a Republican, but […]

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Obama said to pick newly created 'Leakmaster General'

by on November 21, 2008 in Funny, Media & Entertainment, Politics, Law & Government

After days of leaks coming from the Obama transition team, the President-elect has reportedly decided to go the path of least resistance, embracing the enlarged prostate flow of chatter with the new cabinet position of Leakmaster General.

Former Clinton administration officials involved in the transition, who declined to give their names because “that would kind of spoil a leak,” say the Leakmaster General’s duties will be to deliver all leaks, however nonsensical, through a central command — the Office of Leaks, Gossip and Utter Horseshit (OLGUH).

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Hey, at least Hillary's better than Condi

by on November 20, 2008 in War & Security

We all know that Hillary Clinton voted for the resolution authorizing the war on Iraq. And when Barack Obama objected to the use of nuclear weapons against terrorists, she replied, “I don’t believe that any president should make any blanket statements with respect to the use or nonuse of nuclear weapons.” Surely though, as secretary […]

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Lady Die: de Rothschild, elitism and the final episode of Punk'd

by on September 17, 2008 in Crime & Corruption, Politics, Law & Government

This is some pretty funny stuff. Prominent Clinton backer and Dem donor to endorse McCain Posted: 10:45 AM ET WASHINGTON (CNN) — Lynn Forester de Rothschild, a prominent Hillary Clinton supporter and member of the Democratic National Committee’s Platform Committee, will endorse John McCain for president on Wednesday, her spokesman tells CNN. But that’s not […]

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If she's a feminist, we should be able to ask who cares for Sarah Palin's kids

by on September 6, 2008 in Politics, Law & Government, Race & Gender

by Lynn Schofield Clark I woke up at 4:30 this morning in a tense sweat. It wasn’t due to the usual university professor stresses of a new school year, though, or worries about my kid’s various activities. Today, my concerns weren’t about my own overcommitted life: they were about Sarah Palin’s. Here’s a woman who, […]

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