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Leaked Copy of Obama Campaign Ad
A source in the Obama organization slipped us this pre-release draft version of an upcoming campaign ad. Called “I Believe” the goals stated - feeding the hungry, healing the sick etc. - are hard to argue with but language of the ad amounts to a “back-door” appeal to the Religious Right. An Obama advisor said the ad was [...]
Continue reading...Hillary Clinton: V.P. To Be
25. June 2008
Sources high up in the Obama campaign have confirmed that Hillary Clinton will be offered the Vice-Presidential slot although not any time soon. The Obama campaign felt it had to wait until the choice would not appear to be forced, and according to a top Obama advisor “some time had to pass for both Senators’ [...]
Continue reading...The Secrets of Unsuccessful Speechmaking
24. June 2008
(The first in our occassional series of campaign advice from past candidates. The following is excerpted from Gracie Allen’s book on how not to run for president, based on her experiences during her 1940 campaign for the Oval Office. No endorsement of any current candiate is intended or should be inferred.) MANY a speaker has made [...]
Continue reading...McCain’s Psychiatric Records Explain Memory Lapses, Confusion
20. June 2008
Presidential Candidate John McCain has refused to release his Vietnam era post-captivity psychiatric evaluations. Thanks to Highly Placed Source’s mutli-layered contact protection policy, we have been able to secure access to these records. We submitted his case – with his name redacted - to a psychiatrist who has spent her long and distinguished career specializing [...]
Continue reading...Word to Obama: Watch Out for the Well-Meaning
19. June 2008
The story as reported is that three Muslim women were denied on-camera seating at Barack Obama’s recent political rally because they were wearing headscarves. Our sources tell us that this situation was created by Obama supporters not connected to the campaign. Their goal was to show Obama mistreating Muslims to prove that despite continuing rumors [...]
Continue reading...Who Will “Meet the Press” Now?
15. June 2008
That the show – and the political news cycle – must go on is something that Tim Russert, who died suddenly Friday night after serving as host of NBC’s Meet the Press for just over sixteen years, certainly understood. So while NBC is planning to present a retrospective of Mr. Russert’s career as a newsman [...]
Continue reading...The Disinvited President
14. June 2008
Sources close to the McCain presidential campaign shared a copy of a strongly worded letter their “straight-talking” candidate sent to the Republican National Committee. The letter demands that the RNC ask President George W. Bush to leave the Republican party, thereby undercutting the Democrats major political advantage by freeing the Republican presidential candidate to run [...]
Continue reading...Huffing and Puffing CO2
12. May 2008
An unreleased clinical study of lung function places health and fitness concerns in direct opposition to attempts to reduce global warming. The study shows even moderate aerobic exercise more than triples the amount of carbon dioxide exhaled by the lungs. The release of excess carbon dioxide is considered by most scientists to be the major [...]
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11. July 2008
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