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Entries from November 2008

LA Times, LA Marathon…Ooh LA la…ahem

November 26th, 2008 · No Comments

The entire article can be read here. I’ll post it here in full later. Cheers.

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Tags: Hey Look, I'm a Writer

The Obama Administration vs. Political Comedy

November 18th, 2008 · No Comments

This is also posted at Huffington Post.
Is political comedy in trouble? Will there be no funny in the future with an Obama administration? Is Barack Obama bad for comedy?
Disregard all the non-comedians’ fears that Saturday Night Live will go the way of Circuit City. Ignore all the yammers about how Barack Obama is bad […]

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Tags: Political Dribble · Hey Look, I'm a Writer

McCain is Doing Bob Dole’s Material

November 12th, 2008 · No Comments

After Senator Bob Dole lost to President Bill Clinton he went on the Tonight Show and said,”I slept like a baby. Woke up crying every two hours.”
Hysterical. Bob Dole - out of touch and old - but funny.
Last night on the Tonight Show Senator John McCain told Jay Leno, “I’ve been sleeping like a baby […]

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Tags: Political Dribble

From my parent’s basement to God’s ears…

November 11th, 2008 · No Comments

When Fox News denounces the ‘mainstream media’ as something that they are not a member of - I scream. I scream at the TV and then I end up screaming at other small appliances around my house - toaster - rice cooker. Fox News thinks it’s not the guy following around Betsy the Elephant with […]

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Tags: Political Dribble

Chicago’s Grant Park, November 4, 2008

November 7th, 2008 · No Comments

So here’s one of the more unflattering pictures I’ve posted of myself. I hopped on the plane after the polls closed in Ohio to get to Grant Park. I had a colleague that had picked up my press cred the day before. She handed it off to me while I was in a cab on […]

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Tags: Political Dribble · Posts from the Road

Getting Out the Vote and Getting Ousted From the Voting

November 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

This was the crowd waiting for Obama to speak in Cleveland on Nov. 2, 2008.
I drove to Ohio to volunteer for the Barack Obama campaign. So far I’ve canvassed in a couple of neighborhoods, talk to a bunch on people and found out more than I thought I would ever know about Ohio voting […]

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