In what has to be one of the most disappointing examples of brand self-destruction of late, Eliot Spitzer decapitates his career, one that he built partly on going after men like himself.
Or maybe he was going after men with a different class status. Ooops!
Unity08 on Lobbying and Corruption:
Unity08 intends to fix this broken system by electing a bipartisan "Unity Ticket" to the White House in ‘08 funded solely by small-dollar donations from everyday Americans.
Speculation regarding Michael Bloomberg for President:
Reports that Bloomberg, New York's Republican mayor, is willing to spend a big chunk of his personal fortune -- perhaps as much as $1 billion -- on a White House run set off a new round of speculation about his intentions and his possible impact on the November 2008 election.
Supposedly, Bloomberg's talking with Unity08. What can they do? Claim that his funds aren't from corrupt lobbyists and the like so they're really ok?
Or hold Bloomberg to running without using his money in the campaign?
Unity08 will have to make a very clear statement about how they would work with such a candidate, regardless of whether or not they go with Bloomberg, or their basic platform and claim to difference will be nonsense.
Concerns about managing online threats to one's brand are quite real. Unfortunately, for Barack Obama, such concerns took an antidemocratic turn as someone from the campaign convinced MySpace to let them steal an indie Obama profile.
Apparently the profile was quite successful:
Established in November 2004 by Los Angeles paralegal Joe Anthony, the page has grown from an unofficial fan site to a grassroots Internet movement, racking up some 160,000 “friends” at last count.
The Obama campaign's action are an example of Online Brand Self Destruction.
John McCain positions himself for failure:
"I know who I am and what I want to do."
I'm going to make bootleg t-shirts with the slogan, "I know how the world works", and sell them outside the Republican National Convention.
BDR's money is on Giuliani for the Republican nomination.
I'm sitting here writing this while I wait for the HBO commercial to end that proceeds the series I'm trying to watch on DVD. I've already let the damn thing run once when I saw the first episode on this disc. The second round may be due to my DVD player but the first was HBO's fault and I truly despise them for that.
Oh, it's done! Now I can see what I paid for following totally legal methods as the industry prays I will. Yet, still, I was forced to wait out this commercial and will have to again and again and again on other DVDs for which I've paid to rent.
Newt Gingrich Apologizes in Grade School Spanish
Say what?
Guess the extreme right comeback isn't going so well.
Sometimes going on camera is a big mistake.
WTF? Don't they know we're all free now?!?
No more Al Quaeda! No more oppressive regimes in the Middle East! No more weapons of mass destruction! No more U.S. deficit! No more cops killing old ladies! No more lying to Americans about really serious matters! No more prison rape! No more working poor! No more New Orleans!
Bring on the New Year and all our new freedoms!
Yay!
Note to U.S. government when interacting with Muslims:
Assume that executions scheduled on Islamic holy days by Muslims are clear messages to other Muslims and act accordingly. Duh.
U.S. trade deficit soars to record
This goes out especially to all of you Democrats who couldn't stand that Clinton got a blowjob and you didn't so you went and voted for the "responsible" one.
You fucking fucks.
Goddamn, it didn't take these fuckers long to remind me of why, though I just voted for them, I generally expect to be disappointed.
NY Representative Charles B. Rangell, Democrat, who is "poised to become chairman of the Ways and Means Committee", recently stated:
"Mississippi gets more than their fair share back in federal money, but who the hell wants to live in Mississippi?"
What a dumbass.
The Democrats are extremely fortunate that the Republicans fall apart and reveal their true nature every now and then.
Now if the Democrats can learn how to capitalize upon and even initiate such crises, they will be capable of holding office rather than simple inhabiting it from time to time.
Country music star Gentry charged with killing bear
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Troy Lee Gentry, half of the country music duo Montgomery Gentry, has been charged with killing a tame bear and then making it look as if it was a hunting trophy, authorities said on Wednesday. . .
According to an indictment unsealed this week, in October 2004 Gentry paid $4,650 to shoot the "trophy-caliber" bear named "Cubby" at the Minnesota Wildlife Connection in northern Minnesota, which advertises itself as a place where animals can be photographed in the wild.
After using a bow and arrow to kill the animal inside its pen, Gentry and the owner of the preserve tagged the bear and registered it with the state as if it had been killed in the wild. A videotape was edited to make it appear that Gentry had hunted down the bear.
For all the bullshit rappers and their fans talk about realness, it's the country music fans that actually follow through and this incident could easily end this stupid motherfucker's career, which would be just fine with me.
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