Tag archive for ‘Clinton’

Daily News Round-Up: Ice for Your Bloody Mary

Good morning, party people! It’s probably not quite time to tune up the violins, à la the Titanic, but if we haven’t actually hit an economic iceberg, we’re in awfully cold water.
AIG has (seriously, thankfully, even for those of us without any actual “investments” or “money in the bank”) been floated a lifesaver by New [...]

Post-Prandial Information Digestion: Daily News Roundup

“Shaking up Washington,” McCain’s Fight In his speech, McCain promised to “shake up Washington” and that this country’s citizens should “Fight with me. Fight for what’s right for our country. Fight for the ideals and character of a free people.” CNN reprinted bits of the speech in which the senator also praised his VP choice [...]

P+P @ The DNC: Party Paraphernalia

DENVER — You can’t walk a block here without seeing at least a handful of vendors staked out on the sidewalk corner, selling everything from Obama-emblazoned T-shirts to his-and-hers complementary scents, mixed to evoke fragrant impressions of Hillary and Bill Clinton (the Bill is a “pre-Lewinsky” blend, we’re told.).
Jim Macer, a self-described peddler hailing from [...]

P+P @ The DNC: News Flash — Obama in the flesh!

Obama crashed his own Party at the Pepsi Center tonight, sending the crowd into a frenzy after an already rousing evening of speeches from Bill Clinton and veep pick Joe Biden. Our very own Max Zimbert CrackBerried his reaction from the arena:
“Obama in the flesh is a new energy policy for the Pepsi Center. It [...]

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