Until the election. And television viewers in non-swing states can go back not to seeing political commercials. Those in Ohio, Florida, Virginia, North Carolina…..etc, will be longing for used car and fast food ads. If they aren’t already.
The conventions are over. Which means real fans of hot air have to go back to the Weather Channel.
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To combine phrases from Joe Biden and Barack Obama, these days a sentence for Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan is “a noun, a verb, and a tax cut.”
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Bill Clinton was magic Thursday night. On the other hand, he reminds many women of a charismatic but narcissistic ex-boyfriend. You see him again after years and you remember why he was so dazzling. But if he were to stick around full-time you’d probably remember why you got tired of his act.
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While it was a great speech, Bill Clinton did forget to thank Barack Obama for his favorite first-term accomplishment – having Hillary on the road for 351 days already as of July, 2012.
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After John Kerry mentioned her in a speech, Sarah Palin said she was surprised he knew her name. Interesting comment from a politician whose PR machine rivals the Kardashians.
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Bobby Valentine said in an interview that his first season in Boston has been “miserable.” Not half as miserable as for Red Sox fans who’ve paid money to watch it.
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Details, details… A new GOP ad has a frustrated former Obama supporter saying how disappointed she is. Only issue, the woman actually works for the RNC. (A big deal? Maybe, maybe not, but can you imagine if a Dem ad used a staffer who claimed she used to be pro-Romney?)
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After a report saying that 40-60% of Oregon football players smoked pot, the University is implementing random drug testing of all athletes. Got to love it, suspensions from the team start with the THIRD offense.
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A new toll road near Austin, Texas, will have a speed limit of 85 mph. Wonder how fast people can text while driving it.
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Mitt Romney said he wasn’t going to watch President Obama’s speech. Makes a certain amount of sense, he already had his rebuttal ready.
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A serious thought – “We don’t believe government can solve all our problems, but we don’t believe government is the source of all our problems.” Nicely said, Mr. President.
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From Marc Ragovin: Art Modell has died. For those too young to know who he was, he was the white, Jewish, Lebron James.
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