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A Perk of High Political Office

October 4, 2011October 4, 2011 Buck Banks

Steve Jobs actually gave it to me, a little bit early.

— President Obama, admitting to ABC News he got his iPad before everyone else. The president also said he uses the iPad to read blogs, but that he doesn’t comment on what he reads because he would be worried he wouldn’t be able to stop, and that he has other work to do.

Most Americans See Little Progress on Economy

October 4, 2011 Buck Banks

69%

Of Americans believe President Obama has not made real progress in fixing the economy, which voters overwhelmingly cite as their most important issue, according to a new CBS News poll. Twenty-five percent say he has made real progress. Still, most don’t blame the administration for the state of the economy. Asked who was most to blame, 22% cited the Bush administration, followed by Wall Street at 16%, Congress at 15% and then the Obama administration at 12%. One in 10 said “all of the above.”

ESPN Yanks Hank

October 4, 2011October 4, 2011 Buck Banks

Well, that about does it for you, Hank Junior.
On Monday nights now you have no football future.
You cemented your fall
When you broke Godwin’s Law
And compared President Barack Obama to Hitler.

Smart — In Context

October 3, 2011May 23, 2014 Buck Banks

Remind me again why they say it —
That Newt Gingrich is the smartest candidate.
If that were the case,
Could he keep a straight face
While saying the gay marriage issue will “dissipate?”

Gingrich: Gay Marriage an ‘Aberration’ That Will ‘Dissipate’

October 3, 2011 Buck Banks

I believe that marriage is between a man and woman. It has been for all of recorded history and I think this is a temporary aberration that will dissipate.

— Serial-groom Newt Gingrich, quoted by the Des Moines Register, on gay marriage.

New Voting Laws to Deny Ballots to 5 Million in 2012 Elections

October 3, 2011 Buck Banks

5 million

Number of eligible voters who could find it significantly harder to cast ballots in 2012 due to 19 recently passed voting laws in 14 states, according to a Brennan Center study. “The states that have already cut back on voting rights will provide 171 electoral votes in 2012 — 63% of the 270 needed to win the presidency.”

Bachmann Skipping House Votes to Campaign

October 3, 2011 Buck Banks

150

Number of congressional votes Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) has missed since announcing her presidential bid June 13, or only 54% of the time — missing every vote during the month of September, according to data compiled by Congressional Quarterly.In fact, the last time Bachmann voted was August 1 — a “no” vote on the debt ceiling deal.

Most Don’t Know What ‘GOP’ Stands for

October 3, 2011 Buck Banks

45%

Of Americans correctly identify the meaning of “GOP” as Grand Old Party, according to a new 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll. The second most popular choice, with 35% of the overall vote, was “Government of the People.” “Grumpy Old People” received 7% of the vote, “God’s Own Party” 3%, and 1% thought the abbreviation stood for “Gauntlet of Power.” Tweet

Pelosi: Administration Failed to Sell Itself

October 3, 2011 Buck Banks

I think you need to talk about how poorly they do on message. They can’t see around corners; they anticipate nothing.

— House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, quoted by Newsweek, on how President Obama and his advisers have “failed to sell his successes more aggressively.”

Wall Street Vs. Madison Avenue: We Lose

October 3, 2011October 3, 2011 Trish

adweek When the #OccupyWallStreet protestors get tired of the financial district, they can always hoof it over to Madison Avenue, where in one of life’s little ironies, Advertising Week is kicking off.

Even as runaway greed is lambasted on Wall Street, festering consumerism is encouraged at the eighth annual seminar/festival/networking event for more than 70,000 advertising professionals and major clients.

As in every past year, multiculturalism in advertising will be applauded yet rarely utilized. One workshop entitled, “Where Are All the Black People?” shows that at ad agencies, things haven’t changed very much since the days of Mad Men. The biggest difference, of course, is that the early Madison Avenue types didn’t have to sit through endless discussion groups about social media “solutions.”

Divorcing ourselves from Wall Street and disconnecting from our mobile devices is in the category called, “Putting the Toothpaste Back in the Tube.”

As the #OccupyWallStreet folks choke on tear gas and wave signs about bailouts and being in the 99 percent, ad industry types, who facilitate the consumer desire that lines Wall Street pockets, will be entertained by Andrea Mitchell and Brian Williams of NBC News, along with Steve Harvey, Jennifer Hudson, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Justin Timberlake.

The futility of the entire situation might have been unwittingly captured in this tweet from @KYColChad:

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Month: October 2011

A Perk of High Political Office

Steve Jobs actually gave it to me, a little bit early.

— President Obama, admitting to ABC News he got his iPad before everyone else. The president also said he uses the iPad to read blogs, but that he doesn’t comment on what he reads because he would be worried he wouldn’t be able to stop, and that he has other work to do.

Most Americans See Little Progress on Economy

69%

ESPN Yanks Hank

Smart — In Context

Gingrich: Gay Marriage an ‘Aberration’ That Will ‘Dissipate’

I believe that marriage is between a man and woman. It has been for all of recorded history and I think this is a temporary aberration that will dissipate.

— Serial-groom Newt Gingrich, quoted by the Des Moines Register, on gay marriage.

New Voting Laws to Deny Ballots to 5 Million in 2012 Elections

5 million

Bachmann Skipping House Votes to Campaign

150

Most Don’t Know What ‘GOP’ Stands for

45%

Pelosi: Administration Failed to Sell Itself

I think you need to talk about how poorly they do on message. They can’t see around corners; they anticipate nothing.

— House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, quoted by Newsweek, on how President Obama and his advisers have “failed to sell his successes more aggressively.”

Wall Street Vs. Madison Avenue: We Lose

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“We are done, Americans are done with endless conflict in the Middle East, spending trillions of dollars, American lives… this is insane and we have to call it for what it is.”

— Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), on CNN.

44%

— Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by Deadline, in his July 4th message.

Numerati

$4,600

11

30%

A new American Research Group poll finds just 30% of Americans say they approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president and 67% say they disapprove.

61% to 35%

81

A Reuters analysis of Trump’s public comments from June 23 through July 6 (13 days) — when a string of left-wing Democratic candidates won their party’s primaries in New York — found he invoked communism 81 times.