The current election cycle’s potential Republican candidates for president may be a little slow out of the gate, but past aspirants to the nation’s highest post haven’t been so shy. So on this, our nation’s day to celebrate...
Originally published January 15, 2007 In the political world, it’s easy to demonize the other side. Those bastards want to abolish the social safety net! Those freaks want to let men marry men! We often forget that, in most cases, the freaks...
A little bird just whispered this in my ear, soon after said bird got off the phone with Google’s political advertising team: rates for Google/YouTube’s “in-stream” ads in certain states have doubled or tripled in recent...
Hey kids, check those details before you post that web video! Lisa Murkowski’s staff apparently didn’t, and they misspelled HER OWN NAME in the original version of the ad below: Yep, the ad listed “www.lisamurkwski.com” in...
Howdy folks, we’re back from a short vacation from the publicly written word, with some cool developments on the horizon (more on that soon) and of course midterm elections just a few short weeks away. With that in mind, check out what must be...
The folks over at Ranker.com have done us a solid by gathering their ten favorite instances of Jon Stewart absolutely destroying Fox News, typically with its own anchors’ own words. My only complaint? They link to the clips and describe them...
Be sure to check out this excellent piece from Associated Press reporter Phillip Rawls, who looks at the gap between an online political video’s popularity and its effectiveness. I get a nice quote up toward the front about how videos too...
The new Old Spice guy weighs in on a political question — how Obama can build his support among the Ladies, er, the female voters of America. Monocle smile! Via Facebook’s own Adam Conner. Update: Mashable has great numbers on this video...
One more bit of YouTube today, though this one’s audio-only rather than video: a rewrite of Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance,” but this time with lyrics about the BP oil spill. Okay, the results might not be quite as funny as one...
My friend and long-ago college roommate Brad Terrell passed this mind-blowing piece of political video/advertising along the other day: Sheer genius! A gun, a horse, a hat and a Real Man for Alabama…one of the Finest pieces of video ever...