Update from Newscoma: She sees my talk radio host smackdown and raises me a presidential debate shellacking.
On February 15, 2010,
in Media,
by Mary Mancini
On March 15, 2009,
in Liberate Your Radio from The Right,
by Mary Mancini
Actor Ron Silver, 62, died today after a two-year battle with esophageal cancer. He had a long, distinguished career on stage, screen and television but was perhaps best known for his recurring role as Bruno Gianelli on The West Wing.
Thank you, Mr. Silver.
On March 2, 2009,
in Liberate Your Radio from The Right,
by Mary Mancini
For your Monday morning:
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President Bartlet: “What’s on your mind.”
Toby: “The era of big government is over”…”
President Bartlet: “You want to cut the line.”
Toby: “I want to change the sentiment. We’re running away from ourselves. And I know we can score points that way, I was a principal architect of the campaign strategy. Right along with you, Josh. But we’re here now. Tomorrow night we do an immense thing. We have to say what we feel. That government, no matter what its failures in the past – and in times to come, for that matter – government can be a place where people come together. And where no one gets left behind. No one…gets left behind. An instrument of good. I have no trouble understanding why the line tested well, Josh. But I don’t think that means we should say it. I think that means we should…change it.”
Yes. Change it. The era of smart government is here.
On January 26, 2009,
in Liberate Your Radio from The Right,
by Mary Mancini
Kleinheider got “the internet people” going crazy over at Post Politics this weekend with just a simple non-red meat post about the election of the new chair of the Tennessee Democratic Party, Chip Forrester. Last time we looked there were over 230 comments. One of our guests on this morning’s show, Rep. Mike Turner (D-the Fightin’ 51st!), said that even he made a brief appearance last night before being mercilessly attacked by the muumuu-wearing parliament smokers for some *gasp* typos.
Kleinheider suggests in a recent Tweet:
If you are into TN politics, you probably need to carve out some time to read all the comments on this thread.
You can do that – if you have the time and the stomach. Or you can just watch this classic bit of art imitating life from The West Wing. Enjoy!
On February 21, 2008,
in Liberate Your Radio from The Right,
by Mary Mancini
First, Knoxville Republican Rep. Stacy Campfield’s ridiculous bill to “ban elementary and middle schools from teaching about anything other than heterosexuality was angrily derided in a legislative committee.” Big surprise, he fabricated the issue. Bigger surprise, Democrats stood up and said, “No More.” Then, the Tennessean woke up and smelled election integrity with a front page article about Tennessee’s lack of a paper ballot. Who cares that it only took them 3 years? And now, West Wing addicts everywhere can stop bemoaning the loss of their favorite TV show and start living it. Remember when Matt Santos wasn’t given a snowball’s chance in hell of winning against moderate-Republican Arnie Vinick?
Year of the Rat, nothing. This is the year of the underdog.
UPDATE: Interesting discussion going on at AC’s house, a.k.a WKRN’s Volunteer Voters, as to whether Stacy Campfield wields any kind of influence up there on the hill. All evidence points to no. However, it is nice (and rare) to see someone try to use the “homosexual agenda” wedge issue to their advantage and fail so quickly and so spectacularly.
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