accelerated media

been working out this concept–this theme, called accelerated media. it used to be, at least in the case of politics, when one trailblazer went down, those standing in the rafters had about 2 - 4 years to take the experiences of the pioneer (both bad and good) and turn it to their own advantage.

now that sarah palin has been picked by john mccain to be the first female on a republican ticket, and quite possibly the first woman vice president of the united states, we see that the republican ticket and palin herself have the luxury of rolling through an endless sea of information on how a woman can or cannot win a national campaign because hillary has already conducted their market research. now they know, frumpy and scary does not work. but kazuo kawasaki designer glasses do. although frumpy does seem to work for angela merkel in germany. but what does this tell us about deutschland?

oprah winfrey losing credibility

should this be a headline? according to the drudgereport, oprah winfrey, queen of feel-good, trash tv apparently is balking at putting sarah palin on her show. did she let hillary clinton on her show during the primaries. can’t remember. but initially hill didn’t really do a whole lot of press. well maybe sarah will have to hit up jerry springer. but the best strategy might be an instant E! True Political story, if they every decide to go down that alley.

fashion faux pas of hillary clinton

as collected by the l.a. times, you can view the fashion retrospective of hillary rodham clinton, which ranges from head bands to tiger prints (yes, tiger prints) to pants suits. here’s a photo of her and family in 2003 with a fat chelsea and the aforementioned tiger print.

bill clinton, fade to grey

billary clinton just won’t go away. bill clinton has just nabbed a prime-time speaking spot on day 3 of this year’s democratic national convention. he follows hillary who will speak on day 2. and more notably, speaks before whomever will ultimately be obama’s running mate (aka, vp). are the clintons relevant? will they cause obama problems over the next 90 days? is machavellian bill willing to fade to black like previous presidents (see richard nixon)? bill clinton makes george bush the elder look like the dali lama every time he opens his big mouth.

bill clinton and anne hathaway 6 degrees of separation

who would’ve thought we could play the kevin bacon game with billary clinton and anne hathaway via her ex-italian boyfriend whose presently in the slammer. it’s not exactly a ‘princess diaries’ kinda story but more like ‘the devil wears prada.’

bill clinton hopping mad at barack obama

the telegraph headline reads ‘bill clinton says barack obama must kiss my ass for his support.’ this coming from the man (aka, hillary clinton’s husband) who got less votes than both john kerry and al gore in both the elections handed to him by ross perot.

clintons off tim russert

tim russert, host of meet the press, cheerleader for barack obama, and arguably the man who knocked hillary clinton off her pedestal, has died at the age of 58 of an apparent heart attack. but we’re not really blaming the cintons for killing tim russert. why would they want to kill russert? maybe metaphorically, but not literally. because you know, the billary aren’t criminals

hillary clinton 30 million in debt

not sure why i’m not seeing this in u.s. newspapers. or perhaps this is an oversight on my part. but the germany scandal sheet, bild zeitung is reporting that hillary clinton’s campaign is 30 million dollars in debt.

barack obama first non-white presidential candidate for major party

yesterday, barack obama crossed the magic line to become the first non-white presidential candidate of a major u.s. political party. the last time hillary clinton acknowledged that obama had won a primary or caucus was last january –almost exactly 5 months ago when he won iowa. even last night, hillary clinton failed to acknowledge obama’s win of montana or the nomination. how delusional is that?

barack obama inches to 1907 delegates

barack obama inches to the 2025 (magic number) for capturing the democratic nomination. this weekend, conventions were held in nevada and kansas. in nevada, obama picked up 1 additional delegate and leads hillary clinton 14 to 11.