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Things Social Media [Can and] Can’t Do
AdAge recently posted about the "top ten things social media can’t do." Below are a few of their highlights, followed by our commentary. Substitute for marketing strategy Translation: Facebook is no longer a bullet point on that really awesome proposal you’re putting together – but shhh, don’t the "new media" …
Haley Barbour’s Kid Hits Two Hole-In-One Shots In One Round
Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good. h/t mkhammer
CapitalGig: WhiteHouse.gov, Drupal & CMS: A Little History
CapitalGig gives everyone a little White House 2.0 history lesson. [Almacy] Sneak peak: This is what WhiteHouse.gov used to look like. It ain’t pretty, but it beats the hell out of this. PIC –> http://clinton1.nara.gov/ (White House circa 1995)
Is Sporting the “I Voted” Sticker on Election Day, Like Wearing the Band T-shirt to a Concert?
It’s Election Day. We figured we’d hear something about it via Facebook and Twitter, but it’s been fairly quiet. [Who knew?]
Famously Facbooked: Hardly Working
Facebook status abuse: Nobody works harder than i do. 2 to 1 odds that this person is a blogger. PS: The fact that you took time out of your day to tell us how hard you work, leads us to believe that you are indeed a very hard-working person. Do …
Grassroots to the Establishment: Up Yours! [This Ain’t JoS. A. Bank]
Republican political strategist Karen Hanretty used some choice words recently when describing how the grassroots movement is feeling about the current political establishment: [Up Yours!] The grassroots are going their own way, and I for one think that’s a positive development. When conservatives go along to get along, as we …
Texts From Last Night [202 Halloween Edition]
Only made better if this was Tom DeLay and Cheryl Burke. [202] (202): i just watched Kanye West and Taylor Swift have a chugging contest. why cant halloween be every day
FamousDC Twitter Spam
Our statement regarding the Twitter spam controversy in which FamousDC is taking part: [$426.23] That’s not spam we’re sending, we really did make $426.23 today. We also learned how to fly & received a Nobel Peace prize. We’re also looking for a foreign financier who speaks little to no English …
Web Site Genius: Move Over Blue State Digital
What happens when you give a congressional candidate twenty minutes, a Web Sites for Dummies book and a pirated copy of Microsoft Paint? Magic. [greatest web site ever] h/t Michael Turk
Malkin: Paul Krugman Gets More Face Time with Obama than Gen. McChrystal
Michelle Malkin analyzes the White House visitor logs [knockin on Barry’s Door] *PAUL KRUGMAN. The NYT columnist spent two hours with Obama on April 27. Gen. McChrystal got 30 minutes.
Robocalls Are All the Rage
Sarah Palin just picked up her rotary phone and cranked out some robocalls in Virginia. [pretty vague] “Virginia, hello, this is Sarah Palin calling to urge you to go to the polls Tuesday and vote for Sarah’s principles. The eyes of America will be on Virginia and make no mistake …
Famously Quoteworthy: Touchdown Dance
Rahm Emanuel, in anticipation of passing health care form, but never wanting to sound cocky: ‘No spiking the ball on the 20-yard line here.’
Washington Post Steel Cage Newsroom
Two reporters enter, one reporter leaves. Matt Dornic breaks more news. [shiner]
We’ve Always Wanted To Use “Navratilova” In a Headline
Martina Navratilova drew a parallel Thursday between Andre Agassi and Roger Clemens, saying she’s shocked the eight-time Grand Slam champion lied about drug use. [bitter] He’s up there with Roger Clemens, as far as I’m concerned. …And then she went back to her drug-free workout of bench-pressing Hummers.
Let’s Make a Deal
You could see this coming the moment she quit her job. [bargain bin] Yesterday, we learned that Sarah Palin would make her first trip to Iowa since last year’s presidential campaign — sparking even more speculation that she may run for president in 2012. However, Politico reports that she wants …