CenLamar | Est. 2006

The Daily Update: What You Can’t Read in the Newspaper Some Iraqis want Saddam’s execution to be broadcast on television. American news media pretends to be confused and offended. Check this out. Someone left this link on the blog. Feedback graphs on positive and negative campaign commercials during the 2006 Senate race. Mark your calendars: Inauguration set for December 4th, 12 Noon, Downtown Riverfront Center. Bill Cosby settles confidential sexual harassment lawsuit. Source: Law.com Lincoln Chaffee considers leaving the GOP. New Secretary of Defense Bob Gates is more of a Bush 41 Republican than a Bush 43 Republican. Source: “Rave…

Hindsight is 20/20: What Republican Campaign Tactics Teach Us About the State of American Democracy. In 1970, a nineteen-year-old Karl Rove played a little prank on the campaign of Alan Dixon, who was running for State Treasurer of Illinois. Rove used a fake name, walked into Dixon’s campaign office, and stole 1,000 sheets of paper with the Dixon letterhead. The young Rove then used the stationary to print a flier promising “free beer, free food, girls, and a good time for nothing” and dispersed the flier to homeless shelters and rock concerts. To some, this may seem like a harmless…

The Daily Update: What You Can’t Read in the Newspaper Roy Supporters Currently Planning Inauguration Events. For some perspective, twenty years ago, Mayor Randolph’s inauguration included a church service, the swearing-in, the lighting of the Christmas tree, and, of course, a black tie affair. Britney’s filing for divorce, y’all. George Allen concedes; both the House and the Senate are now controlled by the Democrats for the first time in twelve years. Rummy’s out, Rush is relieved he doesn’t have to keep lying.