It's cloudy and rainy in DC, boo. Next week is CPAC in the wake of Super Tuesday. It should be exciting and will also help make some predictions, tie up the ends that Super Tuesday may leave undone.
Anyways, Happy Friday. Ron Paul's Campaign has decided that changing staff will help them get ahead...right.
Ron Paul Campaign Announces Addition of New Policy Advisors
Doug Bandow, Charles Peña and Philip Giraldi bolster foreign policy team
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jesse Benton
February 1, 2008 703-248-9115
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – Today, the Ron Paul 2008 presidential campaign is announcing the appointment of three new policy advisors. Doug Bandow has been appointed policy advisor to the campaign, while Charles Peña and Philip Giraldi have been named as foreign policy advisors.
Doug Bandow is a political writer and the Robert A. Taft Fellow with the American Conservative Defense Alliance. He has been widely published in leading newspapers and periodicals, and is the author of several books – including, most recently, Foreign Follies. Mr. Bandow served as a special assistant to President Ronald Reagan and as a senior policy analyst in the 1980 Reagan for President campaign.
Charles V. Peña is a senior fellow at the Independent Institute, a senior fellow with the Coalition for a Realistic Foreign Policy, a senior fellow with the George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute, and an adviser to the Straus Military Reform Project. Mr. Peña is the author of Winning the Un-War: A New Strategy for the War on Terrorism.
Philip Giraldi is a former officer of the Central Intelligence Agency who writes regularly on intelligence and foreign policy issues. Mr. Giraldi is a partner in an international security consultancy Cannistraro Associates, a contributing editor at The American Conservative magazine and a fellow at the American Conservative Defense Alliance.
To schedule an interview with Doug Bandow, Charles Peña, or Philip Giraldi please contact the campaign at 703-248-9115.
Organizations are listed for identification purposes only.
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Aah yes, and the strange mixture of pop culture and politics is becoming more mixed up and confused as noted by Stephen King in this piece. Frankly, he thinks the Writer's Guild of America strike benefits the Presidential race because more voters are tuning into see what's going on, and have become more savvy. Here is a quote"
Can I be blunt? I think a lot of voters now lie right through their teeth when speaking to pollsters. And that might be the most optimistic trend in an election year where the coverage has never been dumber or more dubious. Because, dig, American voters seem to have realized that once they go into the voting booth and pull the curtain closed, they're on their own. No cameras, no celebs, no immunity challenges. Only them and the lever. Which I think is the way it's supposed to be. Of course, that's just my opinion.
Just for fun, here is a Slate critic's piece on 'Meet the Spartans' and the creator's other films, like Not Another Date Movie and such....the first paragraph's actually have something to do with the film's political references....
And Fox ran this story on an ad with overly sexed up Nuns and nudity. Really, it just goes to show you that the advertising world is having a hard time coming up with ideas and shock value always works....
So that's all Folks! Happy Friday! Drive safe! Don't Drive Drunk!