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Spin Control archive for April 2008

FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2008

Approaching video parody parity

Hillary Clinton is way behind Barack Obama in terms of raising money. But she may be catching up in one other important metric for the 21st CenturyMusical videos that other people stick on the Internet.Until recently, Obamagirl made the Illinois senator the clear frontrunner in…

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THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 2008

Got any spare time?

Turning the Spokane Valley into its own city apparently has brought one of the typical problems of urbanization. Panhandling.So concerned are city leaders about people plying they highways and byways for spare change that they've decided to put together an ad hoc committee on panhandling.The…

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Discussion topic: Answer the #@*! phone

The new Hillary Clinton campaign commercial has a familiar ring to it. The phone at 3 a.m. The commercial debuted Wednesday, about the same time that a pro-Obama group in Hollywood released the following video parody of the first 3 a.m. commercial. Click to see…

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2008

Can't they take a joke

Hillary Clinton tried an April Fool's Day joke in the campaign on Tuesday. Dan Abrams of MSNBC showed that he doesn't have much of a sense of humor, and that he doesn't know much about bowling, where strikes are a good thing, and the one…

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King County cops backing Rossi

The King County Police Guild dropped a line to Dino Rossi recently, telling the GOP governor's candidate he's got their support in his grudge rematch with Gov. Chris Gregoire.The letter did not come with a check, although no one should be surprised if the guild's…

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TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 2008


Tuesday's quickie political briefing

Here are today's headlines in the presidential campaign, from The Associated Press.Pelosi says superdelegates have right to vote their conscience, Democratic race should go onClinton likens herself to legendary film boxer Rocky, says she won’t quitObama stops at Pa. factory as he makes his case…

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