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Super Bowl with the Obamas and us

February 2, 2009 | Advertising, Barack Obama, Ethics, Family, Goon Squad Sarah, Internet, Media, PR, Parenting, Politics, Statistics, Television

I have a few things in common with President Barack Obama and his family (aside from the whole “leader of the free world” thing). He’s just a few year older than I am. He’s been happily married for 16 years. So have I. He has two beautiful daughters. So do I. They had a Super Bowl party yesterday. So did we, though on a much smaller — and less bipartisan — scale.

I wonder if Malia and Sasha had their 3D glasses too.

Did they see the Go Daddy commercial with Danica Patrick? And how did that go?

Maybe the conversation at the White House went something like this.

“Go Daddy? Hey, that’s what we said when you were running for president, Daddy!”

“Hey, Daddy? Why are those boys watching that girl take a shower?”

Did they see the other Go Daddy commercial with Danica Patrick?

“Enhanced? Hey, Daddy, what are they talking about?”

“Daddy? Why is that girl taking off her shirt?”

The Nielsen Company says in its Super Bowl guide that 37.7 million women are National Football League fans. That’s 42 percent of the viewing audience. I wonder how many children regularly watch NFL games.

I know a lot of women who like sports. Sarah covers sports for BlogHer and has her own sports blog. She even wrote about misogyny in sports media.

So I wonder …

How do women football fans reconcile the game and all the “Go Daddy” stuff that comes with it? Or do you? Does it just come with the territory, even though you’re almost half the viewing (and spending) audience?

How would you answer the questions I imagined Obama’s daughters might have asked? What would you tell your sons?

How about fathers who are football fans?

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Is it just me …

January 26, 2009 | I'm kidding, Internet, Television, Weird things

… or does Yahoo!’s Year of the Ox ox resemble Noggin’s moose?

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Oprah: I KNEW it!

2008 campaign, Barack Obama, D.C., Ethics, Fundraising, Politics, Television

OK. She wasn’t technically on Obama’s short list, but she apparently was on Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s short list. And that’s the next best thing to being there.

Taking his defense to the airwaves rather than his impeachment trial, Gov. Rod Blagojevich lashed out at his accusers Monday and revealed he had considered naming Oprah Winfrey to the Senate.

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Weird things happen on Twitter

January 7, 2009 | MSM, Television, The Today Show, Twitter

So I was on Twitter, and I said I didn’t watch The Today Show, and I said something not terribly flattering about Ann Curry. Before the end of the night? The Today Show was following me on Twitter. Do you think they really care what I have to say … or are they just pulling an Abraham Lincoln on me?

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That was a size 10 shoe he threw at me

December 17, 2008 | George Bush, Iraq, Media, Politics, SNL, Television, U.S. government

That’s what President George W. Bush said after ducking shoes thrown at him by an Iraqi journalist.

See? Everyone’s a comedian. Maybe he’s lobbying for Amy Pohler’s old job on Saturday Night Live.

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Campbell Brown: No Bias. No Bull.

December 2, 2008 | Campbell Brown, Family, Journalism, MSM, Media, Politics, Television

I’ve seen Campbell Brown on television for years. I watched her (on and off) do election coverage during the campaign, and I saw her “free Sarah Palin” opinion piece.

Then I caught one of her first No Bias. No Bull. shows, where she said she planned to hold President-elect Barack Obama accountable for all the promises he made during the campaign. I thought, yeah, OK, we’ll see. Then I never watched again. Oh, I planned to watch and even programmed the show into my DVR. But I never got around to watching.

Then I caught about three minutes of tonight’s show, where she takes on Gov. Edward G. Rendell, D-Pa., for perpetuating stereotypes about women. He said that Gov. Janet Napolitano, D-Ariz., would be perfect for the job of Secretary of Homeland Security (she’s Obama’s nominee for the job) because she “has no life” and “has no family.”

Hmm. I might have to check out the ones left on my machine.

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I just realized where “Yes We Can” comes from

November 12, 2008 | 2008 campaign, Barack Obama, PR, Television

“Can we fix it?”

Yes, we can!

(Hmm. Think someone fell asleep while the kids watched Bob the Builder … and a new slogan was stolen born?)

So … who will make up the new cabinet? Shall we start with Scoop, Muck and Dizzy?

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‘Becky, I don’t need your vote’

October 29, 2008 | 2008 campaign, Advertising, Barack Obama, Economics, Media, PR, Politics, Television

Ding, ding, ding, ding!

Oh, wait. That didn’t happen, did it?

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I agree with something Alec Baldwin said?

October 22, 2008 | 2008 campaign, Alec Baldwin, Media, Politics, SNL, Sarah Palin, Television

Wow. These are End Times.

In case you missed it, Gov. Sarah Palin, R-Alaska, appeared on last weekend’s Saturday Night Live.

My only criticism for Alec Baldwin is, hey, we know she’s not Tina. Quit calling her Tina. As if we didn’t hear you the first three times. Oh, and, “Everything WE stand for,” you said to Lorne Michaels? Even though you’ve given twice as much money to political candidates, Michaels has supported John McCain for years. Just sayin’.

Other than that, I don’t know what kind of heat Baldwin is getting about the whole thing or to whom he’s responding, but he had this to say yesterday.

Saturday Night Live is a comedy show. It’s not Meet the Press. It doesn’t “ask the tough questions” or “set the agenda.” It attempts, with varying degrees of success, to make people laugh. That’s it.

Exactly.

Same thing for Comedy Central and others, no matter how much someone might want to convince me of the political relevance and deep meaning of comedy shows. Their job is to make people laugh. That’s it. If they get politicians they skewer to “be good sports” and participate, that’s gravy.

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Devra: I said, “Mark my words,” didn’t I?

October 17, 2008 | 2008 campaign, Barack Obama, Ethics, John McCain, Lorne Michaels, Politics, SNL, Television

It’s official: Sarah Palin will appear on Saturday Night Live.

As an elected official — still in office — she will be in good company.

Sigh.

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