thinkprogress.org - 2/11/2009
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Today, public-workers union AFSCME launched a massive advertising campaign targeting neo-Hooverite conservatives who are trying to block President Obama’s recovery and reinvestment plan. One target is Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA), whom the union faults for declaring he was proud that his party ...
theplumline.whorunsgov.com - 2/11/2009
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theplumline.whorunsgov.com —
This isn't going to make the big unions
very happy. GOP House leader Eric Cantor 's office...
has come up with an intriguing response to the AFSCME ad bllitz targeting GOP leaders: Sending over a video that portrays AFSCME union members as 1970s-era ...
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Cantor’s Office Responds: Video Depicting AFSCME Members ...
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 2/17/2009
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Poor House Republicans. They were pretty psyched yesterday
about that new troops-rallying video from Minority Whip Eric...
Cantor (R-VA) that used Aerosmith's "Back in the Saddle" to declare that "The House GOP is back" thanks to the party's unanimous ...
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Aerosmith to House GOP: Don't Use Our Song
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Cantor aide apologizes
Ben Smith's Blog —
... Which might be seen as a reminder of how utterly humorless official Washington is, were it not for Cantor's own sanctimony on this particular subject: ...
Wednesday's Mini-Report
Political Animal —
... to allowing the media to photograph flag-draped coffins of fallen soldiers as they return to the United States. It would be a good move. * In light of the profanity-laced video his office distributed this morning, it's hilarious that House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) is an anti-obscenity crusader . * A Senate committee voted 11 to 1 today to give the District of Columbia a voting seat in the House. The lone dissenter was ...
"OUTRAGE"s Of The Week
The Atlantic Politics Channel —
... 2. Democrats are OUTRAGED that Eric Cantor's office forwarded to the press a satirical video that included...horrors...naughty words. ...
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Classy
washingtonmonthly.com 2/12/2009 — CLASSY.... Yesterday, AFSCME and Americans United for Change unveiled a pretty good ad in support of the economic stimulus plan. The new national television spot tells viewers, "We're in an economic crisis and Republican leaders are playing politics ...
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When YouTube videos backfire —
First Read 2/11/2009
From NBC's Mike Viquiera and Mark MurrayPolitico was writing a story about a new TV ad that Dem-leaning groups -- including the union AFSCME -- had taken out attacking Eric Cantor, the No. 2 House Republican. In response, Cantor spokesman Brad ...
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