Marc Ambinder (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
... make an appeal to voters in the form of an infomercial. The John McCain camp, led by spokesperson Tucker Bounds responded, "As anyone who has bought anything from an infomercial knows, the sales-job is always better than the product. Buyer beware." Rick Petry, Acting President and CEO of the Electronic Retailing Association, a trade association that represents direct marketers that...
Titivil (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
Nope, did not watch the Commercial last night. I'm not exactly undecided right now, and I don't do Commercials. And was I maybe a little concerned that I would find a big slick media extravaganza a little bit cloying -- like an infomercial! Which is why it seems I can't click anywhere this morning without some joke-y infomercial reference, such as, "But wait, there's more!/And if you call in the next...
BlueOregon (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
Last night, on The Daily Show, Jon Stewart went off one of his patented comic tirades - and this time his target was McCain spokesman and Oregonian Tucker Bounds. He was interviewing CNN's Campbell Brown, whose interview with Tucker was a YouTube sensation, about retribution from the political campaigns. Brown: I did an interview with someone from the McCain campaign that the McCain...
Flavor Country (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
... the development of these resources occurs.” Today, MSNBC’s David Schuster asked McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds whether Palin’s “share the wealth” plan had socialist undertones. Bounds denied the allegation, claiming Alaska’s sharing of natural resources is “unique” and not at all socialist: BOUNDS : No, in Alaska its a unique state because all the residents there have a unique...
Think Progress (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
... the development of these resources occurs.” Today, MSNBC’s David Schuster asked McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds whether Palin’s “share the wealth” plan had socialist undertones. Bounds denied the allegation, claiming Alaska’s sharing of natural resources is “unique” and not at all socialist: BOUNDS: No, in Alaska its a unique state because all the residents there have...
lalate news (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
Tucker Bounds is dissing Obama and his “Closing Argument Speech” as rhetoric. Tucker Bounds says Obama has never done anything for America but talk. Today in his Closing Argument speech, Obama said today: “We can’t afford to slow down, sit back, or let up for one day, one minute, or one second in this last week. Not [...]
Gawker (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
... and mount another offensive against the media. Anyway! She was on The . They talked about Tucker Bounds, the poor McCain surrogate abused by Campbell, She's had a good election!
CJR Daily (Free subscription) | 20/10/2008
Tucker Bounds, cable news's favorite McCain campaign spokesperson, to MSNBC's Tamran Hall this morning: HALL: Let's also talk about the impact this endorsement [Colin Powell endorsing Barack Obama] could or could not have. You've got Governor Kaine in Virginia saying it could have an impact there, you've got a lot of military families there. Representative Debbie Wasserman in Florida saying...
Titivil (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
Just to manufacture a moment of levity as big-box employees get trampled to death in Mumbai and terrorists wage two-day firefights in Long Island, I propose that the next Sarah Palin/Tucker Bounds/Michele Bachmann figure, the person always good for the quotable insane thing, be Ayman al-Zawahri. You may remember al-Zawahiri, as he is the reputed number-two of Al Qaida. He also has the...
Politico (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
The campaign trail leaves you fatter and more slovenly the longer you've hiked it. See also: Obama's Thanksgiving
U.S. News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
Tucker Bounds tells us his old boss is doing OK.
Jezebel (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
... and Electoral College speculations news either? Sarah Palin's manhandling of the English language? Tucker Bounds' endless enthusiasm for getting his ass handed to him on national TV?ANA MARIE: Well that was a story with a definitive ending. Twists and turns and some fake outs, but there was going to be an end, and people wanted to see how it'd turn out. The Obama story is just getting...
Jossip (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Embedded video from CNN Video Campbell Brown should be given a medal of honor for her election coverage. After tearing into McCain staffers and calling Tucker Bounds out on his bullshit, the CNN anchor is equally disgusted with the right's scapegoating of Sarah Palin after the campaign is over. I find it so stunning that the [...]
Gawker (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
Oh no, Keith Olbermann, The Left's Old Favorite Cable Person, is attacking Campbell Brown, The Lady Who Yelled At Tucker Bounds! They share a timeslot on competing networks so it was certain to...
New Politicus (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Banned by the Idaho Statesman and other fine newspapers Quote Of The Day "We hope the strip proves to be as predictive as it is consistently lame." -- McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds, previewing today's Doonesbury
