From Meet The Press, Sunday Oct. 19th, 2008. And this should have been spoken to Tim Russert R.I.P. but was delivered by Sec. of State Colin Powell to Tim’s brother & colleague Tom Brokaw. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Colin Powell’s statement: I have some […]
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Powell Endorses Obama — Transcript
October 20th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
Tags: Colin Powell·Colin Powell endorses Barack Obama·Colin Powell on Sarah Palin·Colin Powell's statement on Obama·Meet The Press moments·Politics·turning points in 2008 campaign
Brian’s Online Video Collection
September 28th, 2008 · 27 Comments · Brian on YouTube etc., Hitchhiker's Guide to Jack Kerouac, Kerouac and The Beats, Merry Pranksters, Movies, Music, New York City, Poetry, Politics, Weird Things About Me
Here’s a bunch of online video clips . Here’s my YouTube Channel — BrianHassettVideos — https://www.youtube.com/user/BrianHassettVideos/videos “Brian is the horse of a different color you’ve heard so much about.” […]
Tags: Brian on YouTube etc.·classic River Heights party·Dead Ahead Grateful Dead movie·flying into Winnipeg·Gettysburg Address parody·Hassett on Breakfast Television·Hassett poetry·Hassett's Best Man speech·Kelvin reunion on TV·LitKicks Summer Poetry Happening·Poetry·Politics·The Bitter End
Where Wayward Jekylls Hyde — The Mighty Bama-Rama Rap
September 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Poetry, Politics
Where Wayward Jekylls Hyde The Mighty Bama-Rama Rap by Brian Hassett, Sept. ‘08 Like tonight is the night, the Barack is The Rock, And “change” is The Word, and the voice has been heard, . And the heart is on the drums, and passion’s playin’ […]
Tags: Hassett poetry·Hassett poetry reading·MLK to Obama·Obama 2008 campaign·Obama McCain debates·Obama poetry·Poetry·Politics
Ashley Smith tells her kidnapping story
August 17th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics, Real-life Adventure Tales
I started thinking about this watching tonight’s “Civil Forum” with Obama and McCain and this paster Rick Warren. Somebody mentioned that he wrote “The Purpose-Driven Life”, and I remembered that was the book that woman read to the escaped convict Brian Nichols who kidnapped her in Atlanta back in about 2005. (March) I’d always remembered […]
Tags: amazing kidnapping stories·Ashley Smith kidnapping·Ashley Smith transcript·Atlanta hostage taking·Brian Nichols Ashley Smith·hostage stories·Politics·Purpose-Driven Life·Real-life Adventure·Rick Warren
Tim Russert — 1950 — 2008
June 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Politics
Tim Russert just died. My initial post: I’m in shock. I just got home and will have MSNBC on all night. I was at the hospital and my cell went off 5 times and i couldn’t answer it but i knew something happened. To explain it to non politicos, I’ve said it’s like Johnny Carson dying […]
Tags: Frank Rich quotes·Politics·quotes about Tim Russert·Tim Russert elegy·Tim Russert Meet The Press·Tim Russert memorial·Tim Russert MSNBC coverage·Tim Russert tribute·Tim Russert's death·Tim Russert's importance
PA Primary registration must be done by March 24th
March 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Politics
Most people think this amazing PA primary is in April – but it’s really March 24th – ‘cause that’s the last day you can register. If you’re not in it by then – you’re off the bus! No scoop for you! You may have heard this one before, but Every Single Vote (Really) Counts in […]
Tags: Democratic primary 2008·Pennsylvania primary·Politics·primary registration·registration deadlines 2008·voter registration 2008
The Two Questions Remaining
March 8th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
I was looking for this number and found the most optimistic guess at it (via the Hillary campaign) in the NYT yesterday: “If the results of Florida & Michigan are allowed to stand, and Mr. Obama is awarded the delegates won by ‘uncommitted’ on the Michigan ballot, Mrs. Clinton would pick up 64 delegates toward […]
Tags: Democratic primary 2008·Florida and Michigan primary delegates·Hillary Clinton primary 2008·Obama vs Clinton primary·Politics·seating Florida and Michigan delegates
the Secret Obama Memo — and how he wins the Nomination
March 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Politics
You’re not going to believe this — it’s right out of a great espionage novel — but just after Super Tuesday, the great veteran politico Al Hunt, now Executive Editor at Bloomberg News, was emailing with the Obama campaign, who mistakenly included in a dispatch to Hunt the campaign’s projections for all the remaining states. […]
Tags: Dem primary results in advance·Democratic primary 2008·Obama primary momentum·Obama primary strategy·Politics·Tim Russert
March Forth, America!
March 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Politics
“Goin’ all-in” — tonight the voters get called and lay the cards on the table. Poll closings: (all times Eastern) 7 PM Vermont (should be another double-digit win for Obama, making it 12 in a row) 7:30 PM Ohio — thus begins the double-header nail-biters of the primary. 8 PM – primaries end in most of […]
Tags: Democratic primary 2008·Democratic primary Texas and Ohio 2008·end of Hillary campaign 2008·Obama vs Hillary 2008·Politics
America Rising
February 28th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
Tick tick, click click, time’s a wastin’, page refreshing, Dynasty ending in Dallas. Get Smart, Eight Years Is Enough; Voters Touched By An Angel To Crown New American Idol Next Week. This is kinda hard to fathom, but do you realize that Hillary Clinton has never been ahead in the voter-elected pledged delegate count (what […]
Tags: Democratic primary 2008·Jim Webb as VP·Obama one million donors·Obama vs Hillary 2008·Obama's VP predictions·Politics