Entries from Austinist tagged with 'presidentialcampaign'
March 6, 2008
"I was initially drawn to Crawford, because I'd been effectively duped. I didn't know that Bush wasn't from Crawford."...
Continue Reading "Austinist Interviews SXSW: CRAWFORD Director David Modigliani"January 18, 2008
Roy Spence, the Austin advertising legend and co-founder of the GSD&M ad agency, has recently taken a more prominent role in the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton....
Continue Reading "Don't Mess With Hillary: Spence Takes Larger Role in Clinton Campaign"November 30, 2007
From our sister site in Boston: A man has taken people at the headquarters for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign hostage in Rochester, New Hampshire, and he wants to speak to Hillary Clinton. Check Bostonist for the latest updates.......
Continue Reading "Breaking: Hostage Situation at Clinton's HQ in New Hampshire"September 4, 2007
Just a short time before George W. announced his intentions to run for King of Amurca, the New Haven-born hopeful bought a ranch in tiny Crawford, Texas. From this suitably folksy pulpit, he engineered that down-home, aw-shucks presidential campaign persona that captivated/divided the nation, and then there were those hanging chads and...well, you know the rest. Who Is Crawford Texas follows, through the eyes of the Crawford citizenry themselves, the crazy arc that accompanied two......
Continue Reading "AFS Docs in Progress: Crawford, USA"August 23, 2007
Ah, the verbal blunder. The slip o’ the tongue. The stutter, the stumble, the embarrassing gaffe at the company Christmas party. You’ve been using language practically all your life, so why does your tongue continue to betray you so? The truth is, for just about every person on the planet, verbal blunders are unavoidable. We like to test ourselves with tongue twisters (why does Sally keep selling those seashells by the seashore? It can’t......
Continue Reading "Um, You Might Like This Book"March 9, 2007
What is this SXSW business? Don't y'all know there's a presidential campaign in full swing? And not at all excessively early, either. Edwards' only semi-public appearance in town was for a taping of Texas Monthly Talks. The interview airs next Thursday. Check your local schedule.......
Continue Reading "Snapshots: Edwards Comes to Austin, Dozens Gather"