Attorney Wilson Smith Interviews Saxby Chambliss

Attorney Wilson Smith, our fave trial lawyerin’ south Georgia podcaster, talks with Senator Saxby Chambliss in the days running up to the Martin/Chambliss Senate runoff on Dec. 2. Wilson seems baffled that Senator Chambliss has “no consistent philosophy of government.” But if Chambliss did, he’d then be saddled with the label of “leader” instead of [...]

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Social Media Rubber Has Met The Road

This one blog post from Ford’s new social media director, Scott Monty, illustrates a terrific example of the role social media is playing in crisis PR communications.
In this particular case, the post demos how social media is being used to progress the overall conversation to a more positive consideration of the automotive industry… at a [...]

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Jack Bauer Went Down To Georgia

I was delighted as the next person to have 24 return to our TV sets last night, although being aware of the mighty-righty blowhards’ proclivity to the show, I could never really achieve full-drama-immersion status with last night’s 2-hour special the way I could with Last Enemy, a much finer-tuned thriller/mini-series sharing an inordinate amount [...]

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Republican Party In Georgia Counting On Blacks To Frankly Not Give A Damn

Unless you’re living under a rock, or watching only all the negative campaign ads that don’t present any info about when the Georgia US Senate race runoff election really is (Dec. 2), there is a runoff election on December 2nd, a Tuesday. All day. In December. See your precinct. Between Republican incumbent Senator Saxby Chambliss [...]

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Towery’s Back On-Air!

And he’s rested and ready to talk Martin/Chambliss runoff turkey. It’s all right here.

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CNN Broke Twitter?

I bet @ricksanchezcnn finally broke Twitter for good. The fragile thing wasn’t meant for heavy MSM lifting. Between Sanchez on CNN at 3pm and the anti-Motrin ad moms today, the damn thing may never recover. Call some lawyers quick!

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Welcome To New Media Slavery

Don’t get me wrong. I’m a fan of citizen journalism and The Huffington Post and The Huffington Post’s citizen journalism project, OffTheBus. I’m a user and a cheerleader and a content creator for plenty of time-consuming, life-sucking, rather tiring citizen journalism initiatives. I won’t bore you with the details or the self-congratulatory remarks. You can [...]

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NYT Proves Teens Are Boring. And A Pitiful Source of Juicy Dirt

From today’s NYTimes… about how to waste time on Facebook:
NOT long before the election, The Times published an unflattering front-page profile of Cindy McCain, inspiring a new round of accusations that the newspaper was biased against her husband. Some critics were especially angry about one of the reporting tactics: Trying to find sources for information [...]

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Mapping Our Beloved South. We’re Left-Behinds Now.

Here’s a map of how the NYTimes perceived the South as being out of touch, and presumably left behind, from the rest of the nation… in terms of how we voted (markedly differently) on Nov. 4th. And here is the rather condescending analysis from the Damn Yankees too!
The map I want to see is the [...]

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A Study In Insufferability

Let me inflict on you, Dear Listener, a study in how women must simply… yell louder! In order to be heard through the insufferable dronings on and on and on and on and on and on and on, well you get the picture, of the male ego at full yap. Bless their hearts. It’s little [...]

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Yankees In Georgia?!! How Did They Ever Get In?!

From Palmetto Scoop:
So perhaps now is as good a time as any to lend our expertise to our neighbors in Georgia, who The Palmetto Scoop has learned will be receiving a massive influx of Buckeyes over the next few weeks. That’s because president-elect Barack Obama has reportedly dispatched all of his Ohio staffers to the [...]

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The Political South: My How We’re Changing!

Tom Baxter of Southern Political Report post-morts the post-election southern landscape today. Most  interesting analysis:
Adding further complexity to the picture is the ribbon of blue counties which begin in Charleston, S.C., and thread through the heart of last week’s red states all the way to Chickasaw County, Miss. These counties, which encompass most of [...]

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No, Thank YOU HuffPost’s Off The Bus

Amanda Michel, Den Mother of the Huffington Post’s 2008 presidential election, groundbreaking citizen journalism project, Off The Bus, takes a moment to thank their contributors here.
I thus took a comment moment to thank Off The Bus for their media vision and leadership. It was an honor and a thrill to have been part of the [...]

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All Men Are Liars – Installment #49,653

Everyone’s fave pundit, Thomas Friedman, says that conservative white men are liars. (Ya don’t say?) That they went into the private parts of the voting booth and checked the box for Obama… after telling their cronies all along at the country club Men’s Grill, presumably over a rare steak and a scotch-rocks, that they were, [...]

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Scenes from Election Night in Atlanta, GA 200

I’d have shot more, but I got tired of schlepping gear around so I went home early.
UPDATE: Shelby Highsmith has THE winning moment from Manuel’s Tavern here.

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Twittering Through Election Night

My Election Night Tweets are as follows. From last to first:

God blessed America. about 12 hours ago from web

I am just too damn old for this one-woman band shit. Two stops already kicked my ass. Going home. Need pizza. #current #election about 14 hours ago [...]

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Ethel Mertz Reacts to Palin’s Loss

Ethel Mertz reacts to Palin’s Loss
Originally uploaded by cathleenritt

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What To Wear?!!!!

Must plan Inaugural Ball gown/wardrobe… starting NOW! The ultimate What To Wear delicious dillema! Now who do I have to blog nicely about to get an Inaugural Ball ticket? What DC power-broker am I in good standing with? Must take severe inventory. Of data base AND closet. If I’m totally off the grid, it’s because [...]

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When Twitter Just Won’t Do

Reason #4578 to be glad you don’t live in Clayton County, Georgia:
A police helicopter will fly over Clayton County’s 58 voting precincts this afternoon to track the longest lines and monitor any potential problems.
Clayton County Commission Chairman Eldrin Bell dispatched the helicopter to help determine where to place 12 extra voting machines for the after-work [...]

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Election Night – Two For The Twitter Road

Two people you will want to add ‘n follow for Election Night on Twitter will be former Atlantans Tony Dornacher and Tim State… now living in Chicago. They have their tickets to the Grant Park Obama Rally in one hand, and their mobiles and cams in the other. Plus, they’re just funny guys with a [...]

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