Cruz on Trump
Ted Cruz has a compelling message for the people of Iowa. Just watch…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt3P73y1dHc
Hold onto your hats, America. This presidential election’s gonna be a wild one!
Politicon Mixes Politics and Entertainment
Press play with Madeleine Brand: More than ever, politics feels like entertainment. Case in point, it’s just been announced that Donald Trump will host Saturday Night Live. An event this past weekend in L.A. called Politicon doesn’t think mixing politics and entertainment is a bad thing. In fact, its motto is “Entertain Democracy.”
Guest: Mike Schlitt, contributor, ‘Press Play’ (@schlitthappenz)
Everything You Need to Know About the 4th of July
America celebrates its 238th birthday. To mark the occasion, we look back to a time when this wasn’t yet a nation, but still an idea. Writer and director Mike Schlitt gives us a taste of his one-man show “Patriot Act,” billed as everything you’ll ever need to know about US history…in just 20 minutes.
Guests: Mike Schlitt, contributor, ‘Press Play” (@schlitthappenz)
No hope
Today’s political ad is only 7 years old, and yet feels like a relic from a long time ago. Barack Obama’s intelligence, integrity and remarkable personal narrative filled many of us with a previously unimaginable degree of hope for the nation. I believe he’s been an excellent president, but the transformative governance I was looking for never actually came. I doubt I’ll ever put that kind of faith in a candidate again.
livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/2008
Political ads then and now
Today, I’m submitting two separate ads (the reason immediately obvious). I didn’t think it was possible, but I now like Ted Cruz even less than I did yesterday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpwdcmjBgNA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4K_uFZW9Jk
