Clinton Stays on the Attack

Staff / Truthdig Mar 4, 2008 If recent polls are any indication, Hillary Clinton's "red phone" commercial has had an impact on voters. Perhaps for that reason, her campaign has launched a new attack ad. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Clinton’s Soft Money Boost

Staff / Truthdig Feb 21, 2008 Hillary Clinton has had difficulty keeping pace with Barack Obama's fundraising, which could explain the launch of a new pro-Clinton 527 group called "American Leadership Project" that already has a commercial it plans to run in Ohio. The group is not subject to the same rules as the campaign and can theoretically raise unlimited amounts of money. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Fear-Mongering, Giuliani Style

Staff / Truthdig Jan 4, 2008 Um, is it just us, or did Rudy Giuliani's camp seize upon the strike-induced lull in Hollywood to hire out talent to make what looks and sounds like a Mideast-themed action movie trailer to promote his presidential campaign? "A religion betrayed a nuclear power in chaos madmen bent on creating it " Steven Seagal's people should take notes from this one. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Wants to Go Live

Staff / Truthdig Dec 29, 2007 After Hillary Clinton announced she will buy two minutes of air time on every evening newscast in Iowa, Barack Obama wants to go even further with either a two- or five-minute live campaign commercial, to be aired simultaneously on all the networks. The stunt, which "West Wing" viewers will recognize from the show's last season, has station managers scratching their heads. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Huckabee Denies Subliminal Cross

Staff / Truthdig Dec 21, 2007 Mike Huckabee tells MSNBC that the prominent floating cross in his Christmas ad was pure coincidence, although he immediately loses credibility points with a series of canned jokes. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hillary Clinton vs. the White House

Staff / Truthdig Aug 15, 2007 A new Clinton campaign ad has the White House crying foul, and Clinton crying "Tough!" The commercial features the candidate saying that struggling families and troops are "invisible" to the president. Deputy press secretary Dana Perino said the claim is "outrageous" and that "it is unconscionable that a member of Congress would say such a thing," which prompted this retort from Clinton: "Not only have I said it and am saying it, I will keep saying it because I happen to believe it." Update: video added. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Jabari Asim: The N.Y. Times’ Unwitting Racism

Jabari Asim / Truthdig Aug 8, 2006 The newspaper thought it was striking a blow for racial tolerance by bemoaning the phenomenon of "sassy, overweight'' black actresses in TV commercials. Instead, it just betrayed its own biases about people of color. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Talking Sense About the Drug War

Staff / Truthdig Apr 14, 2006 Don't miss this column at the Huffington Post about our nation's ineffectual and morally indefensible drug war. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bah Humbug to You Too!

The Rev. Madison Shockley / Truthdig Dec 15, 2005 The culture wars have clearly gotten out of hand when the front line is Christmas. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )