Episode #1344
Presidential Jingles and Sympathy for the Loser
Friday, November 02, 2012
Barack Obama and Mitt Romney debate on October 16, 2012 at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York.
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If this presidential election were a Hollywood movie, how would it end? Kurt Andersen talks with Lawrence O’Donnell (formerly a writer on The West Wing, now a political pundit on MSNBC) about the more interesting outcome. For the loser, David Ellis Dickerson, a Hallmark veteran, has a custom greeting card to soothe a bruised ego. We reveal the winners of our campaign jingle challenge, and look at the new breed of mashup videos making politics into entertainment.
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Sympathy for the Loser: A Greeting Card Emergency
For the candidate who loses a presidential election, it’s got to be humbling. What would you say to a friend who’s America's #1 loser? “The last thing you want is something snarky,” says David Ellis Dickerson, a former Hallmark writer (true!) who takes special requests for unusual circumstances ...
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Winners: Jingles for Romney and Obama
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Comments [1]
We loved your jingle for the candidates contest finalists. This program deserves the awards it has received. We're a small, independent recording studio in Harrisville, New Hampshire with lots of creative ideas. How can we help you?
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