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Most damning is their attempt to pooh-pooh their defeats as the result of voter anger against incumbents. People have legitimate objections to Obamacare, and no amount of spin can change that. For Democrats to try, they make themselves look ridiculous—and desperate...
...ground operations, and they have the resources in terms of good lists at their disposal," says Harold Ickes, a Democratic strategist and former top adviser to Hillary Clinton. "If the McCain people think that that's not serious, they're in for a big surprise. They should not pooh-pooh the ground game that Obama is mounting; it's a formidable one. I don't think in my experience in Democratic politics there's ever been anything like it." Ickes' company, Catalyst, compiled one of the voter lists that the Obama campaign is using - which includes not only...
...question that remains is, How mind-altering were Van Gogh's cocktails? Skeptics pooh-pooh the so-called absinthe effect as hype perpetuated by artists and people trying to sell newspapers. Yet research shows that thujone has a significant effect on the brain, in part by blocking the neurotransmitter that controls nerve impulses. "It makes the brain zap around really fast," says Jad Adams, who wrote in Hideous Absinthe about the liquor's renown for causing lucid inebriations. "Like when you have a really strong cup of coffee...
...cash in on the Starbucks phenomenon with a five-year, $75 million marketing campaign to reposition its coffee as an upscale brand. While still supplying such supermarket stalwarts as Maxwell House and Folgers, the Colombian coffee industry is struggling to make itself relevant to younger generations of consumers who pooh-pooh any coffee that comes in a can--unless, of course, it's a pop-top Starbucks DoubleShot espresso...
...airlines' chagrin, this hasn't stopped passengers from following Sperry's lascivious lead. Nearly every flight attendant has had to deal with such meetings, says a 15-year veteran stewardess for a large Asian airline. "Usually, the people are drunk," she says. Officially, however, airlines pooh-pooh the topic. "Honestly, I have never heard of it happening," says Cathay Pacific spokeswoman Lisa Wong. At KLM, flag carrier for the Netherlands, spokesman Youssef Eddini was taken aback that we even popped the question. "It is simply not allowed," he ruled. Even the spokeswoman for Virgin Atlantic?whose owner, Richard...