The Other McCain

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VIDEO: Charlie Crist Helps Sarah Rumpf (Finally) Get Her 15 Minutes of Fame

How could someone with the Twitter handle “Rumpfshaker” not be famous? I don’t know, but she toiled in semi-obscurity until she captured this video of former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist hustling business for ambulance-chasers: “Have you destroyed your Republican political career by embracing Barack Obama’s policies? Call Charlie Crist now!” So the video went viral, […]

Silliest Headline of the Week

FURIOUS BIN LADEN SUPPORTERS VOW TO TAKE REVENGE “You know how we were always screaming ‘Death to the infidel American imperialists’ before you killed bin Laden? Well, now we’re going to scream it even louder. So there. Nyah nyah nyah.”

VIDEO: Michael Moore Tells Americans How to Be Good Americans — Like Him!

Question: If it weren’t for the fact that it plays 24/7 in airport waiting areas, would anyone ever watch CNN? Not me. Sometimes I switch over to MSNBC for kicks, but I never watch CNN. So anyway, Piers Morgan had Michael Moore on Thursday night, so that he could give the rest of America (or […]

‘Smart’ Pundits Sneer at Herman Cain

Photo courtesy of Ellen Carmichael Herman Cain meets with reporters Thursday following the Republican presidential debate in Greenville, S.C. His communications director, Ellen Carmichael (in green blouse) checks her messages. “So now it’s the duty of the establishment pols and the establishment media to assure us that Cain can’t win . . .” — Jeff […]

Obama’s ‘Food Stamp Recovery’

The president’s government-oriented approach to economics is an obvious disaster as policy, but it’s also bound to be a political disaster for Obama: This has been the worst economic recovery in generations, at least as it is felt by the average American.  . . . Read the whole thing, which has a lot of empirical […]

Amity Shlaes Has a Big Sexy Brain

  Back in February we took notice of the “Draft Amity Shlaes for Senate” campaign proposed by Adam Brickley, who was the first to suggest Sarah Palin as GOP vice-presidential timber in 2008. It seems to have gotten an enthusiastic response — “Amity Shlaes Senate” yields 278,000 Google results. Her credentials are impressive, and she would certainly […]

Dept. of Not Getting It

Frum Forum contributor Noah Kristula-Green has a post about last night’s GOP debate titled, “Why is Pawlenty On Stage With These Crazy People?” Kristula-Green includes this statement: Herman Cain was not someone I gave high marks to during the debate but he “won” the Frank Luntz focus group that came on immediately after the debate. […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 05.06.11

TOP NEWS Herman Cain Makes Splash At First GOP Debate Pollster Frank Luntz gobsmacked by focus group’s response to Cain Al Qaeda Plotted 9/11 Anniversary Attack On US Rail System Planes, automobiles and then trains? Deficit Reduction Talks Sidestep Medicare, Taxes Democrats and Republicans agree to focus on areas of potential compromise POLITICS Air Force […]

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