The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

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‘Ground Zero’ in Fairfax County

Frederick Peterson III protests outside Obama event in Centreville, Va. CENTREVILLE, Virginia When President Obama came to this prosperous suburban community, he was greeted by a contingent of Tea Party activists and local Republicans. The number of protesters were estimated variously between 100 and 300, but their enthusiasm — standing for hours in the July […]

‘Bainers’

by Smitty I can’t force the video to begin at 1:30, but Tommy Chong* serves up the basis for a ‘Bainers’ theme song: Red State: It is well established that Mitt Romney left Bain to go salvage the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. It is also well established that his name remained on some SEC […]

Bucket List: Top Billing On A @TwitchyPolitics Post

by Smitty [applause] Thank you. Thank YOU. Oh, and Thank you, too. I’d also like to thank the Academy, and Robert Stacy McCain’s bad self for roping me into blogging and social media. [applause] Finally got to that pinnacle of Twitter success, the Twitchy post. Sure, I’d participated in the hash tag games before, but […]

VA AG Ken Cuccinelli, Truth Teller

by Smitty Mitchell challenged his claim that the president’s proposal to allow the Bush-era tax cuts to expire for anyone making more than $250,000 would be detrimental to the middle-class. “Of course, their argument is that only two or three percent of the people would be affected by the, uh, middle-class tax cut,” she said […]

Occupy Mob Riots in L.A.

A crowd of Occupy protesters disrupted an “Art Walk” event Thursday night in downtown Los Angeles, throwing rocks and bottles at police. According to Fire Andrea Mitchell, 17 people were arrested and four police officers were injured. The Occupiers are, predictably, whining about “police brutality,” but I’m sure a lot of people in Los Angeles think the cops […]

Obama In Northern Virginia 14Jul2012

by Smitty They say the Commonwealth of Virginia is purple. If so, that’s only because of the suction along the Potomac. NOVA Tea Party sends: RSVP via Eventbrite: http://rallyagainstobama.eventbrite.com/ Emergency Rally Against Obama In Front of Centreville High School at an Obama Rally where Obama is appearing 6001 Union Mill Road Saturday, July 14, 2012 […]

‘Bring Out The Inner Rock Star In Your Dog’

by Smitty Oh, flog me gently with a live cattle prod! Some HGTV show was on, and then this ad featuring Brett Michaels and. . .some tarted up Yorkie? To each their own, and I guess pet lovers dig this. Nevertheless, the production seemed like something off of SNL:

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