The Other McCain

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‘STAKE THROUGH HIS HEART’: Your Official Town Hall Debate Thread

UPDATE 10:50 p.m. ET: Watching MSNBC so you don’t have to: Chris Matthews is wetting his pants in joy, gibbering like a meth freak on laughing gas. — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) October 17, 2012 Ed Schultz calls it a “stellar performance” for Obama. — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) October 17, 2012 @maddow “Best debate […]

Ott, Green, And Whittle Should Be Moderating Tonight

by Smitty A fine Trifecta to grease the skids for tonight’s propaganda-fest:

Ross Perot Endorses Romney, New Polls Confirm Shift, Will #p2 Dems Panic Now?

Impt to note on our national poll- 75% of interviews conducted within 48 hrs of debate. Would encourage Dems to wait a week before PANIC — PublicPolicyPolling (@ppppolls) October 9, 2012 “Disaster is now coming at Democrats from multiple unexpected directions.” — Robert Stacy McCain, Oct. 11 A lot of news today, starting with this […]

Not Understanding Drudge Juxtapositions

by Smitty What is the point of ‘Women Turning Away’, and then putting up Robert Plant and Bruce Dickinson below #OccupyResoluteDesk? I guess that’s why he is Teh Drudge, and I’m just a lowly sidekick.

BHO: “We Got Back Every Dime”

by Smitty This blog must leap to the defense of #OccupyResoluteDesk for his claim: “We got back every dime we used to rescue the financial system. . .” Actual number of $0.10 pieces used in the rescue: 0. So, the taxpayers got back every actual coin used in the rescue. This blog salutes BHO, and […]

Fake Celebrity Account Fools Drudge, Crashes Twitter With Endorsement

If you were on Twitter last night, you might have noticed that the notorious “fail whale” made its unwelcome appearance for a while: Twitter was over capacity, and now we know why: Drudge Report posted a headline that would likely perplex anyone who has followed the politics of various Hollywood celebrities. Actor Jake Gyllenhaal, the […]

Is It Ironic That Elizabeth Warren, Slated To Head The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Has A Potential Credit Card Fraud Problem?

by Smitty Breitbart notes the Boston Globe’s report of a $36 million dollar for Pseudajawea–good on her–and then this worrisome bit: Yet more than 40% of these funds–an estimated $16 million–have come online via two websites that do not have industry-standard protections and are vulnerable to fraud and illegal foreign national donations. Today’s report, which […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 10.16.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS SecState Clinton Accepts Blame For Benghazi Modified reverse limited hangout coverup actually shifts blame to unnamed “security professionals” Obama Can’t Fight In Town Hall Forum “It’s not the right forum to really regain a major edge on Romney because the context discourages argumentation,” said Marc Landy of Boston College. […]

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