The Other McCain

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

Charles Johnson Uses Twitter to Push ‘Racist’ Smear of Red State’s Josh Trevino

Joshua Trevino is a Texan, former Bush administration official and Republican political consultant. In 2004, he co-founded Red State along with Ben Domenech and Mike Krempasky. A couple of days ago, Trevino was named among the “Top 25 Conservatives on Twitter.” And it was just about then that Trevino and his colleagues began kicking around a Twitter meme, “I’ve […]

Obama Sings: Experts Kicking A$$!

From Caleb Howe at Red State via Jackie Seal on Twitter:

‘Just One Tweet’: Conservative New Media Get Results in Georgia 4th District Story

Readers may remember the headline here Wednesday morning: Obama-Endorsed Rep. Hank Johnson to Participate in Segregated Forum? It was Dan Riehl who tipped me to that story, which originated with a Facebook post from Republican congressional candidate Liz Carter, who had been excluded from an Atlanta political event, the Newsmakers Live forum. Da Tech Guy jumped on the story […]

Blogging and Incentives, Left and Right

Baseball Crank writes that he has been blogging about politics since 2002 — “RedState wouldn’t be founded until the summer of 2004” — and relates some history of the ‘sphere: If you have been reading or writing blogs for some time, you may recall the early, heady days of the blogosphere back around 2002-03 . . […]

Red State’s Erick Erickson Endorses
Rick Barber in AL2 House Race

The Tea Party-backed candidate is added to Erickson’s “Candidates I’m Supporting” list, and Barber’s Web site quotes his statement: “Rick has the support of the grassroots in the district, which we are seeing more and more is going to make the difference in a close race.  It’s not that his opponent is the establishment person.  It’s […]

Well, At Least I Never Called Justice Souter a ‘Goat-F***ing Child Molester’

NTTAWWT. But the news that Red State is in charge of the Blogger’s Lounge at CPAC inspired a memorable reaction from the unlinkable Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs: RedState.com is in Charge of Bloggers at CPAC Blogosphere | Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 5:29:49 pm PST Redstate.com, home to some of the most extreme […]

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