The Other McCain

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

Perry Heartache In VA: Just A Bit Outside

by Smitty Via the Washington Post: Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry failed to submit enough valid signatures to qualify for the Virginia primary ballot, state GOP officials said Friday evening. Perry’s campaign told state election officials it had submitted 11,911 signatures, but a Republican source familiar with the situation said that the Texas governor did […]

Meghan McCain: I Look At Callista Gingrich, And All I Hear Is Foreigner

by Smitty Wake up Maggy, I think I’ve got something to say to you:Per the HuffPo: Meghan McCain argued on MSNBC Tuesday that Callista Gingrich is doing damage to her husband’s presidential primary campaign because she is “a mistress,” has an “icy” personality. . . Is she as cold as ice? Willing to sacrifice your […]

Your Monthly Sarah Palin Wink

by Smitty Time says: Palin: “It’s not too late for folks to jump in. Who knows what will happen in the future.” Interview airs Monday at 10 pm ET. This is via Ace, who posits: As far as I know FoxNews hasn’t had this talk with Palin, or, if they did, she clarified her intention […]

Will To Reich: ‘You Are A Pyromaniac In A Field Of Strawmen’

by Smitty As usual, Will sounds exceedingly articulate in flogging Robert Reich’s lousy arguments: Strawmen arguments, and appeals to envy, are really all the Left has. The only reason IngSoc ‘succeeded’ in 1984 was through total control of information. The Left seems incapable of grasping the degree to which it stands revealed a pile of […]

Sean Hannity Flummoxed By Michelle Malkin

by Smitty At American Power: South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley Endorses Mitt Romney Well, what’s amazing is Nikki Haley is touted as a “tea party favorite.” But Michelle Malkin calls Romney a progressive at the video. She calls Gingrich a progressive as well. It’s an excellent discussion, and badly needed. Sean Hannity’s a little flummoxed […]

Christopher Hitchens, R.I.P.

A brilliant mind: Christopher Hitchens, a slashing polemicist in the tradition of Thomas Paine and George Orwell who trained his sights on targets as various as Henry Kissinger, the British monarchy and Mother Teresa, wrote a best-seller attacking religious belief, and dismayed his former comrades on the left by enthusiastically supporting the American-led war in […]

Responsible Elite In ‘A Face In The Crowd’

by Smitty At the suggestion of Ladd Ehlinger, I took in A Face in the Crowd, a 1957 Kazan flick that is well worth your time. ‘Lonesome’ Rhodes goes from nowhere to national stardom. Andy Griffith is powerful as an Icarian pop culture icon. The documentary on the DVD includes a couple of interesting quotes […]

I Can’t Understand Why Everyone Hates The New Aristocracy

by Smitty Rush Limbaugh reviews the skewering given to Chelsea Clinton over a debut that was to Katie Couric what #OccupyResoluteDesk is to Jimmy Carter. Now she’s 31 years old. She is a statist-in-training. She’s working on her 14th college degree. It’s time to get serious about life now. Her future as a statist will […]

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