The Other McCain

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

David Weigel Just Doesn’t Get That There ‘Leadership’ Thingy

by Smitty Peddling his JournoList wares at Slate, Weigel reveals a bit of density, emphasis mine: Republicans have one goal, running through all of these negotiations. They don’t want sequestration to be replaced by tax revenue. Any tax revenue. Forcing the president to swallow $85 billion in cuts this year would do that. They’ve got […]

‘Evolution,’ Complete

You knew this was coming, right? Completing what President Obama called his “evolution” on the question of gay marriage, the administration late Thursday called on the Supreme Court to strike down California’s voter-passed initiative invalidating same-sex marriages. In the new brief, the Justice Department argues that the ban on gay marriage violated same-sex couples’ constitutional […]

Congressman @SteveStockmanUS Exposes Obama’s Anti-Gun Spambots

Finally, at least one Republican is getting tech-savvy: A Texas Republican on Monday said President Obama’s gun control campaign is a fraud based on fake messages over Twitter. Rep. Steve Stockman (R-Texas) accused Obama of trying to make support for his position look stronger than it really is by flooding Twitter with messages from people […]

Columbine Survivor Rhetorically Punches The Boot On The Throat Twice As Hard

by Smitty This is an excellent response, rooted in a tragic topic: Columbine survivor Evan Todd released an open letter to President Barack Obama on Wednesday in which he offers a point-by-point analysis of proposed firearms control initiatives, dismissing them as ineffective and dangerous to Americans’ rights. Read the whole thing. A little taste further […]

ObamaPhone Boondoggle Update

In October 2008, I was one of the first conservative writers to call attention to the government program to provide free cell phones to the poor.  This existed before Obama became president, but has since become known as the “O-Phone” program, because recipients mistakenly believe that this is a benefit provided to them by Obama. And […]

I Guess We’re Not Supposed To ‘Shop The #OccupyResoluteDesk Skeet Photo

by Smitty Which is fine, because Soopermexican flogged it hard: Update: Moe Lane opines, and Cynthia Yockey asks .@conservativelez Because he was so busy working on his budget submission he forgot the regular shooting glasses? @breitbartnews — Smitty (@smitty_one_each) February 2, 2013 Update II: Oh no:

Obamanomics Fails — Unexpectedly!

Remember how, right before the election, we had about three weeks of media hype about declining unemployment and hopeful signs of economic recovery? Yeah. They lied through their teeth: Real gross domestic product — the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States — decreased at an annual […]

For A Nobel Peace Prize Winner, That President Sure Sows Some Strife

by Smitty Here is an example of a divisive argument: “Most of ‘us’ used to be ‘them,’” Obama said. “Unless you were one of the first Americans — a Native American — you came from someplace else,” he added, listing off waves of immigrants. “All of those folks — before they were ‘us,’ they were […]

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