The Other McCain

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

Anyone Else Shocked That One Election Didn’t Magically Fix Everything?

by Smitty Insty links the Examiner about the Dems being Muhammed Ali, letting the GOP wear themselves out before delivering a knockout. I don’t think the analogy has much going for it. The Progressive position itself looks more like this old Harry Reid pose behind Rep. Sonny Bono (R-IP) The 2010 election has been called […]

Judd Gregg Succumbs to Palinphobia

In a column for The Hill, the former New Hampshire senator surveys the 2012 GOP presidential primary field and confronts his dread fear that You-Know-Who might win the nomination: Because the nominating process has become so dominated by primary elections, with the vast majority of the delegates chosen by direct vote, it is entirely possible […]

Who Needs Dope When You’ve Got Salon?

by Smitty Anyone wanting to feel a little vicariously stoned is encouraged to sample the world of Thomas Schaller. Why Republicans should run in 2012 — to lose For some ambitious Republicans, President Obama’s improving reelection prospects may not be bad news The Ides of March are almost upon us, but few potential 2012 Republican […]

Gawker Misspells ‘New Hamshire’ [sic] in Article Slamming Bachmann as Ignorant

Minnesota Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann is an accomplished woman — a former federal tax attorney, mother of five, longtime conservative activist — but evidently not a specialist in colonial history or New England geography. Speaking at an event Saturday in Manchester, N.H., Bachmann misplaced the “Shot Heard ‘Round the World,” producing much guffawing from liberals. […]

Journalists or Clairvoyants?

On Friday, Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen of Politico published one of those Smartest Guy in the Room analytical pieces that always annoy the crap out of me, and ought to annoy everyone else, too. It amounts to Vandehei and Allen playing GOP strategists: The Republican Party is undergoing a messy but unmistakable 20-month transformation from fanatically […]

VIDEO: Liberal Punk Tries to Embarrass Herman Cain, Gets Embarrassed Himself

This is four minutes of undiluted awesomeness: Herman’s spent the past few years doing talk radio, and knows how to deal with punks like that. Isn’t it time you joined the online grassroots army at Citizens for Cain?

Herman Cain Wins Iowa Debate

The headline expresses a neutral, objective fact. Of course, that’s not the headline on the MSM stories about Monday night’s 2012 presidential candidate forum sponsored by the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition. But who do you believe, the lying liberal media or your own two eyes? Brian at Freedom’s Lighthouse says, “Herman Cain is going […]

Huckabee: ‘Hey, Maybe I Shouldn’t Have Trash-Talked Luke Skywalker’s Mom’

We’ve finally found a Republican dumber than Dan Quayle: Mike Huckabee walked back his criticisms of actress Natalie Portman for “glamorizing” out-of-wedlock pregnancies Friday, with a statement insisting he was only talking about society and that he’s glad the Oscar winner plans to wed her baby’s father. . . . “I was asked about Oscar-winner Natalie […]

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