The Other McCain

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

‘. . .He Leaves Very Big Shoes To Fill,’ Kennedy Said

by Smitty So says Joe Kennedy III in a campaign video, opting to run for the seat vacated by the unlamented Barney Frank. It may be that the Kennedy brand has recovered from the passing of Ted. According to the Boston Herald: The UMass Lowell/Herald poll — the first to test the younger Kennedy’s appeal […]

‘Top GOP Senator’ Freaks the Hell Out Over Mitt Romney’s Michigan Meltdown

Who is this “prominent Republican senator” who thinks Rick Santorum would “lose 35 states” if he got the nomination? Who is this vicious backstabbing crapweasel who wants to DRAFT JEB BUSH? Lindsey Graham? John Cornyn? Mitch McConnell? Inquiring minds want to know.

Separated At Birth? Stacy McCain/Dave Mustaine Edition

by Smitty The news today that Dave Mustaine, who may or may not be a loyal reader of this blog, endorsed Rick Santorum today came to me via a print copy of the DC Examiner while attending to a private, non-work-related matter at my job site. Isn’t the resemblance striking? But I think the resemblance […]

Santorum Conquers the World?

When I wrote about “Santorum’s Second Surge” Monday, there were not yet any poll numbers available to substantiate my perception that he had scored a critical breakthrough with last Tuesday’s hat-trick triple win over Mitt Romney. Now, as Tina Korbe says, “Good news just keeps coming for former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum” — and not merely because […]

Obscure Musical Allusion Blog Post Title Sweepstakes: Joy Division, for the Win!

“It’s like being assigned to cover a psychotic breakdown, so that the challenge as a journalist is to report accurately all the paranoid gibberish, the bizarre hallucinations and delusions of grandeur.” — Robert Stacy McCain, Jan. 11, 2012 “But there is no point in haggling any longer with this. The time has come to get […]

Sincerity, Courage and Other Secrets Behind the Surprising Santorum Surge

Rick Santorum and his wife Karen greet supporters at a barn near Roland, Iowa, Aug. 6, 2011 How many times on the campaign trail did I hear Rick Santorum describe himself as “Steady Eddie”? Not the flashiest guy at the dance, he’d say, but at the end of the evening, he was the one the […]

Sarah Palin Endorses (M)It(t)?

by Smitty I’ll get to Sarah’s CPAC12 speech excerpt, but first, a review: If you have it, you don’t need it. If you need it, you don’t have it. If you have it, you need more of it. If you have more of it, you don’t need less of it. You need it. . .to […]

Santorum Resurgent (But Nobody Loves the Future U.S. Ambassador to Vanuatu)

After working on a long (and still unpublished) draft post this morning, I checked Memeorandum and saw these headlines: Santorum’s Turn — National Review Santorum moves ahead in Michigan — Public Policy Polling Gingrich Money Hunt Faces Obstacles — New York Times All of which stories were published after I sent my column to The […]

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