The Other McCain

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

Memo From the National Affairs Desk: Santorum’s National Iowa-Style Strategy

Andrea Tantaros of Fox News interviews Rick Santorum at CPAC in Washington, D.C., Friday, Feb. 10, 2012 HAGERSTOWN, Maryland Back home from CPAC with about 300 business cards, two days’ growth of beard, and a voice hoarse from rocking out with Chris Cassone at Friday’s “Unsustainable Bar Tab” reception. Also, I’ve got beaucoups of photos and […]

BREAKING: ROMNEY WINS CPAC STRAW POLL, SANTORUM A CLOSE SECOND

–by Wombat-socho “It’s A Two-Man Race Now,” Stacy McCain declares Earthquake Thursday in Vanuatu: A sign and a portent? Just announced at CPAC: Mitt Romney wins 38% of the straw poll vote at CPAC, followed by Rick Santorum at 31%. Newt Gingrich placed third with 15% and perennial CPAC straw poll winner Ron Paul a […]

Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 Goes Worldwide: Meets With Japanese Tea Party Leaders

Left to right: Yuya Watase of the Tokyo Tea Party and Jikido “Jay” Aeba of HRP wait while Herman Cain listens to translator Yuki Oikana. WASHINGTON, D.C. Yesterday afternoon I got a phone call from one of Herman Cain’s aides, asking if I could attend a meeting at 5 p.m. Well, sure, of course, but […]

First Daniel Hannan Pic!

by Smitty I won CPAC, albeit rather early: And that’s without even making the Blogger Bash, which I skipped for the World’s Youngest Blogger:

Gingrich, Romney, Trump Monopolize Media; Santorum Keeps Campaigning

“[Obama] made the claim that his policies of taxing the rich is authorized by the Bible. That he is doing what is biblically called for by taxing the rich, by having the government tax the rich. Now, I’ve read the Bible, and I must have missed that passage. . . . This is an administration […]

‘Let-Me-Tell-You-What-to-Think’ and Other Conventional Wisdom Tricks

Many months ago, Ace of Spades erupted in a fury over an “objective” mainstream media news story: Stop telling me what to think! I’d love to link that memorable post, but archive searches on Ace’s site are difficult. The point he made, however, is that some journalists have an obnoxious tendency to assume readers are […]

Part Of Recovering Western Civilization Is Just Saying “No” To Feminist Tripe

by Smitty The Last Tradition links to Lowry in the NY Post contrasting the Titanic with Costa Concordia, but I think this analysis overplays the hand by a long shot: I’m not trying to single out Italian men because the same crisis exists in the United States. We have almost two generation of males in […]

USMC: B(l)ad And Bladder

by Smitty There isn’t any way to defend the action of the Marines urinating on Taliban corpses. It was all over the NBC news last night. But step back and question the timing: In what context did this occur? The trial will be interesting, as we may discover that, while not justified, there were motives. […]

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