The Other McCain

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

Senator Frist Thinks ObamaCare Will Remain Undead

by Smitty (via Digg) Here is a cheery thought: Frist told a Sioux Falls, S.D., audience Wednesday that even if the Supreme Court strikes down the individual insurance mandate at the core of the law, it can still be implemented successfully. “It’s going to survive,” Frist said, according to the Sioux Falls Argus Leader. “It’s […]

Fisking Für Gesundheit Und Geld

by Smitty “Fisking for good health and money” The SOL/Puffington Host RSS feed is a source of endless wonder. Let us experience the flow of kool-aid that is the writing of Preeti Vissa, Community Reinvestment Director, The Greenlining Institute.  Let us enjoy her current outing, Poverty Is a Pre-Existing Condition: Why the Affordable Care Act […]

As The System Of Checks And Balances Disintegrates, Congress Becomes A Messy Signing Statement

by Smitty The Purple Avenger over at AoS seems kinda shocked that, once Harry Reid pulls his finger out of the dike, a flood of Really Bad Ideas follows, as captured in the WSJ.  In this particular case, it’s the Federal takeover of education.  Got to make sure that the tender collegiate brains are programmed […]

POTUS Ain’t Naked:
He’s Channeling Rick James

by Smitty Kenneth G. Davenport is all exercised about the WSJ editorial that prints Paul Ryan’s devastating review of the Senate healthcare legislation. Trifecta also covered Ryan here. But this is by no means an “emperor’s new clothes” moment. Heck, no. This is a Rick James moment, beeotch. You might have seen this [NSFW] Dave […]

GOP House Press Conference

by Smitty (h/t NiceDeb) Various GOP heads talk to the ObamaCare hydra that still has a few moving heads.Their tone is rather somber, and they attempt to: Express interest in starting from scratch, and Focus attention on the tanked economy I really would like to hear them discuss more strategic thoughts, but freely admit that […]

Logic May Be Off The Table In ObamaCare Discussions, But Still…

by Smitty NewsBusters points to a WaPo correction where the WaPo had hammered Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) for “posturing” by bringing a copy of the subject matter at hand to the health care summit. That makes about as much sense as Yale’s craven refusal to publish the controversial Danish cartoon depictions of Muhammad in a […]

Primus Reaches Unprecedented Effort Level In Healthcare Promotion

by Smitty (via Insty) Daniel Foster at NRO quotes the Washington Examiner: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s top health care aide Wendell Primus admitted top Democrats have already decided on the strategy to pass the Senate’s pro-abortion, government-run health care bill. Primus’s concerns over a certain “Wynona” (gynecological?) may be a motivator. Stacy McCain caught Primus […]

The Astroturf ‘Expert’

Ed Morrissey highlights how an Obama administration health-care consultant was also a major media source on the health-care plan: When MIT economics professor Jonathan Gruber allowed himself to be quoted by numerous media outlets about his sunny analyses of ObamaCare, including a big push by Peter Orszag on his OMB site and in challenging reporters […]