The Other McCain

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

Vegas, Baby: Republican Armies March Toward Political Battle of the Century

From: NVDebate (NVDebate@cnn.com) To: r.s.mccain@att.net; Date: Wed, October 12, 2011 2:53:06 PM Subject: RE: CREDENTIALS REQUEST – NEVADA DEBATE Hi Robert, You have been issued credentials. Please note: The credential will grant journalists access to the press filing center and media spin room, which will be located in Hall G of the Sands Expo and […]

#OccupyWallStreet = DIE, YOU COWARDLY COMMIE SCUM!

Now that I’ve got your attention, you miserable gutless Marxist swine, let me invite you to explain this photo: A friend sent me that photo via Twitter, which inspired me to do a bit of Googling. Here is the  PDF of the Workers World Party announcement of their national conference (note the tributes to Che Guevara) […]

‘Mr. Cain, Who Is Lawrence O’Donnell to Tell You How to Be a Black Man?’

After Thursday evening’s “interview” on MSNBC, Professor William Jacobson and others were outraged by Lawrence O’Donnell’s self-righteous and disrespectful hectoring of Herman Cain. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy So when the surging GOP presidential candidate agreed to take questions from reporters at his book-signing Friday at the Pentagon […]

Why Dan Balz Is Wrong

Two words: “Conventional wisdom.” With New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie forgoing a run for the Republican presidential nomination, two questions hold the key to the future of the GOP race: Can Mitt Romney finally expand his support within the party, and can Rick Perry bounce back? Just for the sake of argument, let’s take Dan’s “two […]

Politics as Show Biz

“Hours before last week’s presidential debate in Orlando, [Fox News] anchors sat in a cavernous back room, hunched over laptops, and plotted how to trap the candidates. Chris Wallace said he would aim squarely at Rick Perry’s weakness: ‘How do you feel about being criticized by some of your rivals as being too soft on […]

‘Any Real Chance’

“Pawlenty . . . is widely viewed as the only candidate in Thursday night’s Fox News debate with any real chance of becoming the nominee of his party or President of the United States.” — Ben Smith, Politico, May 6 Seems like forever ago, doesn’t it? T-Paw was “the only candidate . . . with […]

‘How Can the Right Defend Greed?”

MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts said the title quote while discussing President Obama’s speech yesterday: Sister Toldjah is livid: This, of course, is how the debate on taxes, the deficit, the economy, etc will be framed from here on out – all the way up until the November 2012 elections, all in a repeat effort by […]

NYT Editor: ‘We Wanted to Believe’

Another rube self-identifies: Just a few winters ago my wife and I took our daughters to witness the inauguration of a man who had campaigned on hope and embodied possibility. We are pretty immune to political euphoria, but, circulating among the footsore pilgrims, we could imagine our country had embraced the idea that we were […]

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