The Other McCain

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

Rush: ‘Cut To The Chase,’ a Tea Party Rallying Cry

by Smitty After about a half-hour outage, the network pipe seemed stable enough to grab some tuneage off of Amazon. Rush’s 1993 Counterparts has this essential cut. No matter how deep the rot revealed inside the Beltway, there just isn’t any excuse to give in to despair. You may be right, It’s all a waste […]

TODAY: Herman Cain in New Hampshire

He’s one of the headliners at the Americans for Prosperity Tax Day Tea Party at the state capitol in Concord. Then it’s off to Florida where he’ll speak this evening (6:30 p.m. ) at a Tea Party rally in Orlando featuring Marco Rubio. Join the online grassroots army at Citizens for Cain.

SCOTUS To Decide To Hear VA ObamaCare Suit Today?

by Smitty (h/t Theo Spark) Read the whole thing at the American Spectator: . . .occasionally the justices receive a “petition for certiorari before judgment” asking them to consider the decision of some District Court before it has been reviewed by a Court of Appeals. Friday’s conference schedule includes consideration of one such petition, filed […]

The Excitement Is Killing Me

Tim Pawlenty announces his presidential campaign: PAWLENTY 2012: Because Politics Isn’t Boring Enough

Glimmer Of Understanding From Ezra

by Smitty Even the eyes of the most deadened zombie can occasionally hint at understanding. There is good reason to think that Boehner will be a much more formidable opponent for Obama than Gingrich was for Clinton. So why were Reid and Obama so eager to celebrate Boehner’s compromise with his conservative members? The Democrats […]

A Rasher of Bacon As A Unit Of Measure

by Smitty It makes sense to scale food to some hand unit of measure. Who wants to fret calories and grams and whatnot? Via the Weekday Vegetarian, which I swear my wife shared with me in the Google Reader, as I would never be caught with my masculinity so impaired as to subscribe directly, we […]

On This Caption Like Sweet On Cherry Pie

by Smitty (h/t Maggie’s Farm) Or, as Ron Paul said, End the Fed. Also available for the mighty Kindle, which gadget I have been enjoying immensely here by the Hindu Kush. I don’t know how to link Amazon URLs to Stacy’s tip jar, but we really need to support him financially so that he can […]

New Orleans, Again?

The croupiers at Harrah’s are probably rubbing their hands in gleeful anticipation at the prospect that I’ll resume my roulette losing streak during the Republican Leadership Conference and Reagan Centennial Celebration in New Orleans June 16-18. But really: This trip would be a legitimate business expense, right? I’m a political journalist and my man Herman […]

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