The Other McCain

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

Yet Another Failure by Rick Perry (And Notes on the Carter-ization of Obama)

“The simplest way to define conservatism is this: The belief that liberalism is wrong.” — Robert Stacy McCain, June 15, 2009 The Texas governor has failed to eradicate the few remaining “pockets” of Democrat Party “enthusiasm” in the Lone Star State, according to liberal Matthew Yglesias of Think Progress: I’m prepared to say that I […]

Palin’s Pressure on Perry

Writing about yesterday’s Sarah Palin rally in Iowa, I mentioned the theory that “Palin may enter the 2012 field because of her dissatisfaction with Perry’s campaign.” I resisted the temptation to examine the theory at length, because I wanted to discuss something I’d seen earlier — Dan Riehl’s discussion of the Palin-Perry issue: For her […]

Bachmann Ad: ‘There Is an Honest Conservative and She’s Not Rick Perry’

Like she’s calling him a liar or something: “Rick Perry says he’s one tough hombre on spending,” the ad says. “But what’s his record? Rick Perry doubled spending in a decade…..And he’s supposed to be the tea-party guy?” The ad ends with an image of Mrs. Bachmann and the line: “There is an honest conservative, […]

Iowa Conspiracy Theory

Two different people sent me this photo: This photo — showing Texas Gov. Rick Perry talking to Ken Crow — was taken Saturday by Lisa Krantz of the San Antonio News-Express at a Polk County (Iowa) GOP fundraising event in Des Moines. Crow is the president and founder of the Tea Party group that is […]

‘Self-Appointed Republican Elites’

Nothing says “grassroots populism” quite like a column in Politico: A wave of fear has come over Washington — and it’s not the earthquake or the hurricane. Self-appointed Republican elites, fretting Hill Republicans and left-wing carnival barkers all have one thing in common: Perryphobia. It’s an acute condition, with different manifestations. But it has the same […]

Are You Smelling What He’s Stepping In?

by Smitty The mighty Iowahawk: The Politico link has some follow-up: Kay Henderson has more on this, emphasis mine: Another reporter pressed the issue, asking if Perry believes Medicare is “unconstitutional” as well. “I never said it was unconstitutional,” Perry said. “I look at Medicare just like I look at Social Security. They’re programs that […]

In Fairness to Ace …

. . . having decided to side with Pamela Geller in her dispute with Ace over Rick Perry, I am nevertheless obliged to say Pamela struck a low blow in blogging about her allegation that Ace publicly referred to her (offline and in person) as “Atlas Juggs.” Ace strenuously denies this. In general, ladies: Don’t […]

Catastrophic Damage

No, I’m not talking about Hurricane Irene, although the storm has turned cable TV news into an endless, boring hype-a-thon, which I consider catastrophic. Joe Biden went golfing before the storm hit, which I consider about the most useful thing Biden could do in any crisis. Neither am I talking about the catastrophic damage that […]

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