The Other McCain

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

Ah, The Ted Kennedy Criteria

by Smitty (h/t Terry Cowgill at Big Media) Giving Dick Blumenthal the benefit of the doubt, he probably didn’t wake up one morning and say to himself “I wonder if I could score some favor with the Veteran crowd by having them on about my service record. . .” while he was shaving. In general, […]

YouCut: The Auto-Economic-Circumcision Game The Whole Country Can Play

by Smitty The evening Whip-Down brings the details: Today we announced the first YouCut winner, a proposal by Reps. Tom Price and Jim Jordan that would eliminate an unnecessary and duplicative, $2.5 billion welfare program. That proposal garnered over 81,000 votes out of more than 280,000 votes cast. Tomorrow, five new spending cut proposals will […]

PA-12: Shoe Leather Update. Burns Victory?–UPDATE: 175 Double Votes Due To Ballot Misunderstanding?

by Smitty Stacy McCain talked to a ‘Republican source’ at ~2:00 PM, who said “Turnout was low, which is good for Burns.” Details: He went by Latrobe, PA, and visited three voting locations. This confirmed the low turnout. In the 4th Ward, 987 registered voters. ~200 had voted by 4:00 PM. In the 1st Ward, […]

PA-12: Another Amazing Coincidence!

Strange how these things keep happening: Just in case you forgot about Tim Burns and Coney Island Lunch: Meanwhile, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette covered yesterday’s rally with Scott Brown: At the rally for Mr. Burns Friday, Mr. Brown — who won the late Sen. Edward Kennedy’s seat in a special election in December — seemed to […]

PA-12: Scott Brown for Tim Burns

WASHINGTON, Pa. Mr. Massachusetts Miracle came to Pennsylvania’s 12th District Friday for a rally with supporters of Tim Burns, the Republican candidate in Tuesday’s special election. Scott Brown passes the Democrat-destroyer torch to Tim Burns. Scott Brown seemed to recognize a strangely familiar guy in the crowd. Vote for Tim, or the dog gets it! […]

Following Up On Thoughtful Remarks From wallamaarif

by Smitty Commenter wallamaarif offers comments #17 and #20 on Get Stuffed, Alan Colmes that merit examination. Before delving into details, let’s note that the overwhelming bulk of human history, and, indeed, the contemporary situation, has featured unrepresentative regimes. For example, the 2007 Treaty of Lisbon does a fine job of kicking European representative democracy […]

Why Michelle Todd Will Never Work
for a Republican Campaign Again

OK, so who the heck is Michelle Todd? Her name popped up in this story about Charlie Crist: Gov. Charlie Crist told MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough on April 30 that he would “probably” give refunds to donors who don’t approve of him leaving the GOP. . . . No more. . . . [C]ampaign spokeswoman Michelle […]

Wishing AllahPundit Could Be Less Gushing

by Smitty AllahPundit is entirely too optimistic about YouCut. Not everybody shares your passion for auto-budgetary-circumcision, man. Eric Cantor is also just a bit too happy about “Putting Uncle Sam on a diet.” But let’s consider: The notion that individual citizens can take an active roll in budgetary decisions is worth fostering. As long as […]

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