The Other McCain

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

The Secret Of The Left’s Success: Ignore Inconvenient Facts

by Smitty Greg Sargent cries out from the ComPost: “The secret to the right wing noise machine’s success” It’s simple: Keep making noise, regardless of the facts, and hopefully with a big assist from the major news orgs, until the other side caves from sheer exhaustion, in order to make the noise go away. Conservatives […]

Raaaaacist Tea Parties: The Frankenstein Vampire Werewolf Zombie Argument

by Smitty A post by Sooper Mexican, who is a jolly hoot on Twitter, BTW, makes an interesting point about raaaaacism. As we get nearer the 2012 election, and the Obama administration gets more desperate, we’re going to see more of the racecard accusations against the GOP and the Tea Party in order to shore […]

Stealth Christianist Invasion!

by Smitty Instapundit links a shiny new dating idea. “Grouper Makes Group Dating Fun & Fashionable“: It’s a simple yet genius idea that you’re going to wish you had thought of, but two Yale grads, Jerry Guo, 23, and Michael Waxman, 24, beat you to the punch. Launched in June 2011, Grouper is an online […]

Slandering Of American Conservatives Has Begun? Stanley, Where’ve You Been?

by Smitty Fer cryers, Tim Stanley: first, there was the entire George W. Bush administration, but then the Left’s Joeseph Goebbles Memorial Anti-Conservative Hate Fest picked up fresh vigor with the arrival of the Tea Parties: The slandering of the conservative movement has begun. For the past month, American newspapers have been awash with stories […]

It Will Get Better

by Smitty Mead: It is fun to curse our leaders and throw stones at them, but we should realize that cursing politicians will not create answers where none exist. Sometimes, cursing politicians is a way of whistling in the dark; by grumbling about how stupid and inept they are, we reassure ourselves that answers really […]

New Hampshire, Here I Come!

The AmTrak ticket from Union Station in D.C. to Worcester, Mass., was $182. My son-in-law is coming to pick me up in a few minutes to take me to the station. Pete Da Tech Guy will pick me up Saturday afternoon in Worcester. Pete and I will cover Mitt Romney’s Sunday appearance at a Tea […]

Sounds Like An Expression Of Contempt For Separation Of Powers, To Me

by Smitty Isn’t this an admission Obama has not been doing all he can for jobs?, asks Prof. Jacobson of BHO’s direction: Obama directed several federal agencies to identify “high-impact, job-creating infrastructure projects” that can be expedited now, without congressional approval. Doesn’t this go beyond the usual “What if a Bush had said that?” It […]

Should I Stay In Afghanistan, Where It Sounds Relatively Safe?

by Smitty Via Memeorandum, the Hill posts: “Obama targets GOP for fall offensive“, emphasis mine: “Kill the body, and the head will die.” — Joe Frazier President Obama is preparing to fight a political war this fall on two fronts — the first against Republicans who want his job and the second against Republicans who […]

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