The Other McCain

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

Victor Davis Hanson Surveying The Big Red American Soviet

by Smitty Over at the National Review Online, Hanson characterizes the duplicitous nature of contemporary American political life. It’s as though we’ve entered into an era of mandatory doublethink, ‘simultaneously accepting as correct two mutually contradictory beliefs, often in distinct social contexts’. Quoting Hanson, with my formatting: In the American Soviet, only two questions remain. […]

The Birth Certificate Problem Is Far Worse Than We Realized

by Smitty The Left Bank of the Charles breaks the grimness down, candidate by candidate, and it’s not pretty. Trump himself, Bachmann, Pawlenty, Gingrich, Huckabee, Paul, Romney, and even Palin herself all have questions demanding answers. Who remains? Well, Col. Allen West, for one. But wait. I met him at CPAC a couple of years […]

None Dare Call It ‘Stagflation’

Economic growth in the first quarter slowed to an anemic 1.8% annual rate, which isn’t the only bad news, as Larry Kudlow explained on Twitter: 1.8% growth, 8.8% unemployment,3.8% inflation spells stagflation. It’s as if we have taken a long round-trip back to 1979. We are not surprised that a Marist poll shows approval for […]

Heh: Trump’s Signature Line From China?

by Smitty (h/t Fire Jim Moran) It may not be true, and would be combed over in any case: Alan Colmes seems to corroborate, throwing in Mexico and Bangladesh for other items. Is it treasonous to ask why the economics don’t favor new clothing jobs in the U.S. anymore, or should we proceed directly to […]

Obama: ‘Too Smart By Half’?

by Smitty Ace of Spades has already run roughshod over this, but I’ve got a point to add. Dana Milbank (“There’s too much going on in the poor guy’s head”) and David Brooks (“Obama’s just too complex a man with multiple identities, each true and real”) have beclowned themselves at length, and I suspect it’s […]

VIDEO: Herman Cain Says, ‘Secure the Border. Not Pretend That We Want to Secure the Border — Secure the Border‘

Nicholas Ballasy of CNSNews asked Herman Cain whether Mexican drug cartels should be declared foreign terrorist organizations. Cain agreed — “because we cannot become a lawless nation” — and then explained his four-point position on border security: “Empower the states to do what the federal government won’t do, can’t do — empower the states. Give […]

If He’s Lost Trudeau. . .

by Smitty (h/t the Corner) Ow:

What A Morose Outlook

by Smitty (via Ann Althouse) Sendak, one wonders as to your eternal hope: “When I kick the bucket,” he begins – about to describe why he’s glad his stuff has ended up at the Rosenbach, where it will be seen, not archived – then goes parenthetical: “Which can’t be too long from now. I think […]

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