The Other McCain

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

Vessels For Altering The American Political Course

by Smitty When the history of the American recovery is written, Ladd Ehlinger will certainly have a paragraph or five, given his highly refined anti-establishment antics. Leapfrogging the traditional approach to political ads is Turn This Ship Around, which is a basic ad memorable for its images of children as galley slaves of a piratical […]

Cynthia Yockey Compiles the Headlines (With Gratuituous Cheesecake, Too)

NAPLES, Fla. A couple days ago, on my drive from Jacksonville to Orlando, Cynthia Yockey and I had a phone conversation that eventually turned to the question of what she could do in the way of revenue enhancement. “Look, give me a good daily headline aggregation of campaign news,” I said. “With all this running […]

Front Page Flogs The Dead Horse Known As The Buffet Rule

by Smitty Well edited contempt for #OccupyResoluteDesk and his crap-tacular ideas. Was the AMT really intended to go after “certain taxpayers“, or is it intended as a bomb to go off and gradually screw increasing numbers of people as the Federal Reserve inflates more people into the crosshairs?

LIVE AT FIVE – 01.30.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Canadian Jury Finds Immigrants Guilty Of Honor Killings Afghans found guilty of murdering Shafia’s first wife and three daughters Syrian Army Returns To Damascus Suburbs 26 killed as loyalist forces assault rebel positions in capital Marshall’s 4 TD Catches Lift AFC In Pro Bowl AFC surges in second half […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Lily Was Here

— compiled by Wombat-socho Laughing Conservative gets the ball rolling this week with Dominika Szijartoova, followed by Randy’s Roundtable with Justene Jaro and Yamila Diaz. Fishersville Mike bemoans the approaching “end of cheerleading season“, but the Eye of Polyphemus is too focused on Emma Stone to notice. Reaganite Republican gets sporty with your favorite Finnish […]

Charlotte Bergmann Is Running For Congress In Tennessee’s Most Racist, Misogynist Corner

by Smitty Charlotte Bergmann is one courageous lady. Wikipedia notes Tennessee’s 9th district is: It is one of the safest seats in the nation for the Democratic Party, and has not been seriously contested by a Republican in its current configuration. Most[who?] political observers consider the 9th the most Democratic district in the state. Generally, […]

Let Mitt Be Perfectly Clear: He’s Going To Repeal ObamaCare

by Smitty Will somebody buy Bill Quick a quaff o’ coffee? This notion that Mittens loves himself some socialized medicine, whether it’s Romneycare, which he imposed, or Obamacare, which he won’t repeal. is pure balderdash. Willard Mitt is going to do precisely what he said he will do: repeal ObamaCare. Now, there may be some bickering […]

Florida Fever: Naples Struck by Sudden Outbreak of Raging Mitt-Mania Epidemic

Mitt Romney at Naples rally, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012 NAPLES, Fla. Attention young conservatives: Your grandma loves Mitt Romney. The phenomenal shift in the polls here in the Sunshine State — which has provoked much commentary and analysis about “strategy” and “messaging” — may in fact be little more complicated than that. And the massive […]

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