The Other McCain

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

Departing for Jacksonville: What’s Up Today Down in the Sunshine State?

My flight leaves Baltimore-Washington International Airport about 9 a.m. and arrives in Jacksonville about 1 p.m. By the time this post goes live, I’ll be on my way to the airport. But I’m troubled by the news reports indicating that Rick Santorum has evidently decided to leave the campaign trail in Florida after tonight’s debate: […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 01.26.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Navy SEALS Rescue Somalia Hostages Daring raid frees two kidnapped aid workers Obama, Arizona Governor Brewer Have Tense Exchange In Phoenix POTUS didn’t like her book, apparently Gingrich Erodes Romney’s Lead Among Hispanics Makeup of Florida’s Latinos: 29% Cubanos, 20% Puerto Ricans, 26% from Central and South America, 15% […]

This Patton Clip May Or May Not Be Something You Need

by Smitty In the following scene, the hard-nosed spirit of American Exceptionalism offers a bit of needed calibration to the Tea Partier: This post may not be for you, but it may be for someone you know. There seems to be a lot of angst these days about this or that candidate, and can they […]

Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley Is a Stupid, Dishonest and Incompetent Swine

Just printed my boarding pass for Jacksonville, where I’m sure CNN’s lovely and charming Jennifer Scoggins will approve my media credential request for Thursday’s super-awesome Florida Republican debate. (There was an e-mail mix-up earlier, but I’m sure we’ve got that straightened out, right?) Because of scheduling contingencies, I booked my flight to Florida one-way and, […]

Intended as Satire, But Unfortunately, Some People Really Think This Way

“What’s so wrong with being dependent on government? Of all the things to depend on, isn’t government the smartest choice? You could depend on yourself, but come on. You know yourself; you fail all the time. You could depend on your friends and family, but they’d eventually get sick of you. But government will always […]

Can Newt Be Trusted? Calls Mitt Romney ‘Anti-Immigrant’ in Spanish-Language Ad

You may remember last week’s CNN debate in South Carolina, when Rick Santorum hit Newt Gingrich with this: I will give Newt Gingrich his due on grandiose ideas and grandiose projects. I will not give him his due on executing those projects, which is exactly what the president of the United States is supposed to […]

Separated At Birth? McCain/Ovechkin

by Smitty I distort, you deride. Really, though, we have to call on Jimmie Bise to make the call here. For those who have never heard of Alexander Ovechkin, he’s nearly as tough as Dan Riehl.

Meghan McCain: An Essay on Decadence

Ace of Spades called attention to this memorable pearl of wisdom folly by the notorious embarassment to the Republican Party: This purposeful and conscious disparagement of knowledge is rather breathtaking, coming as it does from someone whose grandfather and great-grandfather were both four-star admirals in the U.S Navy and who, one supposes, could not have graduated from Annapolis without […]

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