The Other McCain

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

STATE OF THE UNION RESPONSE VIDEO: Cain Rocks National Press Club

by Smitty I thought that BHO’s third SOTU installment worked best as humorless stand-up. In between victory laps for ventilating Osama, Obama basically said nothing, with a few breaks to blame Buuuuush. The GOP response in an Indiana war memorial was better, but not as much as it should have been. Mitch Daniels was basically […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 01.25.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Giffords Honored At State Of The Union Chocolates and hugs as Giffords takes her seat for the last time Mitch Daniels Rips Obama As Inept, Foolish Or words to that effect, as he delivers GOP response to State of the Union NYT: How Dare Mitt Romney Take Advantage Of […]

Herman Cain At The National Press Club

by Smitty I’m out the door to head to the National Press Club. After senior #OccupyDC member #OccupyResoluteDesk is done offering the State of the Loaded Diaper Address, we’ll get to hear Herman Cain offer something that offers a little more America, a little less Orwellian pissing. No, the fluid on your back isn’t rain. Hopefully […]

The False Dilemma Fallacy: Mitt or Newt? The Devil or the Deep Blue Sea?

Jeff Foxworthy says that, as a Southerner, the minute you open your mouth, people deduct 15 points from your IQ score. It’s a joke that’s funny because it’s so true. People automatically associate Southern accents with stereotypical backwoods hicks, and so I’ve spent my whole life being underestimated by Yankee smart-asses who think they know […]

‘Let-Me-Tell-You-What-to-Think’ and Other Conventional Wisdom Tricks

Many months ago, Ace of Spades erupted in a fury over an “objective” mainstream media news story: Stop telling me what to think! I’d love to link that memorable post, but archive searches on Ace’s site are difficult. The point he made, however, is that some journalists have an obnoxious tendency to assume readers are […]

Florida Republican’s Ad Depicts Children Enslaved by Obama and Alan Grayson

Children are shown as slaves forced to pay for deficit spending in a new advertisement for a Republican congressional candidate in Florida. “Turn This Ship Around” is the title of the 30-second video for Mark Oxner, a businessman seeking a House seat in Florida’s new 27th District, where former Democrat Rep. Alan Grayson is hoping […]

Barbara Espinosa’s Gingrich Files

Longtime readers of the blog will warmly remember Barbara Espinosa, whom I first met at Right Online 2009 in Pittsburgh (“Grandma Is an Angry Mob,” American Spectator, Sept. 18, 2009). Barbara doesn’t like it when I remind people that she’s a grandmother and a widow. She thinks those descriptions might discourage romantic overtures from the kind […]

‘Remain Calm! All Is Well!’

“All the insanity inspired by the intense struggle in Iowa will be over in two weeks, and nothing would be crazier than to predict that Santorum — who has lingered near the back of the Republican pack all year — will emerge with an upset victory Jan. 3.” — Robert Stacy McCain, “Hawkeye Fever,” Dec. […]

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