The Other McCain

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

Separated At Birth: Kerry Gauthier / Gerry Connolly Edition

by Smitty You be the judge: Kerry Gauthier really owes his constituents a thorough explanation. Not that I care fig #1 what Kerry and consenting adults get up to, insofar as laws are unbroken. Yet this post, besides a free swipe at the risible Gerry Connolly (go, Chris Perkins!), is intended to raise awareness to […]

The Politics of Dumb

In a Twitter exchange with Steve Ertelt of Lifenews.com — who has called on Todd Akin to step aside — I made this point: There is a price to be paid for pandering and dumbing down: You attract stupid voters — and stupid candidates. There are people who claim that Todd Akin is not irremediably stupid. […]

Top Missouri Republicans Call for Akin to Quit Senate Race; He Says He’s Staying In

Statement issued from the office of Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and endorsed by former Missouri Republican senators John Ashcroft, Kit Bond, John Danforth, and Jim Talent:  “We do not believe it serves the national interest for Congressman Todd Akin to stay in this race. The issues at stake are too big, and this election is […]

Rove: Akin ‘Irreparably Damaged’; UPDATE: NRSC Turns Against Akin

Karl Rove just appeared on Fox News and pronounced Todd Akin’s campaign doomed beyond hope of redemption, saying that his Crossroads GPS super-PAC would not “throw good money after bad” for the “irreparably damaged” Republican Senate candidate. Rove pointed out that calls for Akin to step aside have been nearly universal, from the party leadership […]

McCaskill: Akin Is A Knuckle Dragger. My Knuckle Dragger. Can’t Take Him Before November 6, Or Ima Cry

by Smitty HotAir, emphasis original: According to WaPo, the combined $1.5 million that McCaskill’s campaign and Democratic groups spent in the last weeks before the primary “attacking” Akin as a true conservative was more money than his own team spent on ads over the course of the entire campaign. That’s how badly they wanted to […]

Regulations Not The Problem: Complexity

by Smitty I disagree here: How government became a deviant subculture is a story of good intentions gone awry. We tried to avoid government abuse by replacing individual responsibility with detailed rules and objective legal proceedings. Never again would officials play favorites or indulge personal prejudices. Government would be an efficient assembly line. I assert […]

Is The U.S. Dollar Raaaaacist?

by Smitty Given the working definition of raaaaacism as ‘defying Obama’, one may be forced into an affirmative response: The trend is for Romney fundraising to increase, whereas Obama’s appears to have crested. Power Line notes: “Not only that, [Romney’s] advantage will be increased by what seems to be a more efficient–i.e., cheaper–campaign operation.” Whereas #OccupyResoluteDesk’s […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 08.21.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Akin Takin’ Heat But Hasn’t Quit Yet Facing pressure from NRSC, Levin, Romney, Coulter and many others, GOP Senate nominee digs in Obama Campaign: Unsustainable Burn Rate? Spent $10 million more than campaign raised in July Ethiopian PM Zenawi Dies, 57 Felled by infection, Zenawi improved economy, health and […]

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