The Other McCain

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

Journalism as Masochism

TAMPA, Florida You don’t want to hear about my wasted morning — the attempt to drive downtown to the Sheraton to pick up my media credentials, the godawful gridlock caused by the lunatic security, being turned around at the barricaded intersection, forced to drive back to Ybor City, pay to park the car, call a […]

Ybor City Scenes

Chef cooks in the window of La Creperia Cafe on 7th Avenue, Ybor City, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012 TAMPA, Florida Our accommodations for Convention Week are in the historic Ybor City neighborhood, walking distance from 7th Avenue, the major nightlife scene in Tampa. When I woke up this morning about 7:30 a.m., I decided to […]

First Arrest of RNC Protesters Reported

TAMPA, Florida Reported by Kameel Stanley of the St. Petersburg Times: Two suspected protesters were arrested after they were found playing with a BB gun atop a downtown parking garage, authorities said. They are the first arrests in the city tied to the Republican National Convention, which kicks off tonight with a huge welcome party […]

Monday GOP Convention Schedule Postponed Due to Anticipated BlogBash Hangovers and Approaching Hurricane …

. . . but mainly, yeah, it was the hurricane: Republicans announced Saturday that they had effectively canceled the first day of its convention for safety concerns associated with an impending hurricane. Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said in a statement that “the Republican National Convention will convene on Monday August 27th and immediately […]

Memo From the National Affairs Desk: Fear, Loathing and Deficient Hygiene

TAMPA, Florida We were cruising down U.S. 301 somewhere south of Hawthorne in the pre-dawn gloom, congratulating ourselves on having made good time on our long drive to the Republican National Convention when we saw a sight that inspired panic in our hearts. There, lurking in the fog beside the highway, were three large deer. Terror […]

Todd Akin Rapes Missouri GOP

The only question is whether it was a “legitimate” rape: Whereas Rasmussen polling showed Romney leading pro-abortion President Barack Obama at the end of July and having Romney leading the race in the Show Me State all year, now Obama has the lead. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Missouri Voters finds President […]

Tampa, Here I Come

Driving to Tampa today, after a restless night haunted by the helpless feeling tbat we are doomed beyond all hope of redemption. Todd Akin had the chance to do the right thing Tuesday, and selfishly refused. Now, with the encouragement and support of Mike Huckabee, Akin is digging deeper the grave in which the Democrat-Media […]

Barack Obama Is the Antichrist — and Other Neutral Objective Facts

“I agree with the late Hunter S. Thompson that a lot of what passes for ‘objective journalism’ is bullshit. . . . The reason so many Americans hate the news media is because so many supposedly ‘objective’ journalists are transparently dishonest in what they’re doing.” — Robert Stacy McCain, April 16, 2009 The futile pursuit […]

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