The Other McCain

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

Insults Too Grievous to Be Borne Gladly

The dark mood is on me again, and I keep stumbling across occasions to remember injuries and insults heaped up like a gigantic mountain of humiliation. An inferno of rage burns in my gut, and restraining it takes a constant, conscious effort that exhausts me. Serial betrayals by backstabbing two-faced “friends” — well, I must put it [...]

A Venn Diagram Might Be Helpful

LAS VEGAS, Nevada Last night at the CNN debate, somebody said, “Hey, have you seen Erik Telford?” “No, is he here?” “Yeah. He was on Twitter asking who was coming to Vegas for the Western Republican Leadership Conference.” Well, I’d been busy covering the debate and hadn’t seen the Twitter message, and by the time [...]

What Tabitha Hale Said

I had called the Interactive Media Coordinator for FreedomWorks to explain why I wouldn’t be able to attend BlogCon – Where All the Important  Bloggers Will Be — and, although I wasn’t taking notes, the conversation went something like this: TABITHA: Hi, Stacy! I’m sitting here having lunch with some friends of yours. We’re laughing behind your back. ME: Of course you [...]

Where All the Important Bloggers Will Be

FreedomWorks made sure that only the very best bloggers were invited to speak at this weekend’s conference: Erick Erickson, Matt Kibbe, Steven Crowder, Stephen Kruiser, Mary Katharine Ham, Melissa Clouthier, John Hawkins, Jim Hoft, Bill Whittle, Steve Green, Scott Ott, Matt Lewis, Caleb Brown, Will Lutz, Philip Klein, Lee Doren, Jason Mattera, Cord Blomquist, Max [...]

Event To Build Character Scheduled On Ann. Of Famous Speech On Character Denounced By Those Lacking Character

by Smitty This blog is looking forward to having a fine, American, a-political time at Glen Beck’s 8/28 event. From the 8/28 page: What can I bring? You can bring small umbrellas, bottled water (plastic bottles only please), bag lunches, snacks (e.g. Stacy’s vanilla pudding), lawn chairs, cameras, blankets, small coolers, backpacks, and flags. Also, [...]

‘When I Was Younger, So Much Younger Than Today . . .’

On this date in 1965, the second Beatles movie, Help! premiered in London: Of course, I found out about this on Twitter.  Something else I saw on Twitter was this article by my young friend Chris Moody: With the turn of a phrase, Minnesota Rep. Michelle Bachmann seemed to sum up last weekend’s RightOnline conference, an [...]

Right Online: Seen and Heard

Just a few photos from the Right Online conference at the fabulous Venetian Resort Hotel. Matt Lewis of Politics Daily gives a seminar on blogging, Twitter and other forms of online communication. With Andrea Shea King of The Radio Patriot and Barbara Espinosa of American Freedom. Hot Air’s Ed Morrissey said Allahpundit couldn’t make it [...]

Right Online: ‘Pimp Your Website’

LAS VEGAS – The Right Online schedule this morning shows an 8:30 a.m. seminar called “Pimp Your Website: Taking It to the Next Level.” However, the person teaching that seminar is not the author of “How to Get a Million Hits on Your Blog.” Today’s seminar on “Blogging 101″ is taught by Matt Lewis and the ”Twitter [...]

What Are the Odds . . .

. . . that I am, even at this very moment, boarding a Delta Airlines flight en route to Las Vegas? Well, if you have already hit the tip jar, you might know how to bet that proposition. If you haven’t hit the tip jar yet, now would be a good time to do so. [...]

Everybody Have Fun at Right Online!

My friend Steve Eggleston of No Runny Eggs blog fame asked me a question on Twitter: Read  the article for yourself: “[T]he nation’s foremost new media experts from across the country” – a list from which my name is omitted. As I explained three weeks ago: The list of speakers for this year’s conference includes Erick Erickson and Ed Morrissey — both [...]

‘Now Imagine If Hunter S. Thompson Was On Twitter . . .’

@rsmccain — Robert Stacy McCain has aptly been described as “the conservative Hunter S. Thompson.” Now imagine if Hunter Thompson was on Twitter! – Matt Lewis, “The Top 25 Conservatives on Twitter” About time I got this kind of recognition, considering that we’re now just three weeks away from the 2010 Right Online Conference in [...]

Guess Who Just Got an Invitation to the Right Online Conference in Las Vegas?

No, of course not me. But somebody sent an invitation to my good friend Barbara Espinosa of American Freedom blog. And who do you suppose sent Barbara this invitation? If you guessed “Satan,” you’re pretty close: From: Erik Telford Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 11:59 AM To: Barbara Espinosa Subject: Will you join us for the [...]

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