The Other McCain

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

CBO Performs Voodoo Math and Other Undead Zombie Health Care Updates; UPDATE: ‘Does the CBO’s Shady Accounting Trick Make My Butt Look Big?’ UPDATE II: Ramming Speed! ‘Slaughter Solution’ Passes 222-203

UPDATE 3:56 p.m. ET: Michelle Malkin has the details on the procedural vote whereby the House Democrats approved the so-called “Slaughter Solution” to allow them to pass the Senate version without actually voting on it. This is a Constitution-be-damned-just-ram-it-through move, and Michelle links this fretful remark from AOSHQ: “I am getting really worried, because if 222 Democrats […]

‘Crisis’ in Israel-U.S. Relations

Pamela Geller in NewsMax: U.S.-Israeli relations have hit a 35-year low over the contentious east Jerusalem building project. Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren said, “Israel’s ties with the United States are in their worst crisis since 1975 . . . a crisis of historic proportions.” R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. in The American Spectator: Historians will some day […]

Time Magazine’s Congressional Correspondent ObamaCare Cheerleader

Jay Newton-Small is the newest top contender for the George Stephanopoulos Prize for Non-Partisan Objectivity: Take a good look around, Democrats, this is likely to be as bad as it’s going to get. . . . But, oh how quickly things can change. If you pass the bill, next week’s coverage is likely to trumpet triumph, the […]

Woman Gang-Raped by Illegal Aliens

Raping the women American rapists won’t rape:  WALDORF, Md. – The Charles County Sheriff’s Office has charged six illegal immigrants with first-degree rape and false imprisonment for allegedly holding a woman hostage for hours and sexually assaulting her — and two more assailants are being sought, investigators said. . . . More than a dozen […]

No CBO Score For ObamaCare, But Here’s A Cunning Plan

by Smitty Via Drudge (the only site faster than Insty), The Hill reports that the CBO couldn’t muster the pixie dust to polish the numbers into something that could pass muster, as if integrity, the Constitution, or common sense mattered fig #1 to this atrocious Congress. My best suggestion is to make enough rounding errors […]

Must-Watch Video: Michael McConnell Butchers Slaughter Rule

by Smitty (via American Power) Just watch this: For the twerp response, see Alan Colmes.

Yid With Lid: Obama Fox News Transcript

by Smitty Treat yourself to a taste of what journalism should have been. Trying to quote the most outrageous bit is futile. The Orwellian, purple DC haze machine belches early and builds to a fine fog by finish. If we tolerate this form of government-by-swindle, think of what awaits. 5- and 10k-page bills. Government by […]

Cheering For Idaho, Virginia, And Levin

by Smitty (via Drudge) The folks hang their hats out west: BOISE, Idaho — Idaho took the lead in a growing, nationwide fight against health care overhaul Wednesday when its governor became the first to sign a measure requiring the state attorney general to sue the federal government if residents are forced to buy health […]

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