The Other McCain

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

Bedtime Viewing

by Smitty Some of our readers appreciate the crunchy stuff, so here is a bit of absurdity via Kottke: If you’re feeling more classical than jazzy, you can go for Apocalyptica: And if you’re feeling more crunchy and absurdist, Beatallica blends ‘Enter Sandman’ with ‘Taxman’ to demented effect:

Word Association With Joe The Plumber Goes Unwell For John McCain @3:40

by Smitty Joe “the Plumber” Wurzelbacher looks tanned and much-improved in this clip, no doubt from having spoken at enough Tea Parties. A few soundbites: “If this was a Republican movement, I wouldn’t be here.” “Democrats are great people.” “The GOP looks at [the Tea Parties] as a tool.” “I just put my name on […]

Shootout at the RNC Corral

First, a co-chairman of the Republican Regents resigned, and now the Republican National Committee’s chief of staff has resigned. Maybe one too many rejected RNC solicitations? Just a guess. Allahpundit has the necessary strategic insights. I’d offer my own insights, but I’m a bit too busy right now laughing over a silly post at Frum Forum by Chris Currey, who claims […]

John McCain Gets His Queeg On

“Bitter”? “Unprincipled”? “Self-pitying”? Gosh, it’s a shame Newsweek didn’t notice this stuff back in 1999: Many of the GOP’s most faithful, the kind who vote in primaries despite 115-degree heat, tired long ago of McCain the Maverick, the man who had crossed the aisle to work with Democrats on issues like immigration reform, global warming, […]

Suck of the Titans

“Overall, the movie suggested that the eighth grade AV club had somehow gotten its hands on a CGI studio,” says Megan McArdle, who calls the remake of Clash of the Titans “one of the worst movies I’ve seen in years.” Assuming she also saw Avatar, that means we could be talking about a historic breakthrough in 3-D suckage. I just […]

Bad to Worse for Sorry Charlie Crist

Even a liberal Republican like Rudy Giuliani endorses Marco Rubio: On a conference call today with bloggers, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani discussed his endorsement of Marco Rubio for U.S. Senate, saying his endorsement goes beyond “whether Charlie Crist broke his word with me on several occasions — he did — that’s the reality, […]

Progress On The Long March Through The Institutions

by Smitty Gramsci counseled his side to begin a “long march through the institutions,” by which he meant the capture of the cinema, theater, schools, universities, seminaries, newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and courts. Look at what Gramsci’s intellectual offspring have achieved: “a supposed example of the nation fighting the war for commercial purposes.” Follow up […]

Who Is Ken Buck?

He’s the district attorney of Weld County, Colo., and a Republican Senate candidate who won last month’s precinct caucuses: In the aftermath of his narrow win in the recent Republican caucuses, U.S. Senate candidate Ken Buck told south metro business leaders that his grassroots campaign can take the credit. “It doesn’t look like a landslide on its […]

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