The Other McCain

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

VIDEO: Pat Toomey Ad

As Dave Weigel says — hey, he’s got me blogrolled at an MSM site, of course I’m kissing his ass — Toomey spent a year waiting to campaign against Arlen Specter, but he’s not wasting time on regrets: TV Clear Choice from Pat Toomey on Vimeo. The first post-primary Rasmussen poll shows Joe Sestak with a slight lead, […]

The Rand Paul Round Robin

Rather than continue extending my previous “Intellectual Terrorism” discussion of the Rand Paul civil-rights controversy, I’ll link some relevant stuff here. James Joyner at Outside the Beltway: Doug Mataconis, Oliver Willis, and I were engaged in a brief Twitter back-and-forth on this one last night.  It’s a tougher question than it sounds, especially to a 20-something […]

Rachel Maddow vs. Rand Paul: Intellectual Terrorism and ‘Civil Rights’

Here’s the video: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy David Weigel has some interesting analysis: So is Rand Paul a racist? No, and it’s irritating to watch his out-of-context quotes . . . splashed on the Web to make that point. Paul believes, as many conservatives believe, that the […]

Like Rip Van Winkle

After delivering The Final Wisdom on PA-12 yesterday afternoon, I took a nap and didn’t wake up until nearly midnight. I woke to discover a world of news had transpired: Campbell Brown quit CNN because she’s so doggone unbiased that her ratings sucked. Jimmie Bise pointed out that “CNN runs uninterrupted in every hospital lobby, mechanic waiting room, […]

Rand Paul Has Made A Fine Transition From Rock And Roll

by Smitty His early rockabilly days were certainly memorable: Now that he’s on the November ballot for Kentucky Senator, he still remembers how to tell the opposition to “bring it on”, even if the “mike foxtrot” is delivered in parenthesis: While empathizing with Stacy’s disappointment over PA-12, if the Tea Parties around the country take […]

Axis Of Fedora Update: Stacy McCain Drained By PA-12 Reporting

by Smitty It really is a shame to see such a fine reporter and word-slinger laid so low. The frantic updates. The miles. The pictures. The constant masculinity threat of using the barbie cam. The deadlines. The obnoxious creep co-blogger, always looking for some smart-alec angle. They wear on a man, leaving tragic pieces of […]

Ah, The Ted Kennedy Criteria

by Smitty (h/t Terry Cowgill at Big Media) Giving Dick Blumenthal the benefit of the doubt, he probably didn’t wake up one morning and say to himself “I wonder if I could score some favor with the Veteran crowd by having them on about my service record. . .” while he was shaving. In general, […]

PA-12: The Final Wisdom

HAGERSTOWN, Md. Back home now, after driving 430 miles in 24 hours for the Election Day swing through Pennsylvania’s 12th District. Am I totally bummed out? Yeah, especially because I spent four hours sleeping in my car at the West Virginia Welcome Center on I-79 after staying until 3:30 a.m. at the post-election bull session. The […]

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