The Other McCain

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

The FaceBook Page That Rocked The Teleprompter Weighs In

by Smitty Stand strong together! The implications of Obamacare will reach into every aspect of our lives, from the value of our paycheck, to the quality of our health care, to the opportunities that will be stripped from Americans as we’re shoved under the enormous burden of more government growth and control. We must stop […]

Palate Cleanser Video: Republican Governors Association

by Smitty Spot friggin’ on: The Progressives want you to feel like the demise of what is good in the country is inevitable, so that they can replace liberty with Federal slavery. Bring on the Article 5 suppository, ye governors: From the comic book Joker to his Progressive offspring in DC:

Left Field Possibility

by Smitty Say this is all a giant mind-frak. Say that BHO, surveying the wreckage of the steaming pile of manure delivered to his desk, decrees that it is too contentious, too perilous, and that Reid and Pelosi have done what they could, but that the legislation simply wasn’t up to signing standards. Say he […]

Rep. Altmire, D-PA, ‘In The No’

by <i>Smitty</i> The Pittsburgh Tribune Review reports Jason Altmire a no, despite weeks of personal entreaties from President Obama and Democratic House leaders, he said today. Altmire, D-McCandless, was considered an important swing vote for House leaders who are trying to attract 216 supporters for the signature domestic initiative of Obama’s presidency. Altmire voted against […]

Of Course The Democrats Wouldn’t Lie About A Memo About CBO ‘Estimate’

by Smitty The CBO comes out with a preliminary estimate. This blog has obtained a conceptual view of the inner workings of the CBO’s toil: The Democrats then took this explicitly labeled preliminary estimate, written about a jello-to-the-wall piece of legislation of un-Presidented complexity, and treated that estimate like gospel. Now, a memo surfaced today […]

The Federal Reserve: What, Me Transparent?

by Smitty (via Insty) Taking one eye off the ObamaCare debacle for a minute, one of the things that is going to make restoring the Constitution to full vigor a challenge is the lack of reasonable monetary policy. Bloomberg reports that Ben Bernanke, the dude behind the financial curtain, might have to let you know […]

Report: How Southern Poverty Law Center Smeared Immigration Group

Jerry Kammer of the Center for Immigration Studies describes how the SPLC, the National Council for La Raza and the open-borders group America’s Voice combined in a campaign to drive the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) out of the immigration debate: The Southern Poverty Law Center’s December 2007 announcement that it had decided to […]

RAMMING SPEED! Democrats Prepare for ‘Really Stupid and Futile Gesture’

From my latest American Spectator column: Does anyone else remember what happened Jan. 19? Did anyone else watch the confetti fly and hear the band play in the ballroom of Boston’s Park Plaza Hotel two months ago? Or was the election of a Republican to the Senate seat held for more than four decades by […]

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