The Other McCain

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

OMG: Michael Moore as COS?

Really, this is PuffHo, not ScrappleFace.

Analysis Of Lefty Reaction To Sarah On Leno

by Smitty Dan Riehl has Stewart’s analysis. Riehl on Stewart, emphasis mine: Any grand conclusions are silly at this point. But as for the Palin versus Romney match up on TV he looks at, he’s spot on. These types of match ups just don’t work well for Romney. Unfortunately, that’s as much about Romney’s trouble […]

Paco’s Struggle Against Homo Bureaucratus

by Smitty With some formatting help from me, Paco notes the sad state of the State: The ostentatious policy-wonkishness of the Obama administration is something that I now have the misfortune of living with every day at my own agency. The primary feature of this bureaucratic fantasy world is an unprecedented number of political employees […]

Yglesias Is As Unimpressive As Brooks

by Smitty Here is Matthew Yglesias at Think Knucklehead arguing against Judd Gregg. Yglesias, whose literacy seems challenged, appears to misread deliberately what he quoted from Gregg: The Senate was structured to be the place where bills which rushed through the House because they have a lot of rules that limit debate and allow people […]

F(orget) The Dumb S(tuff)

by Smitty Via Instapundit, there is yet more talk of wrenching on the tax code. FTDS, as we used to say in my early days in the Navy. Maybe Paul Krugman or some other Eclownomist can explain how the country is helped by Having one pack of fools write an unintelligible tax code, Necessitating the […]

Morris Dees Linked to Right-Wing Libertarian Extremist

Namely the notorious crazy-hater Glenn Reynolds: Back in 1995 I was on MacNeil/Lehrer with Morris Dees . . . MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour: Hotbed of Hate!

‘Message to the National Republican Establishment: Stay Out of Our Primary’

Ever since John Cornyn and the NRSC backed Charlie Crist in Florida last May, that’s been the basic message of Not One Red Cent. But if you thought Florida Republicans were outraged at national GOP meddling in their primary, just wait until you see the ‘Bama buzzsaw that hits John Boehner when he gets to Huntsville on Monday: […]

Whatever Happened to Crazy?

The endless theorizing about Pentagon shooter Patrick Bedell inspires James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal to observe:  We suppose if Cindy Sheehan ever picked up a gun and started shooting, the media would describe her as a “right-wing extremist” too. It inspired me to write a 1,900-word essay based on Chris Rock’s question: “Whatever happened to […]

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