The Other McCain

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

Charlie Crist Is Not Scum

Charlie Crist is the bacteria that infect the parasites which feed on the pus that oozes from the maggots which crawl through the slime that grows on scum.

When It Comes to ‘Crazy’ and Politics, Glenn Greenwald Is an Expert

That was the first thing that came to mind when I saw the notorious sock-puppet master’s headline: Who are the actual ‘crazy’ people in American politics? Greenwald knows crazy like Eskimos know snow. (Via Memeorandum.)

Red State’s Erick Erickson Endorses
Rick Barber in AL2 House Race

The Tea Party-backed candidate is added to Erickson’s “Candidates I’m Supporting” list, and Barber’s Web site quotes his statement: “Rick has the support of the grassroots in the district, which we are seeing more and more is going to make the difference in a close race.  It’s not that his opponent is the establishment person.  It’s […]

Union-Endorsed Politician Caught in Drunk Driving Scandal: Is This News?

State Sen. Roy Ashburn’s contributions from California labor unions raised eyebrows last year, but now that he’s been busted for DUI all that anyone seems to care about is that Ashburn is a Republican: The veteran Kern County lawmaker was spotted weaving at about 2 a.m. Wednesday and was pulled over, said Sgt. Rick Campbell […]

Senator Bunning In USA Today

by Smitty (h/t Drudge) What a near-display of courage from Senator Bunning: I have been serving the citizens of Kentucky for nearly 24 years in Washington. …begins the article, which gets into the details of PayGo and the sudden desire to fix things on the way out.  Then the Senator concludes: After four legislative days […]

What Do You Expect? His Tenure Thus Far Has More Or Less Been The Political Equivalent.

by Smitty The BlogProf has a thorough post up detailing BHO’s support for that modern scourge called abortion.

Politicians Increasingly Aware Of Reality

by Smitty Fabius Maximus links Reuters on the Prime Minister of Greece having a Come to Beevis meeting regarding their situation, floating the question: “How soon until an American President says similar words?” American Glob links NJN.net with Chris Christie having a state-level exercise in fiscal lucidity. Christie is worth hearing in full, as he […]

Federal Receipts As The Inverse Of Liberty

by Smitty American Thinker has the graph: I’d like to revisit a few ideas from last June for attacking the systemic problems within Congress: Every Congress must win approval from two thirds of the state legislatures in the 18th month of the Congress, or none of the members of the Congress are permitted to run […]

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