The Other McCain

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LIVE AT FIVE – 10.31.10

TOP NEWS Saudi Intelligence Played Key Role In Defusing Yemen Bomb Plot Saudis fighting intense secret war in Yemen since attempt on Prince’s life Obama Holds Rally In Hyde Park Draws about as well as Colbert & Stewart President’s Address Calls For Bipartisan Unity After Election Includes jab at GOP leadership. Unexpectedly! POLITICS Stewart/Colbert Rally […]

Shout Out To Charlie Crist From Peter Cetera And The Lads

by Smitty Carol’s Closet links Fox about Charlie’s non-command of reasonable hours for messaging: “Governor Crist called me at quarter to 5:00 a.m. Monday morning. I’m just not up and at’em at quarter to 5:00 a.m. to talk politics,” Meek told Greta Van Susteren in an interview Friday night.”. “I think he’s a very desperate […]

Survey Of Current And Historical Republican Politicians. . .

by Smitty (h/t Reboot Congress) . . .that happen to be black: The country will be truly post-racial, to paraphrase Morgan Freeman when the people shouting raaaaacism realize the extent of their self parody/projection.

Featuring McCain’s Jaunt ‘Round America

by Smitty FMJRA salutes Stacy McCain, out tracking down the news the less gonzo journalists simply cannot. Props to Fishersville Mike for two years longevity. Now I’m off to the big GOTV event for Patrick Murray!

Heh: Cynthia Yockey With The Statistical Interpretation

by Smitty CY on why the Democrat Party may have GOTV problems.

You Must Be Having Me On. Oh, Wait: We’re Talking About The Left

by Smitty Via Da Tech Guy, the DC Examiner reports that the Rally to Restore Sanity/March to Keep Fear Alive is really more about the latter than the former. Now, I have better things to do that waste my time on Commode-y Central’s sad little gathering of paid stooges. For an example of filming at […]

An Army Of Davids On A Bus Tour To Retire Jim Moran

by Smitty Patrick Murray, a retired US Army Colonel, is, in some respects, running the quintessential David-style insurgency against an incumbent Goliath, Jim Moran. It’s not just that fewer people can do the same work, it’s that they don’t need a big company to provide the infrastructure to do the work, and, in fact, they […]

VA-9: On the Campaign Trail With Republican Challenger Morgan Griffith

ABINGDON, Va. — As I pointed out Friday in my American Spectator column, the 9th District of Virginia went 58% for John McCain two years ago and you might think it would be easy for a Republican to defeat a Democrat incumbent here — especially when the Democrat voted for the cap-and-trade bill that would […]

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