The Other McCain

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

The Evidently Obligatory ‘How Many House Seats Will the GOP Win?’ Post

Short answer: A lot fewer than they could have, if the NRCC had a freaking clue. Really. Ace of Spades interrogates Jay Cost about the likelihood of Republican gains on the high side of 60, which I consider insanely optimistic, given the face-palming incompetence of the NRCC. But first the good news from Jay Cost: […]

Interesting, But No, VodkaPundit

by Smitty Allowing the Federal government to control education remains wrongheaded. The Smith Plan, which applies to both education and home ownership, is to add 49 more State banks, and let the several States figure it out. You can boot the DOE, Fannie & Freddie to boot. Federalism: the Left can call it extremism all […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 10.28.10

TOP NEWS FBI Arrest Pakistani-American In Subway Terror Sting Farouk accused of scouting Metro stations for bomb sites Colbert, Stewart Deny It, But Participants See Rally As Political Event Attendees expect to energize liberal base Prosthetic Leg May Belong To Missing Australian Girl Zahra Baker missing for over two weeks, mother jailed for lying to […]

Whatever Was at the Bottom of the Barrel, Chris Matthews Just Scraped It Off

Geoffrey Dickens of Newsbusters nails Matthews for his disgusting Republicans-as-Brownshirts smear: “Chris Matthews, on Wednesday’s Hardball . . . claimed the restraining of a MoveOn.org activist by a Rand Paul supporter reminded him of what “we saw from hoodlums in the thirties in another country I will not mention” and added: “I mean it isn’t […]

They’re Going To Be As RINO As You Let Them, Which Is Not At All

by Smitty The Underground Conservative rounds up a few Ruling Class bloviations about the Tea Party. There is a fine line between the common sense of the common folk that we need to re-inject into our politics, and the experience of knowing the ropes in DC. We need to put RINOs on notice without fielding […]

Diverging From Allahpundit On The Military Record Question

by Smitty Allahpundit reviews the new Joe Miller ad: and poses the question How about some ads instead touting his military service and highlighting the sleazy performance of She Who Shall Not Be Named at the last debate? Or is that what he’s bringing Palin in for — to emphasize his service credentials as a […]

‘Stomping Deniers’?

In my American Spectator column this morning, I noted that Joshua Green of The Atlantic Monthly had been quick to use the phrase “brutally attacked” to describe Tim Profitt’s stomping of MoveOn activist Lauren Valle. Well, was it an “attack”? Green now coins the term “stomping deniers” to describe people who’ve questioned the Left’s narrative […]

VIDEO: Front Page, Featuring Steven Malanga, Required Viewing For All, Esp. Those Who Can Vote Against Jim Moran

by Smitty Click the image of Allen Barton to view: Steven Malanga, of City Journal, and author of Shakedown, talks to Allen Barton about how the left has seized power in Washington, D.C. Incumbents and public service unions have gamed the system and are upending prosperity in America. Does government now exist simply to serve […]

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