The Other McCain

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

Perry Heartache In VA: Just A Bit Outside

by Smitty Via the Washington Post: Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry failed to submit enough valid signatures to qualify for the Virginia primary ballot, state GOP officials said Friday evening. Perry’s campaign told state election officials it had submitted 11,911 signatures, but a Republican source familiar with the situation said that the Texas governor did […]

Classics of the Golden Age of Fringe, Or: Ron Paul Digs the Beatles’ White Album

IYKWIMAITYD: Question: What do Ron Paul and Charles Manson have in common? Answer: Both warned their followers of an impending “race war.” Maybe Lisa Graas isn’t the first blogger to make that comparison, and if some other blogger wants to accuse Lisa of “stealing” their material . . . Well, lots of that going around […]

Must-Read Post Of The Day

by Smitty Tom Blumer over at Pajamas Media has a crucial outing on the federal budget: Here are two important but little-known and underappreciated points about the Super Dupers’ failure which cannot be emphasized enough: None of the alleged “savings” under discussion (really reductions in projected spending increases) would have kicked in until the beginning […]

Whittle Speaks As The GOP Would, Had It Hair #1 Where Necessary

by Smitty Should we just draft Bill Whittle for POTUS? Update: Whittle/Gillespie 2012? I saw that NG clip while going back to YouTube to help float the question of whether the GOP is relatively more feckless than the Australian Greens: Update II: During his news conference, when asked if House Republicans “caved”, Boehner said, “Sometimes […]

Baron Conrad Black of Crossharbour Nonplussed By Newt-mentum

by Smitty Quite an interesting read over at NRO, where Black theorizes in weighty philosophical terms about the state of the GOP scrum. There is an audio version of the article, but, as it was not read in John Houseman tones, I killed it quickly. A taste: The Obama administration doesn’t know whether to scream […]

Yeah, That Was Pretty Quoteworthy

“Ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good.” — Genesis 50:20 (KJV) It’s strange sometimes how you find stuff to blog about. Some people are systematic — Smitty’s always sending me stuff he finds with a newfangled doohickey called a “feedreader” — but I’m kind of random myself. Last night a reader […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 12.23.11

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS House GOP Surrenders On Payroll Tax Cut Extension Bill also includes unemployment extension, Medicare doc fix Quake Rattles Tremor-Plagued Christchurch 5.8 on the Richter scale; some public buildings evacuated Iraqi VP Hashemi Blames Baghdad Blasts On PM Maliki Says Maliki’s security forces persecuting politicians instead of targeting terrorists POLITICS […]

Minnesota Republican ‘Made Some Mistakes and Errors in Judgment’

The words “sin” and “adultery” evidently did not occur to former state Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch: Amy Koch apologized [Wednesday] for “engaging in a relationship with a Senate staffer,” though she did not name the individual. (We are left to wonder if “engaging in a relationship” can be roughly translated as “making the beast […]

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