The Other McCain

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

What She Said, and What I Said

“While the Post tries to impose an old narrative on Perry and squeeze blood from a stone, the reality is that Perry has gone out of his way to pander to left-wing impulses on race. “This is the guy that has disparaged his own base as racist in two separate GOP debates. “Remember? . . […]

When It Rains, It Pours

Herman Cain Set to Win S.C. Debate — headline, Wednesday, May 4 Things keep happening that nobody but me predicted, and predictions that were ignored when I made them are forgotten when they come true. A commenter on a previous post said, “The whining is unbecoming,” to which I replied, “An admission of failure is […]

Looking Up From Here, It’s Barely Possible to See the Bottom of ‘Down’

BREAKING: South Carolina to hold primary on January 21 A friend sent me that on Twitter and then, via Memeorandum, I saw this: Nevada Republicans decided Saturday to move up the GOP presidential caucuses to January to preserve the state’s early voting spot, although it will cost the Silver State half its delegates at the national […]

Unlike Alex Pappas …

. . . Mark Block never returns my phone calls: The man who talked Herman Cain into running for president, and plotted a strategy that has the former Godfather’s Pizza CEO surging in the GOP presidential race, knows both highs and lows. Mark Block was the first 18-year-old ever elected to office in Wisconsin when […]

No Joy (McCann) in Mudville

Several commenters have been wondering why I haven’t blogged about Herman Cain’s victory in yesterday’s straw poll. Others have tried to bait me into writing about Rick Perry’s “N–rhead” hunting camp, or Cain’s comments about that controversy. Short answer: Because there is no point in my doing so. I’m not Michael Barone or Jennifer Rubin. […]

Tuning Up the World’s Smallest Violin, Ready to Play ‘My Heart Bleeds for You’

“Little attention is being paid to the way our continuing economic crisis is hitting artists, intellectuals, musicians, and writers, [Scott] Timberg argues. And he suggests that the way those livings are collapsing has put the lie to the idea that the 21st century American economy would be pleasantly post-industrial, an interchange of valuable information by […]

Watch Me Go SoCon: Does Tiger Woods Really Affect My Social Life?

by Smitty I’m going to chock this up to my thick-headed inability to understand, but I really don’t get this (emphasis original): I’ve been shrieking this from the rooftops for years now: other women’s sexual choices affect my sexual and dating choices. Women who sleep around set an expectation for men, and then reinforce that […]

LIVE AT FIVEEIGHT – 10.02.11

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Perry Bet Big On Grants To Subprime Lenders AP says Perry spent $35 million to bring Countrywide, Washington Mutual to Texas four years before the housing bubble popped Vandals Torch Mosque In Israel Security tightened; PM launches investigation NYPD “White Shirts” Take Hands-On Approach With Protesters Senior officers lead […]

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