The Other McCain

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

Is #PerryFail the Hot New #tcot Hashtag?

Rick Perry is already in a hole over his immigration policy, but he keeps on digging: “Are we going to kick these children over to the curb and say you cannot have access to college? Because the fact of the matter is there’s no way they could pay the out-of-state tuition.” Once more, Allahpundit wields […]

World’s Youngest Blogger Responds To ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Piffle

by The World’s Youngest Blogger With the firm support of his proud grandfather, The World’s Youngest Blogger offers a succinct editorial response to people behaving in an infantile fashion. And the WYB does know infantile.

Ellen Carmichael Out, J.D. Gordon In as Cain Campaign Communications Chief

UPDATE (Oct. 6): “Storm Center: J.D. Gordon Takes Charge as Herman Cain Communications Director” ** PREVIOUSLY (6:36 p.m. ET, Oct. 1) ** I knew this last night but was sworn to secrecy, as it wasn’t supposed to be announced until Monday: Ellen Carmichael is leaving Herman Cain’s campaign as communications director. She will be replaced […]

Herman Cain Rhymes With Hurricane: Fund-Raising Surges in Third Quarter

The buzz coming from the Herman Cain campaign is that they will be the only presidential campaign — including Obama and GOP front-runner Mitt Romney — whose third-quarter fund-raising numbers are better than their second-quarter numbers. (A quarter-to-quarter comparison is not possible for Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who did not launch his campaign until midway through the third quarter.) Cain raised […]

Fear And Smitty In Las Vegas

by Smitty [Updated to emphasize future tense.] The Western Republican Leadership Conference will be hosting, with CNN, a debate at the Sands Expo on 18 October. That’s a little over two weeks away. Now this blog may be Eastern, highly critical of Republicans, and think that leadership is just one of them book learnin’ concepts […]

Santorum Returns to Iowa

Thanks to Florida (“the Evil State”) we may be  just three months from the Iowa caucuses, and Rick Santorum is going back to the Hawkeye State this weekend for a three-day campaign swing that includes this: Sunday, October 2: 1:00pm CT: Senator Santorum will take part in a 1870s style baseball game at Living History […]

What Florida Hath Wrought: Will Christmas Be in Iowa or New Hampshire?

Geographers have long noted that the Florida peninsula hangs off the East Coast of the United States like a small, limp penis. The metaphorical significance was made manifest Friday morning when what I’ve come to regard as “The Evil State” announced that it was moving its primary to Jan. 31, prompting a memorable reaction from Iowa GOP Chairman […]

Award-Winning Reagan

Our 8-year-old daughter Reagan began public school this year as a third-grader, having previously been home-schooled or attended Christian school. Less than a month into the school year, she won the Respectful Student Award which I’m told (by our 22-year-old daughter, now a school teacher herself) is a very impressive achievement. Parents were invited to […]

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