The Other McCain

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

Faced With Maxed-Out Race Card, Can Eric Holder Get A Rep. Allen West Bailout? Why, No; No, He Cannot!

by Smitty The blogs have been on about Eric “The Bolder” Holder’s NYT interview, where he few a Hail Jerry* and said that: “This is a way to get at the president because of the way I can be identified with him,” he said, “both due to the nature of our relationship and, you know, […]

LIVE AT FIVE7:30 – 12.20.11

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS ALLEN WEST, HOUSE GOP DRAW A LINE IN THE SAND House GOP holds out for full-year extension of payroll tax cut ROK Gov’t Expresses Sympathy To Norks NY consul states ROK priority “to avoid anything troublesome” Deadly Blizzard Pushes Into Great Plains Storm stretches from northern New Mexico through […]

Perry Iowa TV Ad Attacks Newt Gingrich as ‘K Street,’ Mitt Romney as ‘Wall Street’

Now that the debates are over and Rick Perry can’t be forced to defend his attacks, he goes negative on both Republican front-runners: “He’ll overhaul Washington and toss out the corrupt insiders.” Yeah, Rick Perry’s going to clean up the corruption: Since 2001, more than a fifth of the $83 million that Mr. Perry has […]

Memo From the National Affairs Desk: Strange Rumblings in the Heartland

By this time a week from today — Dec. 26, the day after Christmas — I’ll be in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, covering the final campaign leading up to the Jan. 3 caucuses, and I’m already getting advance vibes of serious Fear and Loathing in the Hawkeye State. There is so much to do between now […]

For Some Strange Reason, I Was Reminded of Lawrence v. Texas

Or more precisely, a certain dissenting opinion: “The Texas statute undeniably seeks to further the belief of its citizens that certain forms of sexual behavior are ‘immoral and unacceptable’ . . . the same interest furthered by criminal laws against fornication, bigamy, adultery, adult incest, bestiality, and obscenity. Bowers held that this was a legitimate […]

Your Monthly Sarah Palin Wink

by Smitty Time says: Palin: “It’s not too late for folks to jump in. Who knows what will happen in the future.” Interview airs Monday at 10 pm ET. This is via Ace, who posits: As far as I know FoxNews hasn’t had this talk with Palin, or, if they did, she clarified her intention […]

Rule 5 Monday

— compiled by Wombat-socho Bring The Heat, Bring The Stupid kicks off this week’s roundup with Salma Hayek. Postaldog returns with Eve Ellis, some aspiring models, and Jessica James Clement. The POH Diaries can’t get enough Kate Upton (or Christina Hendricks), while Fishersville Mike is all about the Christmas Spirit. The Rio Norte Line featured […]

This ‘Draft Hillary’ Thing Had Me Going Until The Third Paragraph

by Smitty Politico: We argued in a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed piece that President Barack Obama should stand down and let Secretary of State Hillary Clinton run as the Democratic presidential nominee in 2012. We are now calling on Democratic voters nationally — particularly in New Hampshire — to organize a write-in campaign for […]

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