The Other McCain

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

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“You’re very attractive,” says Erik Telford WASHINGTON, D.C. Here at the Renaissance Hotel — the address of which is the title of the post — I was working hard, trying to get an important story written, but my friends insisted on buying me beers and talking about Herman Cain. The Americans for Prosperity “Defending the […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 11.04.11

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Senate GOP Shoots Down $60 Billion Infrastructure Bill Dems can’t muster more than 51 votes in procedural move to bring bill forward. Eighty Arrested In Oakland After General Strike Turns Violent Vandalism and violence blamed on anarchists; Port of Oakland reopens this morning Cain Faces Public Airing Of Harassment […]

Still Full Of Crow, No Palin Rumor Room

by Smitty Hot Air goes for the cheap hits on something I saw earlier, hinting that Sarah Palin may be considering alleging Herman Cain sexually harassed her un-declining to run for President, but I had refused to nibble. However, if Something Really Big Happens on 13 November, don’t forget this post. I’ll admit to hoping […]

‘Zo Takes Aim At Russell Simmons, Makes Fish Soup In Barrel

by Smitty On the one hand, the substance isn’t terribly challenging. On the other, Alfonzo Rachel still delivers the well-played style. Click the image to view: Update: And it looks like Steven Crowder has some #OccupyShenanigans coming on Monday:

Complete Burn-Out Looms: Random Notes on the Road to the American Dream

“A top Iowa supporter of Herman Cain’s presidential campaign is blaming top Cain aide Mark Block for the campaign’s poor response to allegations that Cain sexually harassed at least two women in the 1990s. “Jeff Jorgenson, the chairman of the Pottawatamie County Republican Party, said Cain’s campaign has been caught off-guard and that Cain should […]

Economic Freedom: That Upon Which Our GOP Candidates Should Be Focusing

by Smitty Consider the following video a crowbar for use in prying the conservative head out of a lightless location: The silliness of wasting days and days going after flimsy allegations is helping no one but BHO. Kabogus theater (to coin a phrase) is no way to set about recovering the country. Watch that YouTube […]

This Blog Has Been Critical Of Senator Webb In The Past

by Smitty Via Instapundit, there are indications of Fightin’ Jim Webb coming out swinging against the Obama administration in Politico (our Bible).  Now, as a Virginia resident, the 2006 ‘macaca’ scandal was a major indicator to me of just how decayed American politics had become. After reading Liberal Fascism, it was highly unclear how anybody with […]

PJM’s Pollock Publishes First Specific Account of Cain Harassment Charge UPDATE: PJM Makes Corrections

Hat-tip to Ace of Spades and congratulations to Richard Pollock at PJM for finally getting the specifics on the record: Both sources, one male and one female, worked at the time — mid-1990s — for the governmental affairs department of the National Restaurant Association, as did the woman. According to both sources, Mr. Cain and […]

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