The Other McCain

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

My Son, the C-SPAN Star

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. When we attended Rick Santorum’s town-hall event in Florence yesterday, the C-SPAN “Road to the White House” crew was there. After we got back to the hotel, they were replaying it on C-SPAN. My 13-year-old son Jefferson saw himself on TV and said, “Millions of women are going to see this!” So […]

Scott Walker Is A Threat To The Status Quo

by Smitty How dare this man keep campaign promises, govern soberly, balance the budget, and refrain from raping the taxpayer? Didn’t he get the memo that, as of Barack Obama, our elected executives are giving it the Full Nero? Walker is about as dangerous as my own governor, Bob McDonnell. Perhaps moreso: Walker did it […]

Dr. Strange-glove, Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Mitt
UPDATE: Graphic Via PCP

by Smitty Update: thank you, Political Clown Parade: The title is inspired by a post at Legal Insurrection, quoting Andrew McCarthy: I keep hoping to hear those three words [about RomneyCare]: “I was wrong.” But they’re not coming. Romney supporters on the right keep rationalizing that he is just doing what he must do to […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 01.16.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Rescuers Brave Cold, Darkness To Search Wrecked Cruise Ship Racing against time to find the sixteen still missing Who Gets Today Off? Only 3 in 10 non-federal employees get Martin Luther King Jr. Day off work Goodbye, Governor Asterisk Will endorse Romney. Yeah, that’ll help. POLITICS Wisconsin’s Scott Walker […]

Good-Bye, Governor Asterisk

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. I was sitting here working on my American Spectator column, with the Huckabee forum on Fox News playing on the TV behind me, when my son Jefferson yelled from the other room to tell me this news, which was a bulletin on the “crawl” on the TV that I wasn’t watching. Huntsman Says […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Short Skirt/Long Jacket

— compiled by Wombat-socho We begin with that rara avis of Rule 5 Sunday, a completely SFW Kate Beckinsale post thanks to The POH Diaries. Three Beers Later chips in with what he claims is Harry Potter in Spanish, but I’m pretty sure neither Hermione nor Ginny Weasley wore skirts THAT short. Also, sweater vest […]

The Virginia GOP Primary Beclownment Continues Despite Loss Of Red Noses

by Smitty Leaving a trail of round red noses and prop cigars, the Perry and Gingrich campaigns are appealing the slap-down already delivered for their failure to meet the Virginia primary voting deadline. Politico reports: Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s lawyers filed a motion with a federal appeals court Sunday, seeking to win him a place […]

VisitMyrtleBeach.com

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. Having been in some media filing centers where we were lucky to get a cup of coffee, I just wanted to give a shout-out to the Myrtle Beach Conventions and Visitors Bureau, which provided the press a wonderful lunch today, with homestyle food and sweet iced tea. We didn’t get anything like […]

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