The Other McCain

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by Smitty (via Pundette) At least that’s the French verb ‘to impale’, to answer Pundette’s question “What’s the French word for ‘skewered’?” People can say what they like about Bain. My chief gripe is that there is one candidate with a history of swinging a meat cleaver when required, sure, but the one whose putting […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 01.13.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Torn Between Defending And Attacking Romney Loving capitalism while hating Romney: the backlash against the Bain Capital attacks Security Expert Agrees With Tehran: It’s The JOOOOS! Professor says scientist’s death has all the hallmarks of a Mossad hit Missing Alabama Teen Declared Dead Judge closes door on Natalee Holloway […]

“Driving That Bain / High On Rogaine
/ Timmy Kaine You’d Better
/ Watch Your Speed”

by Smitty Virginia Right points to Open Secrets, where, nestled cosily amongst the usual suspects for a Democrat, we see Bain Capital supporting former governor Timmy Kaine in his bid to replace Jim “Browser” Webb in the Senate. “Just how Conservative is Mitt Romney?” asks Virginia Right. The CPAC propaganda arrived today, and I see […]

Governor Zombie Stumbles Relentlessly Toward Humiliation in South Carolina UPDATE: Rush Limbaugh Compares Perry ‘Vulture’ Attack to Fidel Castro

While I was in Iowa, a source told me that suspicions about Rick Perry’s weak debate performances being caused by back pain — which I had first reported Sept. 23 — were essentially correct. At one point, said the source, the governor had been prescribed oxycontin for the pain, but when his advisers realized that this […]

Rick Santorum Adds Staff, Offices, Money and Key Endorsement in South Carolina

Rick Santorum brought his surge to South Carolina yesterday: Rick Santorum’s presidential campaign announced yesterday that it was opening “five new campaign offices to supplement its existing South Carolina headquarters in Mt. Pleasant, SC.” The new offices are in Greenville, Myrtle Beach, Spartanburg, Rock Hill and Columbia. “We feel very confident … that the voters are […]

Rick Santorum Distances Himself From Newt’s Lefty ‘Hit Job’ on Mitt Romney

Newt Gingrich’s “super PAC” has unleashed its 27-minute documentary about Bain Capital, When Mitt Romney Came to Town, which a Daily Kos blogger calls a “hit job” that “you’d expect from a lefty operation.” It’s as if Newt hired Michael Moore. Avowed lefty Steve Benen calls it “devastating”: Desperate to gain some traction in South Carolina, Rick Perry has […]

Election Day Tea Party Wants To Abuse Debbie Wasserman-Schultz

by Smitty It really isn’t fair to debate Ms. Wasserman Schultz on a topic of which she has no knowledge: “Today, we are challenging Ms. Wasserman Schultz to a debate on the Constitution,” said Michael Patrick Leahy, co-coordinator of Election Day Tea Party. “We think the country is ready for direct and civil discourse on […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 01.12.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Mississippi Judge Blocks Release Of Pardoned Prisoners 21 prisoners held; did Barbour follow the process before pardoning them? Observer Brands Arab League Mission “A Farce” Algerian observer Malek quits Gingrich Slams Romney In SC As “Moderate” Says a moderate can’t win against Obama; conservatives must rally behind one candidate […]

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