The Other McCain

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

Cain Still Loved in New Hampshire

HOLLIS, N.H. Herman Cain broke a lot of hearts when he quit the 2012 presidential race and, of course, he still has many admirers — but perhaps no more ardent admirer than Sue Belzil.

Shorter Jay Cost: ‘Politics Is Not A Spectator Sport’

by Smitty Jay Cost in The Weekly Standard: So, here’s the question of the day: why can’t the party of Reagan ever seem to nominate a Reaganite? My answer: because conservative Republicans are not actually in control of their own party. Though they are its animating force – they give it policy ideas to implement, […]

Rick Santorum Speech in Nashua:
‘New Hampshire, Send a Message’

HOLLIS, N.H. When Rick Santorum arrived at the Hillsborough County Republican Party’s dinner Friday, the swarm of reporters photographers and TV cameramen following him was so huge that his own daughter Elizabeth and son Daniel couldn’t get near their father. This video begins with me entering the door and working my way through the media […]

Anonymous: You’re Doing It Wrong

by Smitty I suffered through this entire video: How hard is it to run a manifesto through a speech synthesizer and upload it to YouTube? Even to obscure the account that delivered the video? It’s bad enough to place yourself on a level with the Chief Executive, and order him about. What is worse will […]

Two Excellent Arguments in Favor of a Jon Huntsman Presidency

HOLLIS, N.H. At tonight’s Hillsborough County GOP dinner I had the enormous pleasure of meeting Mary Anne and Abby Huntsman: For all the grief I’ve given “Governor Asterisk” in the past several months, I must confess that his daughters were not only lovely, but also quite gracious. I gave them one piece of advice: “Whatever you […]

Dan Riehl Joins The Downfall Parody Club With A Nice Outing

by Smitty This has NSFW potty mouth, but builds to a fine conclusion: Having the viewer substitute a contemporary figure for Adolf alters the game a little bit. The contrast between Mitt’s wax museum facade and Adolf’s apocalyptic meltdown is spectacular here. I prefer casting Hitler as a senior diabolical mastermind, packing plenty of evil, […]

Newt Meets the Media in Nashua

NASHUA, N.H. Massive media mayhem here at the Hillsborough County Republican Party dinner at the Crowne Plaza, where Newt Gingrich was swarmed by the press: Rick Santorum also spoke, but I’ll upload that later.

Ron Paul Rally in Nashua, N.H.

Somewhere amid this frenzied crowd scene is The Only Man Who Can Save Liberty in America NASHUA, N.H. Ron Paul just concluded a rally here in the hangar at Nashua Jet Aviation and the crowd was enormous. Afterwards, I talked to three young guys who drove up from New Jersey for the chance to see […]

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