The Other McCain

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

It’s Past Midnight in Louisiana, and We’re Already Knee-Deep in Craziness

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana While I was driving six hours across Alabama and Mississippi to get here, and then covering Newt Gingrich’s appearance at a Tea Party forum on the LSU campus, it seems that everbody went crazy: Ed Crane went crazy on the Koch brothers, whom he accuses of trying to take over the libertarian […]

Troglopundit’s New Hairstyle

by Smitty It’s really not good form for men to pay any heed to each others’ personal appearance. If a fellow is dressed dorkishly, well, that’s on him. But, at times, a line is crossed; a boundary violated; common sense tarnished, and we are forced to confront the question: what went wrong?

World’s Youngest Blogger On #OccupyResoluteDesk’s Solyndra Blame: “Keep Pluckin’ That Chicken”

Dude, you’re so transparently full of feathers that even an eight-month-old can tell that your arguments came from the far end of the chicken: “Obviously, we wish Solyndra hadn’t gone bankrupt,” Obama said. “But understand: This was not our program per se.” “Congress — Democrats and Republicans — put together a loan guarantee program. . […]

Mika Brzezinski Accidentally Deconstructs Herself, Or Something

by Smitty Mika Brzezinski: “Because if this unfolds the way it appears it’s unfolding, um, you know, in a country where its leader can talk about a radio host calling someone a name, we ought to be looking at ourselves and this situation very closely from the top down, and, quite frankly, it is. . […]

You Will Love Big Brother As Much As Big Brother Loves Loving You

by Smitty Trot over to The Tatler for news about who is adapting “1984”. Hint: this workout will cover some mighty familiar territory for those propaganda mongers. Update: more at Breitbart.

Pity Or Contempt For Jay Carney?

by Smitty If Mel Brooks were filming The History of the World, Part I, I can think of a top candidate for the role of piss boy. Back to back from Bluegrass Pundit, we first have him trying to defend Joe Biden’s 500 year victory lap on the bin Laden raid. In defense of Biden, […]

Santorum Leads Latest Louisiana Polls; Newt Gingrich at LSU Tonight — Maybe

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama Looking at the Politico candidate calendar, it’s slim pickings on the presidential campaign trail in Louisiana today: Mitt’s in DC, Rick Santorum’s got an event in San Antonio, Texas, and Newt Gingrich is scheduled for an 8 p.m. Tea Party forum at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. Meanwhile, we have a new […]

Should Romney Trump Fehrnstrom?

by Smitty McGurn at Ricochet: By any objective measure, it’s of course unjust to fire a man for one errant remark. Politics, however, isn’t fair, and neither is the presidency. Mr. Romney’s problem is not his policies or programs; his problem is his credibility: many people just don’t believe he really believes what he is […]

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