The Other McCain

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

Newt Ally Says We’re Doomed

Alexander Burns of Politico interviews longtime Newt Gingrich aide Rick Tyler, who is now in charge of the pro-Newt super PAC: “Because I think ultimately, [Gingrich will] be proven right and if Mitt Romney is the nominee we will lose in the fall,” Tyler said. . . . Romney has “pursued the politics of personal […]

LIVE AT FIVE (CDT) – 03.29.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Supremes: Is ObamaCare All Or Nothing? Justices wrestling with question of whether declaring mandate unconstitutional takes out all of Obamacare Secretary General Pushes Syria Plan In Baghdad Meets regional leaders at Arab League summit Pope Benedict Calls For More Freedom In Cuba Calls for end to US embargo as […]

‘Those Festering Stereotypes’

Karen Finney, hatemonger: “[Republican politicians] reinforce and validate old stereotypes that associate the poor and welfare as criminal behavior with African-Americans and people of color, calling us lazy, undeserving recipients of public assistance. In the case of Trayvon, those festering stereotypes had lethal consequences.” Right: Trayvon was killed by a Democrat, who was undoubtedly influenced by […]

NEWT MET SECRETLY WITH MITT BEFORE LOUISIANA PRIMARY

In an exclusive story that would appear to undermine Newt Gingrich’s claims of opposing Mitt Romney as the Republican presidential nominee, Ralph Z. Hallow of the Washington Times reports: Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich recently met in secret with GOP rival Mitt Romney at the former Massachusetts governor’s hotel in New Orleans, according to a […]

@Soledad_OBrien’s Unpopularity Destroys Morning Ratings for CNN

Soledad O’Brien, America’s least-popular cable TV news personality Executives at CNN must be in shock at the catatrophic implosion of their morning lineup, as Starting Point With Soledad O’Brien (7-9 a.m. weekdays) recorded the cable network’s lowest ratings for that time slot in more than a decade. Fewer than 100,000 adults 25-54 tuned in to O’Brien’s […]

Could The SCOTUS Prove Worse Than Nancy Pelosi?

by Smitty Big Government links SCOTUSblog, and then BG concludes, emphasis mine: Apparently, both Justices Scalia and Kennedy didn’t trust that Congress might be able to work out a new law that was actually Constitutional; Kennedy stated that asking Congress to do its job would be unrealistic unless the Court was speaking about “the hypothetical […]

BlogCon 2012: Learn Podcasting With @FingersMalloy and @EdMorrissey!

That’s right, folks: BlogCon 2012 — April 20-21 at the fabulous Hilton Center City in Charlotte, N.C. — will feature a lunchtime podcasting seminar with my close personal friends Fingers Malloy and Ed Morrissey! All of your favorite bloggers will be in Charlotte for this once-in-a-lifetime New Media extravaganza. RSVP now to make sure you […]

‘Cashiered Over Creative Differences’

Thus does Dan Collins explain his departure from Team Twitchy, saying that he “was let go for not grokking the comprehensive vision.” OK, it happens. Sometimes things don’t work out, and the fault is neither the employer’s nor the employee’s, but simply a mismatch or disagreement for which no one is really to blame. A free […]

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