The Other McCain

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

Conservative Ad Claims #OccupyResoluteDesk Lacks Values

by Smitty The Campaign for American Values is way off here: Obama totally values the votes of the alternative lifestyles crowd. Too bad those lifestyles don’t tend to beget more voters. But if the North American Man/Unicorn Love Association had some votes, then we can be sure Obama would get behind their efforts, which is […]

@KatiePavlich Appreciation Post

by Smitty There aren’t many more powerful examples of how jacked up the Democrat party is than Ted Kennedy. Fact: Ted Kennedy left a woman to die in his car. #waronwomen #caring #fact — Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) September 5, 2012 My one very close Democrat friend said of Ted: “He spoke after me once at […]

LIVE AT FIVESIX: 09.05.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Parti Quebecois Wins Minority In Provincial Elections Party’s victory over Liberals marred by murder outside campaign HQ Lots Of Talk But No Agreement On Syria, South China Sea Hillary Clinton’s Beijing summit comes up empty McDonald’s To Open Its First Vegetarian Restaurants In India 40% of Indians don’t eat […]

Sociopaths and Democrats

But I repeat myself. A sudden change of plans requires me to leave soon for Charlotte to cover the Democratic National Convention. After the car trouble that turned my trip home from Tampa into a three-day ordeal, I had hoped to spend a few days at home before going back out on the campaign trail, […]

DNC Platform Lets Hamas Off the Hook

Jeff Dunetz reports: Comparing the language of the 2008 Democratic Party Platform and the 2012 Democratic Party Platform a key section was removed. That section called for isolating Hamas “until it renounces terrorism,” so now, evidently, Democrats are OK with Hamas terrorism. Press statement from Matt Brooks, executive director of the Republican Jewish Coalition: “This […]

Best CSI Episode — Ever!

Except it actually happened: Cops probing the deaths of a couple pulled from a river found a purple sex toy, duct tape, a computer hard drive and cable ties on their hired boat, it emerged yesterday. Officers also retrieved a blood-stained sheet stuffed into a carrier bag, a laptop, screws, brackets, lengths of cable and […]

VIDEO @PaulRyanVP: ‘Four Years Into a Presidency and It’s Incomplete?’

Interviewed Sunday on KKTV in Colorado, President Obama was asked to grade his presidency and gave himself an “incomplete.” Maybe he’s grading himself on the curve, but Paul Ryan isn’t impressed with Professor Obama’s academic rigor: CBS News: Republican vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan said in regard to the comment, “Four years into a […]

Blogging 101: Headline Juxtaposition

Food-Stamp Use Climbs To Record, Reviving Campaign Issue — Bloomberg News Mrs. Obama’s 2nd-Term Agenda: ‘Impact Nature of Food in Grocery Stores’ — CNS News Africa’s Elephants Are Being Slaughtered in Poaching Frenzy — New York Times Is there any actual relationship between these headlines? I don’t claim that such a relationship exists, but your […]

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