The Other McCain

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Pecksniff Matthews: “I don’t think Ryan spoke to the whole country tonight”

by Smitty What a ludicrous standard! Matthews, how is it possible to speak to the ‘whole’ country? With ‘whole’ for a quantifier, it only takes one to require another pass. Pass, ‘whole’. Newsbusters: Minutes after Paul Ryan finished his RNC speech on Wednesday, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews slammed the Republican vice presidential candidate for supposedly ignoring […]

DNC Executive Director Begs for $3 Donations to Fight GOP ‘False Attack’

TAMPA, Florida Years ago, I signed up for a Democrat e-mail list and this means I still get their fundraising e-mails — an endless source of amusement, getting a glimpse inside the rhetoric being spoonfed to the Democrat Party’s activist grassroots. We should not hate Patrick Gaspard, but rather pity him because, after all, he […]

LIVE AT FIVESIX: 08.30.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Paul Ryan’s Urgent Message: America Needs A Turnaround “College graduates should not have to live out their 20s in their childhood bedrooms, staring up at fading Obama posters and wondering when they can move out and get going with life.” Condoleezza Rice: “American Strength Begins At Home” “Where does […]

COMPLETE TEXT: PAUL RYAN’S SPEECH TO THE GOP CONVENTION

Provided by the Romney campaign: Mr. Chairman, delegates, and fellow citizens: I am honored by the support of this convention for vice president of the United States. I accept the duty to help lead our nation out of a jobs crisis and back to prosperity – and I know we can do this. I accept […]

COMPLETE TEXT: ROB PORTMAN’S SPEECH TO THE GOP CONVENTION

TAMPA, Florida Provided by the Republican National Committee: Good evening America, and hello to the fired-up delegation from the Buckeye State right in front of me. My name is Rob Portman and they say I was on Governor Romney’s short list of vice presidential candidates. Apparently, it wasn’t short enough. But it’s been a great […]

@DavidChalian Got Breitbarted
UPDATE: Video Interview With ‘Hating Breitbart’ Director Andrew Marcus

TAMPA, Florida This morning while I was on my way to the Media Filing Center here at the Republican National Convention, the story went viral that David Chalian, Washington bureau chief of Yahoo News, had been caught on an open microphone saying — in regard to the coincidence of the GOP convention and Hurricane Isaac […]

RNC Rule 5 With Ann Romney and Other Smokin’ Hot Republican Party Babes

TAMPA, Florida Before our wolfish readers start getting all hubba-hubba about this photo of Dana Loesch and Lauren Luxemburg, permit me to point out that the photo was taken at Tuesday night’s “Homocon” party sponsored by GOProud, held at an Ybor City gay bar called The Honey Pot. As a matter of fact, if you’ll notice in the background, […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 08.29.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Chris Christie Brings The Tough Love To Convention Keynote Speech Fires up delegates with hard-nosed speech; rips Obama as much as he praises Romney Ann Romney: “This Man Will Not Fail” Mrs. Romney offers passionate testimonial Isaac Hits Louisiana Calm prevails amid memories of Katrina POLITICS Artur Davis: I […]

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