The Other McCain

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

Little Green Sheep: A Telling Update

Nothing is more predictable than the herd instinct. Despite their insistence that they make up their own minds, many people are in fact, as psychologists say, highly suggestible, and subject to peer pressure, so that if any trend becomes dominant within the particular herd with which they identify, the average person follows the trend without […]

FMJRA 2.0: Picking Up The Signal

— compiled by Wombat-socho Drip, Drip, Drip: “Mormon Mitt” Meme Keeps Popping Up In Mainstream Media The Camp Of The Saints Wolves In Sheep’s Clothing The Conservatory Andrew J. Patrick The Daley Gator Da Tech Guy Article 6 Blog A Moral Outrage The Crawdad Hole The POH Diaries Maslow And The Conversation On Race Dyspepsia […]

For ‘Debased’ Values Of ‘Self-Respecting’

by Smitty The rampant idiocy on display for even a short clip like this is astounding. “. . .Mitt Romney doesn’t even know if he’d sign a bill promising us equal pay for equal work. . .” Rarely does a bill focus on a single topic. To say you’d sign any bill, unread, is both […]

Eat Cat Too

by Smitty Just in case #OccupyResoluteDesk runs low on on his usual four-footed fare, this blog would like to offer a suggested backup plan, via Angus and the boys: The opening lines: “Dog eat dog / eat cat, too” are great. So much fun in six three-letter words. I suppose there is some jape about […]

Mitch Daniels Reacts To This Morning’s Comb-Over Post

by Smitty Indiana Governor and The Other McCain reader (?) Mitch Daniels used body language to emphasize the proper configuration of the comb-over, whether adorning a conservative or progressive noggin. It’s OK, Mitch: nobody thinks the less of you because you’ve vast tracts of. . .forehead. Just go cue ball already, man. Then again, via […]

FEC Reports: Gingrich Campaign Ended March With More Than $4.3 Million Debt UPDATE: ‘State of Confusion’ Over Gingrich’s North Carolina Schedule

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s presidential campaign finished March with debts of more than $4.3 million, according to his report released to the Federal Election Commisssion today. Gingrich’s monthly fundraising fell by 35% in March, declining to $1.7 million from the $2.6 million he raised in February, but his campaign’s spending declined more slowly, to $2.0 million […]

A) They’re Just Bloggers.
B) A Thousand Word Screed’s No Biggie.
C) New Media Is Just Some Fad.

by Smitty Q. Why does the Virginia GOP continue to spurn people like just a conservative girl, to its detriment? So I wasted well over two hours of my time and have no tickets to the debate. When I got back home I sent the following email to the Chairman: I am writing to tell […]

When Liberals Tell the Truth

It’s usually not pretty. Tim Graham at Newbusters catches a DKos diarist telling the truth about what liberals think of babies: “Sasharusha” blogs “back to the whole fetus= parasite thing. That is how I see them. I don’t see them as cute and cuddly. I see them as terrifying and scary. I see pregnancy the […]

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