The Other McCain

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

#OccupyResoluteDesk: “I’m Not Trying To Redistribute Wealth”

by Smitty The #Occupier-in-Chief said that while peddling his class warfare wares yesterday, as reported in The Examiner. Barack is accurate here: he’s not trying, he is effecting redistribution of wealth. Now, zoom in for the sub-pixel-sized image of the bearded Yoda, Rutherford B. Hayes, that follows BHO’s statement:

Our Double-Secret Strategy To Ensure GOP Triumph

by Smitty While I haven’t been as deep in the tank for any candidate as the marquee name on this blog, I have been consistent in my disdain for Ol’ Willard Mitt. In that spirit, I dared say on Twitter: This earned me a stern note from Michael Zak, whose book Back to Basics for […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 04.11.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Norks Fuel Rocket As ROK Goes To Polls Meanwhile in Seoul, President’s party expected to lose parliamentary majority Annan Says Syria Promises To Respect Ceasefire Also, will respect us in the morning Officials: Zimbabwe’s Mugabe “Well, On Holiday” Angry denials that leader is mortally ill POLITICS SecState Embraces “Texts […]

‘Most Beautiful Woman in Canada’ Is …

. . . kind of like “conservative Republican from Massaschusetts.”   Jenna Talackova is accepted as a woman for the same reason some accept Mitt Romney as a conservative: Because Donald Trump said so! The similarities don’t end there: Jenna also used to have a “flip-flopper” problem. Now she’s got an “enthusiasm gap.” Some women […]

Once Again, With Feeling

by Smitty Now that the November fog has achieved a moment of clarity: Douche and TurdGet More: SOUTHPARKmore…

Most Evil Human Being In Known Universe Speaks, Sounds Semi-Sensible

by Smitty Bush hasn’t got a lot to say here, other than ‘grow the economy’, and ‘buy the new book’. #OccupyResoluteDesk ought to be thankful that W doesn’t come off the top rope with a vicious rhetorical body blow; but that’s just not W’s style. I guess I could muster more nostalgia for Bush if, […]

Dean Clancy At FreedomWorks Didn’t Get The Memo

by Smitty And so here is Clancy, nattering on, in defiance of the Received Wisdom that the GOP has no ideas of how to improve health care in the United States. He even blasphemes the Holy Tax Code: The Republicans do have a bunch of ideas for fixing what ails our health care system. I’ll […]

SANTORUM DROPS OUT

UPDATE 6 p.m. ET: In a post at Rachel Maddow’s blog (!) lefty Steve Benen says, “Santorum has done something I honestly didn’t think was possible,” going on to list the miraculous successes of Santorum’s low-budget underdog operation. Beyond the credit due to the candidate and his family — his wife and kids were, at […]

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