The Other McCain

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LIVE AT FIVE – 03.06.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Super Tuesday Could Alter, Not Decide, GOP Race Romney closing the gap with Santorum but still can’t close the deal; 419 delegates in 10 states up for grabs in wild mix of races Netanyahu Can Expect Enthusiastic Reception From Congress Tough talk on Iran plays better on the Hill […]

Mike Malloy Progressively Throws Tornado Victims Under The Bus

by Smitty Hopefully the victims of the horrible, fluke, freak tornadoes will get a shout out from #OccupyResoluteDesk at his “squelch the Super Tuesday” news conference. May the Lord have mercy on Mike Malloy: I thought that one of the tenets of liberalism was sympathy for victims. Oh wait, there is some fine print: “Except […]

Sandra Fluke Argued for Mandatory Coverage for Sex-Change Surgery

Rather belatedly, we are becoming aware that this supposedly typical Georgetown coed is not very typical at all: [B]irth control is not all that Ms. Fluke believes private health insurance must cover. She also, apparently, believes that it is discrimination deserving of legal action if “gender reassignment” surgeries are not covered by employer provided health insurance. […]

Baseball Crank Reminds Us Why Guys Like Mitt Romney Treat Bloggers With The Affection Afforded A Wild Pitch

by Smitty You’re Mitt Romney. You’ve been running for POTUS for over half a decade now. And here is this anonymous blogger named Baseball Crank kicking north of 3,200 words worth of sand on your shoes while you’re up to bat. On top of that, he links ~15k of words from 2007 about why you […]

Rush Limbaugh Apologizes on Radio Show; Byron York Explains Background

Rush Limbaugh devoted the opening monologue of his nationally syndicated radio program today to explaining why he issued an apology to Sandra Fluke. Limbaugh said that in his fight with the Left, he had “descended to their level.” Limbaugh then cited a Washington Examiner column by Byron York, in which Republican sources on Capitol Hill […]

The Left’s Anti-Reproductive Bigotry

by Smitty Pundette links to Lisa Miller in the WaPoo making a typical post-Modern, anti-conservative play: There’s nothing wrong with big families, of course. But the smug fecundity of the Republican field this primary season has me worried. Thou bimbo: if there is nothing wrong, why the worry? Because you’re making a cheap anxiety play, […]

Facts From Which They Wish to Distract

Why has the Left spent the past five days ginning up a ridiculous controversy over Rush Limbaugh’s use of the word “slut” to describe liberal liar Sandra Fluke? Is it possible that they’re trying to distract attention from their own shady activity? Michelle Malkin is not distracted: In a scathing fundraising e-mail appeal, Obama campaign […]

Who Is James Wolcott? And Why Would Anybody Want to Know? Or Care?

Pamela Geller’s commentary about Sandra Fluke has caused a conniption on the part of — you guessed, didn’t you? — Charles Johnson. Mr. Jazzy McBikeshorts then got into a Twitter colloquy with the infamously boring James Wolcott, who decided to bring my name into it. A commenter informed me about this, prompting my Twitter reply: […]

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