The Other McCain

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CPAC 2012: Extremely Controversial!

Grover Norquist (right) interviewed on WMAL radio by Brian Wilson and Mary Katharine Ham WASHINGTON, D.C. It is inevitable: Every year, left-wingers find something on the CPAC agenda that they can “expose” as controversial, so as to suggest that the entire conference is irredeemably tainted through this guilt-by-association method: Following speeches from Senate Minority Leader […]

Stacy’s Future Is Grim

by Smitty Scenes from Stacy’s future: We sat there in the casino and burned a stogie when Kevin, Stacy and I went to Vegas. For all I don’t mind the very occasional stogie, the thought of being so chained to any habit that I’m going through ritual abuse over it is worse than withdrawal. Also […]

Separated At Birth, Robert Reich Edition

by Smitty It takes a special kind of gasbag to arrive at the conclusion that “Obama Has Handed The Election Over To The Super Rich” What, did #OccupyResoluteDesk somehow disenfranchise us all by playing along with the SuperPAC game? “Good ends don’t justify corrupt means,” whines Reich. Which of Obama’s ends was the good one? […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 02.09.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Syrian Assault On Homs Continues Lavrov’s Potemkin diplomacy proves ineffectual Santorum Ready For The Long Haul As Hat Trick Sends Romney Reeling Fund raising up, Romney’s aura of inevitability down Arrest Warrant Issued For Ousted Maldives President Facing arrest after failure of street rioting to return him to power […]

CPAC Is Already Happening

by Smitty I made it up to the Marriott Wardman Park to get the conference package for CPAC12. The blogger lounge was the same room as two years ago, but they have cut down on the actual seating. This will make it harder to sit down and blog, but might make the bandwidth more reasonable […]

Quote of the Day

“There are a lot of yellow-stained drawers in Washington Cocktail Party haunts this morning.” — Bill Quick, Daily Pundit The Establishment is nothing if not confident and, although their confidence was surely shaken by Rick Santorum’s Tuesday sweep, Mitt Romney still has an overwhelming advantage in terms of money. The Mitt Machine is probably even […]

Does It Make Eastwood A Bigger Chump Than Griffith, Though?

by Smitty The Hollywood Reporter tells us that, while Clint himself may not work for Mr. Obama, his collaborators on his Super Bowl pep talk did. I thought the ad was actually well done, except for the lack of context, as private sector unions are substantially at fault for Michigan’s plight. It turns out, however, that […]

Bill Clinton Did Try To Bring About Peace For Israel

by Smitty In the credit where due department, Bill did make some effort: Half a dozen snarky things come to mind, but one will relax and opt for graciousness. via DavidVida004

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