The Other McCain

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

Today’s Metaphor For Progress

by Smitty McPherson Square Park, over at American Glob, has the before/after pictures that show us just how swell Progress can be. I’m looking at the Daily Presidential Tracking Poll, seeing that #OccupyOvalOffice has nearly clawed himself to a single-digit disapproval, and wondering if we’re losing sight of the prize. Between now and November, every […]

So, After The Left Has Politicized Everything, They Have The Sack To Whine About Those Seeing Political Overtones In Eastwood’s Superbowl Ad

by Smitty Colmes, emphasis mine: Leonard Hirshan explains: “That’s the problem; everything is political now,” says Hirshan, who tells us that he didn’t see the “Halftime” spot until it aired last night, and insisted that Eastwood agreed to make the spot without even consulting his representative of 50 years because it was “something personal he […]

VIDEO: Was Ann Coulter Right?

A year ago, at CPAC 2011, Ann Coulter was asked what she thought about the 2012 Republican presidential field: “Well, I’ll put it in a nutsell: If we don’t run Chris Christie, Romney will be the nominee and will lose.” Although I never shared Chairman Ann’s enthusiasm for Christie as a presidential candidate, the second […]

Mead Seeks Technical Solutions To Existential Problems

by Smitty I’m still waiting for Walter Russell Mead to get down to brass tacks. In this third installment, Mead sounds like he thinks shiny gadgets are going to fix everything. Economically, the decline of the blue social model presents Americans with some urgent questions: how can we generate a rising standard of living for […]

Quaff That Kool-Aid!

by Smitty #OccupyOvalOffice would like to lament the fact that Triple-O can’t snap his fingers and make us all drink the Kool-Aid: Listen, buddy: you can’t have it both ways: either you’re a transformational figure standing in front of the Greek columns, or you’re just a mediocre crapflooder with “Property of the Plutocrats” stamped on […]

Narcisssism, Continued

Having previously remarked on Newt Gingrich’s narcissism issues, it would be unfair for me to ignore Michele Bachmann’s comments: The Minnesota congresswoman was asked by Bloomberg TV’s Al Hunt which of the remaining candidates was the most conservative during an interview Friday, and said none of them measured up to her conservative credentials. “I was. […]

Laughing In The Face Of Pessimism

by Smitty The Camp of the Saints sure had a case of the Mondays yesterday: We have, indeed, gone mad [I like to use the term ‘A World Turned Upside Down’]. What once was considered perverse is now considered normal. Ideas are now accepted as reasonable that, had we expressed them to our ancestors, they […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 02.07.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Shelling Of Homs By Syrian Government Continues Into Fourth Day Observers report loyalist forces moving into position to attack the city; PRC, Russia continue to block UN action PRC: We’re not going to be a rubber stamp Rick Perry Leaves Door Open To Future Presidential Bid Could face tough […]

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