The Other McCain

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

Florida Republican’s Ad Depicts Children Enslaved by Obama and Alan Grayson

Children are shown as slaves forced to pay for deficit spending in a new advertisement for a Republican congressional candidate in Florida. “Turn This Ship Around” is the title of the 30-second video for Mark Oxner, a businessman seeking a House seat in Florida’s new 27th District, where former Democrat Rep. Alan Grayson is hoping […]

Barbara Espinosa’s Gingrich Files

Longtime readers of the blog will warmly remember Barbara Espinosa, whom I first met at Right Online 2009 in Pittsburgh (“Grandma Is an Angry Mob,” American Spectator, Sept. 18, 2009). Barbara doesn’t like it when I remind people that she’s a grandmother and a widow. She thinks those descriptions might discourage romantic overtures from the kind […]

‘Remain Calm! All Is Well!’

“All the insanity inspired by the intense struggle in Iowa will be over in two weeks, and nothing would be crazier than to predict that Santorum — who has lingered near the back of the Republican pack all year — will emerge with an upset victory Jan. 3.” — Robert Stacy McCain, “Hawkeye Fever,” Dec. […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 01.24.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Supremes Say Cops Need Warrants For GPS Tracking Scalia writes for majority in unanimous decision; Sotomayor concurs in separate opinion Obama To Tout Natural Gas In SOTU Speech Sure be nice if his EPA would actually let us DRILL SOME, wouldn’t it? Gingrich Says Romney Is “Desperate” Shrugs off […]

Rule 5 Monday

— compiled by Wombat-socho Laughing Conservative kicks off this week’s roundup with Keeley Hazell, while Fishersville Mike informs us that Taylor Dayne is hot in the kitchen. Eye of Polyphemus went for Blake Lively, while Three Beers Later submits some Rule 5 comedy about cougars. Also, pole dancing! Reaganite Republican introduces us to the Miss […]

TAMPA, FLORIDA NBC DEBATE

by Smitty Thoughts: These debates are great. The GOP is going to the gym, and going to be very muscular, assuming it doesn’t have a heart attack and die from it all. The Dems for all their bluster, have got to understand that they are losing the mindshare. The various pleadings to Florida were interesting. […]

TSA Must Be A Cow, Clearing Both The Shark And The Moon In An Idiotic Jump

by Smitty How do you work in an airport adjacent to Kentucky, where CNN blares 24/7, and not know the junior U.S. Senator from the neighbor state? The White House is standing by the Transportation Security Administration in its standoff with Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and his father, Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas). […]

Beware of Early Florida Polls

HAGERSTOWN, Md. The dateline is perhaps necessary to signify that, after eight days in South Carolina, I’m now back home and — thank you, tip jar hitters! — planning to make it to Jacksonville, Florida, for Thursday’s debate. Trying to assess the situation going forward, I want to caution against falling prey to the bandwagon […]

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