The Other McCain

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

Is Fox News the Problem?

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. After the debate last night, I talked to several people about the situation that we find ourselves in: Four days away from the crucial South Carolina primary and still we have three “not Romney” candidates — Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Rick Perry — dividing up the conservative vote. Another 10 to 15 percent of […]

What’s In Mitt’s Wallet?

by Smitty Perry cut right to income taxes at his first opportunity during the debate last night. Apparently, Mitt’s campaign has never heard of the Streisand Effect, where topics that really are of no interest (her house, his cash) become endlessly fascinating because people are so adamant about evading them. Why was the otherwise firm […]

LIVE AT FIVESEVEN 01.17.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Wikipedia Joins Web Blackout SOPA Protest Reddit, Boing Boing, others shutting down Wednesday in protest of “piracy” bill Fuel Tanker Arrives At Iced-In Nome Russian tanker makes port, starts oil pumping Syrian Official Defects, Says Regime Will Fight At All Costs Consensus is that most of the 5000 dead […]

SOUTH CAROLINA GOP DEBATE

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. UPDATE: 11:57 p.m. ET: The debate’s been over for an hour, and all the dudes who were just Twittering have left. Bandwidth is now excellent, but I’m on deadline for The American Spectator. UPDATE: 10:42 p.m. ET: Rick Santorum says he voted 100% with the NRA: “lifetime A-plus rating.” Takes a shot […]

South Carolina Pre-Debate Thread UPDATE: New Rick Santorum TV Ad in S.C. Hits Romney as ‘Just Like Obama’

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. We’re currently an hour and a half before the start of the South Carolina Republican presidential debate (9 p.m. ET, Fox News) and I’m set up here in the cavernous Media Filing Center at the Sheraton Convention Center. Thought I’d use this post to dump in a bunch of photos, videos, etc., […]

Fall Off The Planet, Harry Reid

by Smitty What a walking monument to cretinism, as Hoft notes: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who has failed to produce a budget in over 1000 days, told Face the Nation yesterday that the Republicans need to ditch the “tea party extremism.” Funny thing to hear ‘ditch’ in the same context as Harry Reid. May […]

How Low Will They Go? This Low.

Rick and Karen Santorum greet supporters in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Jan. 16, 2012 MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. I just got through covering Rick Santorum’s speech to the Faith and Freedom Coalition event here. Afterwards, Senator Santorum, his wife Karen and their four oldest children — Elizabeth, John, Daniel and Sarah — greeted supporters here for tonight’s […]

A Simple Graph To Explain Why Merely Changing The Names On The Doorplates Means, Roughly, Jack

by Smitty This is the Information Age. We’re using technology to streamline enterprises and improve profitability. Except in government. Technology, should, for a quick guess, be a liberating force. The laws, theoretically, ought to need less people to administer over time, no? Ha ha, quite the opposite: that word processer churns out even more laws, […]

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