The Other McCain

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

Less ‘Representative’, More ‘Democracy’

by Smitty Jerry Wilson over at Goldfish and Clowns offers up a fine post that is worth your time in full, but here is a taste (emphasis mine): Economically, there will continue to be no sense of urgency until either Obamacare’s reality in the form of slashed Medicare coverages starts adversely affecting a multitude of […]

ORCA: Romney’s Killer Fail

Back home this evening after a 12-day road trip to Ohio, I’m perusing accounts of how the Romney campaign recruited 37,00 volunteers to participate in its ORCA project to monitor Election Day turnout, a project that turned out to be a spectacular failure of epic proportions. The name that keeps coming up in these accounts […]

Paragraph 11 Explains Petraeus Departure

by Smitty In case anybody wondered why David Petraeus ejected: “I wanted him to continue,” she said. “He was good, he loved the work, and he had a command of intelligence issues second to none.” Feinstein added that Petraeus will no longer be required to testify at hearings next week related to the attack on […]

‘An Awful Lot of Stupid People’

“You know, I’ve always known this but I’m coming to the conclusion yet again, that Republican leaders are really stupid people. And I’m coming to the conclusion that there are an awful lot of stupid people posing as commentators on cable TV.” — Mark Levin UPDATE: Here’s the audio via The Right Scoop:

LIVE AT FIVESEVEN: 11.09.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Obama Approaches Fiscal Cliff Days After Victory Supporters urging a hard line with Boehner and the House Related: “Secret” tax hike coming in January Also: CBO Warns “Fiscal Cliff” Cuts And Tax Hikes Would Lead To Recession Gabrielle Giffords Present As Gunman Sentenced To Life Giffords’ husband confronts shooter […]

Deer: They’re Also Racist

This is the front end of Ali Akbar’s Hyundai Sonata: Is this my fault? It was my idea to go to Ohio, and Ali offered to drive, despite the known fact that deer hate me. Somehow, I blame myself. It’s like living through a weird Twilight Zone episode, scripted by a grim Calvinist. Strange and […]

I Earned Peanuts For Pulling An 18-Hour Day On Tuesday

by Smitty Now, maybe I just have more skin in the game: . . .but I feel a driving need to explain to the World’s Youngest Blogger that I actively sought to keep the Republic. Sure, I could have done more, even running for office. The notion that people aren’t stepping up to the plate and […]

“We’ll Fight Again Tomorrow”

— by Wombat-socho The post title, of course, is from Michelle Malkin’s morning after column, which was a bright torch amid the gloom of Obama’s victory. Indeed, conservatives must stand tall, resist the siren songs of “moderation” and “compromise” and continue to present America with a choice, not an echo. We must take note of […]

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