The Other McCain

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@DanRiehl Update 29 Oct 2012

by Smitty Rainy day in VA. My office is closed, and my wife’s incessant stream of telcons, like hurricane Sandra, is a major distraction, since I’m mostly looking after the World’s Youngest Blogger. Yesterday, as the sky assumed a claustrophobic, slate grey cast, and the winds were picking up, I did a bit of shopping: […]

FROM OHIO: Schedule Scrambled; Obama, Romney Cancel Campaign Events

MARION, Ohio Looks like Hurricane Sandy has already caused major damage to my plans for the next couple of days, as both Mitt Romney and President Obama are canceling campaign events because of Hurricane Sandy’s impact on the East Coast. By the way, this storm is so large we’re getting effects as far inland as […]

Obama Gains Clarity After Benghazi

by Smitty This is one of the better ads, coming out a few months ago, along with the “You didn’t build that utterance.” The idea of Obama throwing small businesses under the bus echoes the 9/11/2012 under-bussing of two ex-SEALS and a couple State Department officials  fighting for their lives in Benghazi. What a stone […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 10.29.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS HURRICANE SANDY PUTS 50 MILLION AT RISK Predicted to come ashore in Atlantic City; coastal Virginia already flooding Romney Holds Slight Edge Over Obama In Long Island Siena College/Newsday poll shows Mitt ahead 47-45 No Longer The Underdog Scott Brown rallies moderates from his pickup POLITICS Key Senate Races […]

Obama

by Smitty Once, by a mere accident only believable as Machiavellian advance, our beloved America matriculated an old-school, benighted Alinsky-ite moron all over better advice, mocking acumen. (At the behest of Bill Quick.)

A Post Of Such Sublime Depth, Sweep, And Analytic Power That I Am Left To Stand In Awe Of The Blogging Talent On Display And Simply Say: Wow, I Wish I Had Written That.

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Rule 5 Sunday: Half Your Age

— compiled by Wombat-socho Usual disclaimer applies; don’t click the links where (and when) you know you shouldn’t. EBL leads off this week with a flashback to the 80s and The Nails; also, some Halloween Rule 5: celebrity, vintage, and NFL. Laughing Conservative has the monochromatic but lovely Diane Kruger, The Rio Norte Line brings […]

Questions To General Powell

by Smitty How was that Jamaican Independence gala in August? More to the point, how does your recent endorsement of #OccupyResoluteDesk square with the idea of a commander abandoning his troops in their hour of need? This bit from Hayward stretches credulity, emphasis mine: But I appraised the genius of Powell’s endorsement when I saw […]

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