The Other McCain

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

After ObamaCare

Guest Blog by Dana from Ohio The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (aka Obamacare or the ACA) is proving to be difficult to implement. Can it be fixed? It was difficult legislation to comprehend and difficult legislation to pass. It passed even though a majority of the U.S. was against it. It […]

Harvard Genius Caught in Stupid Hoax

The elitist theory that Harvard students are the smartest people on the planet continues to be contradicted by reality: A Harvard student has been charged in connection with Monday’s bomb threats which shut down four Harvard buildings and canceled finals for many students. The U.S. Attorney’s office says Eldo Kim, 20, of Cambridge, emailed several […]

Hillary Clinton: Guilty! Guilty! Guilty!

At last, the international criminal Hillary Clinton may be brought to justice! http://t.co/5Ri2R917Z0 @jnewby1956 — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) December 18, 2013 If you’re old enough to remember Watergate, you remember that line — “GUILTY! GUILTY! GUILTY!” — from the “Doonesbury” cartoon strip about the accusations against Nixon’s Attorney General John Mitchell. And considering that […]

Sen. McCain And Intellectual Integrity: Let His Carcass Caucus With Democrats

by Smitty Breitbart has the video of a certain grumpy old man, far past his sell-by date, pretending to lecture others about “intellectual integrity”. Enough. The old duffer has been in office for decades, while the integrity of the American government itself has spiraled down like an A-4 Skyhawk hit by Commies over enemy territory […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 12.18.13

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Diplomatic Row Between India, US Escalates India outraged by vice-consul’s strip search, imprisonment with drug offenders Russia Offers Ukraine Financial Lifeline Moscow hands Kiev $15 billion in loans, steep gas discount Pope Francis Shares His Birthday Breakfast With The Homeless The Supreme Pontiff celebrated his 77th birthday yesterday POLITICS […]

Haters Gonna Hate, Deniers Gonna Deny

Rush Limbaugh did a brilliant riff on Chris Cillizza’s claim that only “hate” can cause people to vote Republican: The Democrats always win the generic ballot, except when they don’t — and when they don’t, it causes an earthquake in Washington, and this has caused an earthquake. Just a couple of months ago the Democrats […]

Obama: Less Popular Than Syphilis

“Obama: Anatomy of a World Leader,” by Alex Gray (detail) OK, maybe the headline is exaggerating a bit, but Obama’s poll numbers have definitely cratered in the past ten weeks. These two headlines were an interesting contrast of how the polls get spun: Obama’s Current Approval Rating Is The Ugliest Since Nixon — Business Insider […]

‘We’re Still Kinda Stunned’

Y’know, I really do mean to get back to blogging about some actual politics today, but I keep getting distracted. Like, I was over at AOSHQ reading Ace’s very insightful commentary on the Senate budget vote — Gabriel Malor is such a squish, am I right? — and was prepared to blog about it when […]

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