The Other McCain

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

Are You Smelling What He’s Stepping In?

by Smitty The mighty Iowahawk: The Politico link has some follow-up: Kay Henderson has more on this, emphasis mine: Another reporter pressed the issue, asking if Perry believes Medicare is “unconstitutional” as well. “I never said it was unconstitutional,” Perry said. “I look at Medicare just like I look at Social Security. They’re programs that […]

I Was Just Wondering On Twitter. . .

by Smitty Given all the flood damage from Hurricane Irene, what’s the over-under on the amount of stimulus for the Northeast that the good President will call for in his Great Big Cure-What-Ails-You Speech in September? I’m saying $350 billion. Is that a sufficiently big number? We’re all surfers of economic fantasy now, For The […]

Why Does Conservative Light Suck At Supporting Lefty Darkness?

by Smitty Look no further than Salon for your daily dose o’ dreck. “Why won’t America embrace the left?” moans Mandy Van Deven, whose name appears just above a picture that answers the mail on why Americans cannot abide propaganda-peddling putzes of the Lefty variety. The eloquent, conservative, Baptist, Republican image of Dr. Martin Luther […]

Is The GOP Hopelessly Nixonian?

by Smitty Insty links to Bret Jacobson in Forbes. Jacobson starts with the obvious JFK/Nixon debate point, enumerates the various major new media channels, and concludes: So successful campaigns using digital tools well should always be congratulated, sometimes emulated (never duplicated), and always topped. Showing up is a great first step. Then it’s time to […]

GOP Leaders To Bernanke: “Stop, Or We’re Gonna Say ‘Stop’ Again!”

by Smitty From The Hill: “I think it’s a bad idea. Just printing more money and throwing it out there is devaluing the money we already have,” said Rep. Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) in an interview. “Over the long term it’s inflationary. It sends the wrong message.” Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) said he doesn’t think another […]

A: He Couldn’t Lead Two Nuns In One Minute Of Silent Prayer?

by Smitty Da Tech Guy poses the question: So how can we account for the president[‘s] poor polling within the military when the single most loyal group of supporters (Black Americans) are over-represented by almost 60% vs the general population?

$5 Billion To B-of-A, And All The IRS Got Was A Lousy T-Shirt Full Of Platitudes

by Smitty Stop Coddling the Super-Rich, saith the sagebrush of Omaha on 15 August: OUR leaders have asked for “shared sacrifice.” But when they did the asking, they spared me. I checked with my mega-rich friends to learn what pain they were expecting. They, too, were left untouched. Oh boo-effing-hoo. Wait, what’s today’s news? Warren […]

Let’s Cut The Superstition Out Right Now

Guest post by Friedman Walsh Kleinkrugman The mere hint of a 6.0 earthquake in Virginia, and the Washington Monument cracks and suddenly every bitter bitter clinger out there goes wild connecting dots between the natural event and current political events. No one is saying that this is an act of God, that this represents a […]

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