The Other McCain

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

McCain Sell Out? Who Knew There Was A Market?

by Smitty Dan Riehl accuses Stacy of selling out on the Weigel situation: Of course, if Stacy defends one faux-conservative, another would praise him. And why not? He’s probably angling for Weigel’s slot. That’s how the game is played down here. Look, Dan, I can’t pretend to know the exact quid required to tempt Stacy […]

FL-24: Cronyism Has Consequences

Last week, Dan Riehl uncovered a worrisome situation in a Florida GOP primary. With multiple candidates seeking the Republican nomination to take on powerful Democratic incumbent Rep. Suzanne Kosmas in the 24th District, the National Republican Congressional Committee put its thumb on the scales. Dan alleged what would be an obvious conflict of interest: I’ve also been […]

Mea Culpa

by Smitty Last night I put up a post that seemed funny at the time, but was in poor taste. There is far important news to cover, and I apologize for the waste of bandwidth. Dan, if it helps, I should like to buy you lunch at the ANC, at your convenience.

Dan Riehl: Yes And Yes

by Smitty UPDATE: minor grammatical edit. Dan Riehl says that ‘Smitty Is Short-Sighted And Confused‘. It is true that I am myopic, and, yes, his muddled point did throw me. If I meant the GOP, I would have written it. The Right is a very different thing. OK, fine. I suppose, given the following fragments […]

I Fail To See How Twitter Can ‘Hurt’
The GOP

by Smitty Dan Riehl seems concerned about the viability of Twitter as a communications channel this Fall, and especially in the 2012 contest. There is a saying among SpecOps guys: ‘Two is one and one is none.’ Going into the 2010 and 2012 contests without a multi-channel comms plan for GOTV efforts will be roughly […]

When A Man Claims To Be ‘Sooooo Over Woman X‘, He Is Really A Beta Male Going On Gamma

by Smitty Dan Riehl is looking even more hapless than the TrogloPundit. Look at the forced bravado on display: I draw the line of hotness around sammiches. I mean, she does say she’d bring them if asked. But truly hot wimmens intuit such things. ‘Lines of hotness’? ‘Sammiches’? Also, he says he’s so hot as […]

‘Just One Tweet’: Conservative New Media Get Results in Georgia 4th District Story

Readers may remember the headline here Wednesday morning: Obama-Endorsed Rep. Hank Johnson to Participate in Segregated Forum? It was Dan Riehl who tipped me to that story, which originated with a Facebook post from Republican congressional candidate Liz Carter, who had been excluded from an Atlanta political event, the Newsmakers Live forum. Da Tech Guy jumped on the story […]

Obama-Endorsed Rep. Hank Johnson to Participate in Segregated Forum? UPDATE: Johnson Will Not Attend

UPDATE 3 p.m. ET: Da Tech Guy reports that Rep. Hank Johnson’s office says the congressman will not attend tonight’s “Newsmakers Live” forum due to a scheduling conflict. PREVIOUSLY (11:55 a.m. ET): When Dan Riehl told me about this I couldn’t believe it, but it’s apparently true: Georgia Republican congressional candidate Liz Carter was told […]

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