The Other McCain

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

Can’t Resist

by Smitty Update: Thanks, Instapundit! Update II: Paco-lanche, and a late shout to The Camp of the Saints!

SARAH PALIN IS RIGHT!

The Right Scoop got a Drudge hit on video of Sarah Palin’s Wednesday appearance on Sean Hannity’s show: Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com “I don’t trust this President. . . . He doesn’t know how to make those cuts. He’s never had to do this before. He’s always just been one to spend other people’s […]

‘All This Is About Who Gets the Blame.’

by Smitty Charles Krauthammer on Fox News All-Stars, in the context of the debt ceiling fracas: On whether House Republicans have enough power to force a politically successful outcome: I think what we’re losing sight of here is in the end, all this is about who gets the blame. It’s like with Gingrich and Clinton. […]

The Vicious Jackals Are Planning to Screw Us Over (But You Already Knew That)

Sincerity in Washington, D.C., is as rare as chastity in a whorehouse, and the secret to understanding what’s really going on is complete cynicism: President Barack Obama abruptly walked out of a stormy debt-limit meeting with congressional leaders Wednesday, a dramatic setback to the already shaky negotiations, according to GOP sources. If you are taken […]

All You Need To Know About Why McConnell’s Plan Is A Soup Sandwich

by Smitty (h/t Memeorandum) Harry Reid thinks it’s swell. “He spent a great deal of time working on this. I commend him for his thoughtful and unique proposal, something that we have to look at very closely,” Reid, a Nevada Democrat, said on the Senate floor. “I’m heartened by what I read. This is a […]

Obama Declares Moral Bankruptcy: ‘No Social Security Checks Next Month!’

A political limbo dance: How low can he go? President Obama on Tuesday said he cannot guarantee that retirees will receive their Social Security checks August 3 if Democrats and Republicans in Washington do not reach an agreement on reducing the deficit in the coming weeks. (Via Memeorandum.) Doug Powers: “Hopefully Social Security recipients are […]

Will Althouse Praise ‘His Steely Nerve, His Intelligence, and His Groundedness’?

“In a 75-minute meeting Sunday night, President Obama once again demanded that more than $1 trillion in tax increases be part of any deficit reduction package attached to a vote on the debt ceiling. In the session, Obama rejected a Republican proposal to seek $2.5 trillion in spending cuts and reforms, and insisted on higher […]

Cthulhu 2012

“Why settle for the lesser evil?” Sarah Palin on the current evil in Washington: It’s a matter of public record that I did not go to Harvard Law School, but I can add. The same “experts” who got us into this mess are now telling us that the only way out of our debt crisis […]

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