The Other McCain

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

Cue Your TiVo Now: Allen West Will Be On ‘Fox & Friends’ Monday

According to the press release, the Iraq war hero and FL22 congressional candidate will be on shortly after 6 a.m. ET Monday. I also understand from Rhonda Lee Welsch (whom I profiled for the American Spectator in December) that Lt. Col. West (whom I profiled for the American Spectator in June 2008) will be a speaker […]

Politics and Mardi Gras Beads in ‘Bama: Rick Barber Campaigns in Millbrook

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Bailey Barber greeted us at the front door of her family home Saturday morning with ecstatic news. “We’re going to a parade,” announced the 6-year-old daughter of Republican congressional candidate Rick Barber. Retail politics requires a relentless press-the-flesh effort on the part of the candidate, and Barber hit the streets Saturday. After […]

VIDEO: ‘Brown Revolution’ Nationwide

Watch this video from ABC’s “Good Morning America”: “The Scott Heard ‘Round the World” has inspired grassroots activists nationwide — John Fund has a feature article about Brown today — and as I explain at The American Spectator: One of the volunteers on Brown’s campaign is now running for Congress in Alabama, and emulating the “straight talk, no BS” theme. […]

Doug Hoffman Needs Your Help

Mr. K at Jumping in Pools reminds us that the breakthrough Scott Brown made in Massachusetts was, to some extent, made possible by Doug Hoffman’s campaign last year in New York that fell painfully short of victory: [Democrat] Bill Owens would violate four campaign promises in his inaugural 24 hours of work, outraging citizens and […]

Iraq Veterans for Congress:
‘Pulling Down Tyrants’

Thanks to Richard McEnroe of Three Beers Later for calling my attention to Iraq Veterans for Congress: Thanks to the support of more than four thousand Americans from across the country we are proud to report that we have raised more than $100,000 to support our mission: Recruit, Fund and Elect to Congress conservative Republican […]

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