The Other McCain

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CPAC-in’ Heat

by Smitty Yesterday I confirmed that I can safely take a couple of days off of work, and signed up for CPAC. This will be my third in four years, having had the reasonable excuse last year that I was enjoying a Navy appreciation tour with the Army last February in Kabul. The first year, […]

“Driving That Bain / High On Rogaine
/ Timmy Kaine You’d Better
/ Watch Your Speed”

by Smitty Virginia Right points to Open Secrets, where, nestled cosily amongst the usual suspects for a Democrat, we see Bain Capital supporting former governor Timmy Kaine in his bid to replace Jim “Browser” Webb in the Senate. “Just how Conservative is Mitt Romney?” asks Virginia Right. The CPAC propaganda arrived today, and I see […]

Ah, Yes: The Wallet, Plus Two More Predictions For Next Year

by Smitty Mark Mardell at the Beebs: The other major factor in whether or not Obama survives in office is the state of the economy. There are glints of light, indications it is getting a little better. But another set back in Europe could blow the US further off course. And whatever story of slight […]

CPAC12: We’re So There

by Smitty For bloggers like us, CPAC is the thing that even CINCHOUSE knows we cannot miss. (Sorry about the Herman Cain event tomorrow in Arlington, VA, Stacy). This event could also be called #OccupyMarriottWardmanPark, except that, to paraphrase Ann Coulter, conservatives tend to have jobs, showers, and a point. This trailer makes CPAC look […]

Everybody at CPAC Likes to Have Their Photos Taken With Celebrities …

. . . which is why some obscure dudes from a cable-TV show insisted on having their photos taken with Susannah Fleetwood and Sarah Rumpf: Video of the obscure cable-TV dudes at CPAC: Remember that most people tuned into cable TV at 3 a.m. are watching ads for the George Foreman grill or “natural male […]

The Epidemiology of CPAC Plague

Moe Lane has been laid low by the mysterious post-CPAC illness that’s been going around among attendees of last week’s conference, but in fact there’s nothing mysterious at all about this malady. If you gather 11,000 people from around the country for a conference, how many of the attendees are traveling by commercial aircraft? Suppose […]

Breathtaking: Liberal Calls Herman Cain ‘Minstrel,’ ‘Coon,’ ‘Sambo,’ ‘Monkey’

Just when you think you’ve seen the worst of insulting liberal condescension, they surprise you: Black History Month is Herman Cain Playing the Race Minstrel for CPAC In the Alternet article beneath that headline, pseudonymous writer Chauncey De Vega employs a lot of academic “race theory” talk to justify insulting Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain. […]

‘We’ll Always Have CPAC’

Ginny at Obi’s Sister paid tribute to my schmoozing abilities by dubbing me the “cruise director” of CPAC, but I had just been watching Casablanca on TCM, so I told Ginny: “Cruise director”? I’d rather you thought of me as Rick Blaine in Casablanca: “We’ll always have CPAC.” Yeah, that’s me. Bogie, hardened and cynical: “I […]

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