The Other McCain

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

The Year I Was Born: 1959

Buddy Holly died in a plane crash, Fidel Castro staged a communist revolution in Cuba, Marilyn Monroe starred in Some Like it Hot, and the British embassy was worried about Kenyan students: A memo from a British diplomat in Washington to Whitehall — released today by the National Archives in West London — sets out their […]

A. Bernard Archer and Barack Obama

Q. Name two people who have done bad things to dogs. Last month, a woman in Newton County, Georgia, hired 19-year-old Bernard Archer to do work around her house, including take care of her dogs. It seems that Bernard’s idea of “taking care” of the dogs was kinda unusual: He raped them. Oh, and they […]

Working the Refs: Axelrod Attacks Gallup; Romney Slams Pro-Obama Media Bias

Joel Gehrke at the Washington Examiner reports: “Gallup is saddled with some methodological problems,” [Obama adviser David] Axelrod tweeted today. He also directed Twitterati to a National Journal piece arguing that Gallup polls showing Romney in the lead “has a sample that looks much more like the electorate in 2010 than the voting population that […]

RAAAAACISM!

Just pre-empting the predicted liberal spin on this story: Obama applied for a position as an adjunct and wasn’t even considered. A few weeks later the law school got a phone call from the Board of Trustees telling them to find him an office, put him on the payroll, and give him a class to […]

#ObamaBookTitles

by Smitty Twitchy was so gracious as to pick up a few dozen great riffs, including some of my snarky-snark. As you might expect, it puts the ‘B’ in brutal. The Left has completely abandoned trying to get a word in edgewise. Mostly because they have precious little to say. Can Twitter help restore serious […]

Turbo-Tax Tim Does 3 Sunday Shows UPDATE: Geithner Praises Obama’s ‘Incredibly Effective’ Economic Policies

The Treasury Secretary is ubiquitous on Tax Day: ABC This Week: Timothy Geithner. NBC Meet the Press: Timothy Geithner; Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn.; Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. CBS Face the Nation: Timothy Geithner; Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. CNN State of the Union: Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee; Reps. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., and Cathy […]

Can Anyone Help Parse Dick Cheney’s Opinion Of Barack Obama?

by Smitty It’s really hard to grasp Cheney’s position on the fellow, under all the spin and whitewash: “He has been an unmitigated disaster to the country,” Cheney said of President Barack Obama. via Liz Cheney Update: thank you, Instapundit! Update II:

Barack Obama Deploys The ‘F’ Word

by Smitty Transcript comes from here. #OccupyResoluteDesk Smitty One of the fundamental challenges of our time is building an economy where everyone gets a fair shot, everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same rules. How do you propose to judge, much less build, ‘fairness’, sir? And as many Americans rush to […]

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