The Other McCain

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

They Told Me If I Voted for Romney …

. . . low-income minorities would have a harder time getting approved for mortgages — and they were right! The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday will roll out the first of several far-reaching changes to the nation’s mortgage market, limiting upfront fees and curtailing practices such as interest-only payments that can leave homeowners stuck […]

Elizabeth Warren’s ‘Middle Class’ Looks an Awful Lot Like Occupy’s ’99 Percent’

Guest Post by Badger Pundit Writing at National Review’s The Corner (h/t Instapundit) Patrick Brennan chides Senator Elizabeth Warren (D – Mass.) for declining, in a recent televised interview, to explain her definition of “middle class.” Even when asked specifically, “what numbers are we talking about, in terms of income level,” Warren declined to get […]

Dems Have LAMS-Sized Sack To Be On About Our ‘Broken’ System

by Smitty Large Area Maintenance Shelters are for when you’re packin’ it military style. And who in Congress really has that kinda gear besides Dingy Hairy? Tuesday marks the 1,350th day since the Senate passed a budget. The law requires Congress to pass a budget every year, on the grounds that Americans deserve to know […]

Debbie Wasserman-Schultz Has A Point: Having Aborted Common Sense, Babies Should Be Easy For Charlie Crist

by Smitty Will the altars of Moloch be smiling in the Sunshine State? Wasserman Schultz added that Crist was “going to have to prove himself with some of our Democratic leaders before that’s a sure thing.” The only thing “sure” about Charlie is that he’s looking out for #1. When DeFede asked the congresswoman about […]

OBAMA’S THIRD TERM? Democrat Proposes Repeal of 22nd Amendment

When I saw the news from Barbara Espinosa on Twitter this morning, I thought it was some kind of crazy joke: @rsmccain BREAKING NEWS HJ RES 15 TO REMOVE TERM LIMITS FOR PRESIDENTTHE FIRST STEP IN PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR A THIRD TERM — Barbara Espinosa (@1Barbara1) January 6, 2013 Crazy as it is, however, it’s not […]

Should Hagiography Wait Until The Subject Has, Regrettably, Passed?

by Smitty Maybe Tina Brown was literarily spoofed by someone wanting her to appear the demented love child of Andrew Sullivan and Rachel Maddow: The idea of losing Hillary has seemed especially unbearable at this political moment. It’s as if she has become, literally, the ship of state. She stands for maturity, tenacity, and self-discipline […]

Obama ‘Has Brought Us to Our Knees. He Is Lowering Our Standard of Living.’

Jennifer Stefano of Americans for Prosperity was a guest today on Neil Cavuto’s show, and she wasn’t pulling her punches: “The president has lied on a number of issues. He promised not to raise taxes on the middle-class — he raised taxes on us today. . . . If any of us are stupid enough […]

The Demographics of Envy

“No one has been through the fire more so than our congressperson, and we in the district have sent him back because we have faith in him, and that he has our interests in mind, and quite frankly he’s one of us.” — Keith L. T. Wright, co-chairman of the New York Democratic Party, praising […]

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