The Other McCain

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

The Filthy Rotten Party of Corruption, Treason, Fraud, Sodomy and Abortion

Charles Rangel: Why ‘corrupt Democrat’ is a redundancy In a Twitter colloquy with Susan Cloud, producer of the Mark Davis radio show, I found myself compelled to explain and defend my previous criticisms of National Review. The problem, really, is that Republicans just don’t hate Democrats the way Democrats hate Republicans. Most Republicans are born and […]

‘Just Another Elitist Hypocrite’

The National Rifle Association’s new ad: (Via Memeorandum and Hot Air.) Liberals were on a gun-control rant for the past month. The NRA’s been signing up dues-paying members: A day before President Barack Obama is scheduled to release Vice President Joe Biden’s recommendations to curb gun violence in the United States, the National Rifle Association told U.S. […]

Why Doesn’t President Obama Support ‘Citizens Against Senseless Violence’?

New York Times headline today: Obama Poised to Back Comprehensive Plan to Curb Gun Violence If he’s against “gun violence,” why would his attorney general call the cops on a peaceful group promoting its own “comprehensive plan”? Posing as “Citizens Against Senseless Violence,” [James] O’Keefe and company visited the homes of anti-gun journalists employed by […]

Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) to Retire

This news creates a huge opportunity for Republicans in 2014 in an increasingly GOP-leaning state: Democratic Sen. Jay Rockefeller will not run for reelection in 2014, passing up a bid for a sixth term and putting in play a Senate seat in deep red West Virginia. (Via Memeorandum.) The big question, of course, is whether […]

AR-15 Saleswoman of the Year?

Patterico nominates Sen. Dianne Feinstein for an NRA Lifetime Achievement Award: Perhaps no single American in the country’s history has done more to put high-powered rifles and high capacity magazines in the hands of United States citizens. The irony — it burns!

When Your Gun Is Not Your Gun

Your firearms are your private property and you have the right to sell your private property, right? Well, not if Joe Biden gets his way: “[T]here is a surprising — so far — a surprising recurrence of suggestions that we have universal background checks. Not just close the gun show loophole but total, universal background checks, including […]

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 […]

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