The Other McCain

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

‘It’s Only Ever an Issue If …’

“. . . the politician is Republican,” says Jim Hoft, speaking in particular of polygamy, but you could apply it to many “scandals.” John Kennedy’s father was arguably pro-Hitler in the 1930s, but you don’t hear much about that, do you? Bobby Kennedy authorized J. Edgar Hoover’s wiretaps of Martin Luther King Jr., another subject […]

Two Scoops Of Hooey

by Smitty Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. —Samuel Johnson Raaaaacism is the last refuge of the Progressive jackwagon. —Smitty I cannot think of anything more racist than mentioning the heritage of a candidate in a political attack. We have so many extrinsic factors to consider, including education and previous professional records. To […]

Boehlert vs. ‘Neocons’? (Nudge, Nudge)

Ed Schultz and Eric Boehlert on MSNBC Two weeks ago, Jeff Dunetz took note of M.J. Rosenberg’s departure from Media Matters (which I blogged about April 8 and April 10), and it’s kind of funny how sometimes when you pull a dangling thread, the whole sweater starts to unravel. Was Dunetz onto something? Was Rosenberg […]

That Amazing Right Wing!

Is there anything it can’t do? Not according to Jay Parmley, who was recently forced to resign as executive director of the North Carolina Democratic Party after being accused of sexually harassing a 26-year-old male staffer. Parmley, who served less than a year at the helm of the party, denied harassing any employee and blamed right-wing […]

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 […]

FaceBook Love: ‘Gentleman’ Jim Moran

by Smitty Moran is a tool, a tool’s tool, and a precision tool for the calibration of other tools. It was fun to see someone else share the love on FaceBook for his crotchetiness:

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