The Other McCain

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

Dennis Kucinich Worried About Losing Ohio District, Sexy Redhead Wife

But mainly his congressional district: The state of Ohio will lose two congressional seats thanks to the latest U.S. Census figures, and liberal stalwart Dennis Kucinich is worried his seat is on the chopping block. In an e-mail to supporters Wednesday, the seven-term Democratic congressman and two-time presidential candidate says the Republican-controlled Ohio legislature is […]

Obama Supports Dog-Killer Vick, Jinxes Philadelphia Eagles vs. Minnesota Vikings

Exactly why the president of the United States felt the need to phone the Eagles’ coach to praise him for giving Michael Vick a second chance, I don’t know. What I do know is that it didn’t help the Eagles: The NFL’s first Tuesday game in 64 years produced a fittingly unusual result as Minnesota […]

Media Headwinds, Media Tailwinds

Ace of Spades describes a basic truth of American politics: The liberal media sells liberal candidates as brilliant and even-tempered and “sophisticated” and “nuanced” of thought; all of these are non-ideological attributes which appeal to most, whatever one’s politics. And they need to do this, as only about 25% of the country can be persuaded […]

How Narcissists Govern: Obama Bans Word ‘Triangulation’ at White House

As if, by banning this Clinton-era phrase, he can avoid the political necessity of imitating Clintonism: Despite all his time studying the Clinton administration, Mr. Obama told his aides that he had no intention of following the precise path of Mr. Clinton, who after the Democratic midterm election defeats of 1994 ordered a clearing of […]

Party of Sodomy and Abortion Suffers Demographic Decline — Unexpectedly!

That’s not actually the New York Times headline: Power in Congress Will Tilt South and West  The latest Census report is not good news for the Party of Baby-Killing and Barebacking. “This is about as bad as it could get for Democrats, and as good as it could get for Republicans,” Dave Weigel explains. “The Democratic caucus […]

Did Obama’s Election Cause Outbreak of Racist Grafitti in Philadelphia?

That’s what is claimed by an attorney representing plaintiffs in a civil-rights lawsuit: Several black men who were contracted to work at the Sunoco refinery in Philadelphia were forced to clean up racial slurs written about them on bathroom walls, the men claim in a federal civil rights lawsuit. . . . The six plaintiffs, […]

‘A Striking Failure’

“He was the man destined to save this country from his predecessor’s failures. He was the man who would end the war in Iraq, finish the war in Afghanistan, and shut down the prison at Guantanamo Bay. He was the man charged with rescuing the faltering American economy. He was the man who would usher […]

Death of Omnibus Boosts GOP

Defeating Harry Reid’s pet pork package gets Republicans off on the right foot going into the 112th Congress: Senate Republicans sought to build momentum on Friday after successfully forcing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to beg off a $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill. Sen. John Cornyn (Texas), the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial […]

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