The Other McCain

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

If McChrystal Is McArthur . . .

. . . in this analogy, then I guess Barack Obama is trying to be Harry Truman: The top commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, has been summoned to the White House to explain biting and unflattering remarks he made to a freelance writer about President Barack Obama and others in the Obama administration. The […]

Orszag Yaz Moment?

by Smitty Hearing that Rahm is pondering greener pastures, Peter Orszag is apparently unwilling to hold down the fort solo. Or is it more than just Rahm? Is budgeting just too ‘last administration’ for this one? Seriously. Well past their April 15 deadline to pass a budget, congressional Democrats have yet to even introduce one. […]

They Told Me If I Voted For McCain, Volunteerism Would Count For Little… And They Were Right!

by Smitty Even the Huffington Post is wandering off the reservation on the cleanup efforts: BP PLC has turned away Gunnoe and other would-be volunteers because the oil giant is using only paid and trained workers to clean up the mess caused by its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Instead, the retired Air […]

Elena Kagan: Bork Hearings Were
‘Best Thing That Ever Happened’

“I love what happened in the Bork hearings. . . . The Bork hearings were the best thing that ever happened to constitutional democracy.” Perhaps Judge Bork will be willing to share his own perspective on that experience during the Americans United for Life press briefing Wednesday. UPDATE: Dave Weigel reminds us of how liberals […]

Why Are People Democrats?

This question wasn’t his research topic, but I think Cornell University psychology Professor David Dunning has found the answer: “When people are incompetent in the strategies they adopt to achieve success and satisfaction, they suffer a dual burden: Not only do they reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices, but their incompetence robs them of […]

Will Senator Kyl Get Introduced To Bartonism?

by Smitty RedState (and half the rest of the right-o-sphere) has the clip of Senator Kyl telling an audience that during a private, one-on-one meeting with President Obama in the Oval Office, the President told him, regarding securing the southern border with Mexico, “The problem is, . . . if we secure the border, then […]

Rahm Swan Song?

by Smitty (via Lucianne) “Democrats have not stood behind the president in the way Republicans did for George W Bush, and that was meant to be Rahm’s job.” There were sharp differences over health care reform, with Mr Emanuel arguing that public hostility about cost should have forced them into producing a scaled down package. […]

Peggy Noonan, Secret Motörhead Fan

by Smitty (via Insty) The president is starting to look snakebit. He’s starting to look unlucky, like Jimmy Carter. It wasn’t Mr. Carter’s fault that the American diplomats were taken hostage in Tehran, but he handled it badly, and suffered. He defied the rule of the King in “Pippin,” the Broadway show of Carter’s era, […]

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