The Other McCain

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

Barney Frank Twofer: AZ Support And Bias Against Djou-ish People

by Smitty (via Lucianne) Barney Frank, in an overt display of pre-djou-dice, put on the following display: Frank walked the hallway of the Speaker’s Lobby off the House floor calling on the media to “do your job” and review Djou’s papers. It was a small bit of payback for the enormous amount of attention some […]

In The Mail: My ‘Retire Jim Moran’ Bumper Sticker

by Smitty Even the Instapundit had to have a ‘first swag’ item. Mine came Tuesday, a righteous little piece of bumper goodness: And retire Jim Moran we must. While I’m 99% proud of my country, one legitimate cause for guilt is the way that Progressive tools like Moran have quite literally pillaged the rest of […]

VIDEO: Les Phillip Swore to Defend Against ‘Enemies, Foreign and Domestic’

Wonder who he has in mind on the domestic front? Here’s the Republican candidate for Congress in Alabama’s Fifth District: Marc Ambinder predicts that this will be the political ad everyone will be talking about this week. The transcript: This is the story of two young men. One fell in with left wing radicals. The […]

Governor Brewer Could Not Be
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UPDATE: Bubba, Too?

by Smitty American Power reports on Mass. Rep. Michael Moran, rear-ended by an apparently illegal alien. Past the snarky title, let us: Not rejoice in anyone’s misfortune, and Note that drunk driving is a huge part of the case. That said, it will be interesting to watch this “unfortunately undocumented societal victim of Bush-era injustice” […]

Does Alcee Hastings Have A Point?

by Smitty (h/t The Corner) It is an endless source of startlement when listening to the Left, how words suddenly don’t mean what you think they do. Call it linguistic Progress. One example is how the word ‘illegal’ ceased to mean ‘not legal’ in an immigration context. Another is how the ‘Cut’ in YouCut moved […]

Ah, The Ted Kennedy Criteria

by Smitty (h/t Terry Cowgill at Big Media) Giving Dick Blumenthal the benefit of the doubt, he probably didn’t wake up one morning and say to himself “I wonder if I could score some favor with the Veteran crowd by having them on about my service record. . .” while he was shaving. In general, […]

Despite Re-Tweet by Alyssa Milano, Mickey Kaus Still Senate ‘Long Shot’

Ever since Alyssa re-Tweeted him Oct. 28, Mickey Kaus has been the envy of bloggers everywhere (or at least, bloggers around here). However, that kind of New Media energy — dude, she’s got more than 830,000 followers — has not yet developed into an electoral tsunami: In a year when Tea Party activists and the GOP […]

Following Up On Thoughtful Remarks From wallamaarif

by Smitty Commenter wallamaarif offers comments #17 and #20 on Get Stuffed, Alan Colmes that merit examination. Before delving into details, let’s note that the overwhelming bulk of human history, and, indeed, the contemporary situation, has featured unrepresentative regimes. For example, the 2007 Treaty of Lisbon does a fine job of kicking European representative democracy […]

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