The Other McCain

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

‘The Pack of Right-Wing Polemicists Who Make Big Bucks Spewing Rage . . .’

That’s Joe Scarborough talking about . . . whom? The comment in Scarborough’s Politico column is directed at Glenn Beck, but who are the rest of these right-wingers he’s talking about? Rush Limbaugh? Sean Hannity? Laura Ingraham? From there, Scarborough pivots to indict 2012 Republican presidential candidates: We know Palin won’t call out irresponsible language […]

Herman Cain: ‘A Good Solid Conservative Who Can Get the Base Excited’

The Wall Street Journal certainly has excellent sources: The lack of a clear 2012 Republican presidential front-runner is prompting lesser-known figures to consider joining the race. Instead of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney or former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, some conservative groups are looking for fresh faces and asking: Why not Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan […]

A. Two Famous Politicians Who Make Headlines But Will Never Be President

Q. Who are John Edwards and Rudy Giuliani? Politico has to rely on the National Enquirer as a source for their “John Edwards to Marry His Baby Mama” story. As the man famously said, there are “Two Americas,” and in the liberal America where people used to take Edwards seriously, he’s now just the punchline to a preposterous joke. […]

Herman Cain Invited to Iowa Forum

Note the way the reporter phrases it: Likely 2012 presidential candidates have been sniffing around Iowa for months on book tours and under-the-radar speaking engagements. But now the entire field — all dozen or so possible GOP challengers — are being invited to a megachurch on the outskirts of Des Moines for a March 7th […]

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 […]

Cousins for Cain?

Who is that muscular giant with tattooed arms shaking hands with Herman Cain? That’s my cousin Brian Buchanan, who lives near Atlanta and — last time I talked to him — was working as a nightclub bouncer. He sent me that photo by Facebook and told me that he took our cousin Pepper Ellis-Hagebak to […]

More Herman Cain Awesomeness

The term “Herman Cain porn” was coined at Red State to describe videos like this one from Citizens4Cain: The “next Reagan” label is a heavy burden, but even if Cain is not equal to the Great Communicator — is anyone, really? — he is at least a Doggone Effective Communicator. Like I said, “Steve Forbes with charisma.” […]

Sour Grapes for Mid-Term Losers

Victory has many fathers, but defeat is an orphan, they say. Another difference is that only defeat requires a scapegoat: “The Tea Party movement really is quite a bit different than the old Republican conservative movement,” [Delaware loser Mike] Castle said. “They’re more than willing to take out Republicans, call us Republicans in name only, […]

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