The Other McCain

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

ROMNEY-RYAN AT DAYTON AIRPORT

VANDALIA, Ohio Awaiting the arrival of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan at the Dayton Airport Expo Center, an outdoor rally under gray overcast skies. There is a cool wind — it’s about 65 degrees — and intermittent drizzle. A huge crowd of several thousand people here who don’t believe the polls. Seriously, I just conducted […]

PAUL RYAN IN CINCINNATI

CINCINNATI, Ohio At Byers Steel for a Paul Ryan rally and the WiFi is much better than yesterday. The original press release said that Mitt Romney would also be here, but there’s been a schedule change and R-Money won’t join us until this afternoon (2:30 p.m.) at Vandalia. UPDATE: Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul introduced Ryan, […]

Scenes From Ryan Rally in Lima, Ohio

DAYTON, Ohio On deadline for The American Spectator now, and just enough time to give a bit of news and some photos. First, here’s an account of Paul Ryan’s speech by Daniel Strauss of The Hill: Paul Ryan delivered a blistering speech against President Obama on foreign policy Monday, saying because of the president’s policies, […]

GREETINGS FROM LIMA, OHIO

LIMA, Ohio The Veterans Memorial Civic and Convention Center is packed for this afternoon’s “Victory Town Hall” event with Republican vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan. The WiFi, unfortunately, is mercilessly slow. Will update as possible. UPDATE: RNC Chairman Reince Priebus just held an impromptu press gaggle and said, “We’re going to outspend the DNC […]

The Best Revenge: Ohio-Bound

By the time you read this, I should be within a couple hours of Lima, Ohio, where Paul Ryan is due for a 2:30 p.m. rally. Right now — as I’m writing this — it’s about 2 a.m. and I’m awaiting my ride while laughing at the latest ridiculousness from Neal Rauhauser: McCain has never […]

The Phantom Menace, Remembered

Perry campaign volunteers, Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 9, 2011 “He surfed into the race on a tsunami wave of overconfidence, his campaign led by a bunch of cutthroat a–holes who had just finished sabotaging Newt Gingrich. “They convinced a lot of people . . . to climb aboard The Smilin’ Texan Express for a one-way […]

Memo From the National Affairs Desk: Worldwide Headquarters of Crazy, Inc.

My plans to get to Ohio and cover the three-day Romney-Ryan Buckeye State bus tour that begins tomorrow have thus far been thwarted. It’s one of those long complicated stories you don’t want to hear, but if there is any conservative in the Mid-Atlantic region willing to make the run, please contact me on Twitter. I’ve offered […]

#tcot Some Helpful Random Advice

@wrightshumate If evil people don’t hate you, you’re not doing enough good. If crazy people don’t hate you, maybe you’re nuts. — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) September 21, 2012 Ever had one of those Rodney Dangerfield days? Yeah, I’ve had about four consecutive months of them. It ain’t easy being me. Because I had to […]

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