The Other McCain

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

‘They’re Demoralized as Hell!’

Jammie Wearing Fools recently pointed out that the June fundraising numbers inspired a sense of panic at Obama HQ, with one anonymous Democrat saying, “If people are freaked out, I think they should be freaked out.” And you can expect the Democrat freakout to intensify next Friday when we get the official FEC reports for […]

For @dmataconis: Romney Campaign Bus In Centerville, VA

by Smitty Doug Mataconis is a sharp guy and frequent interlocutor on Twitter. While I haven’t had the pleasure of meeting him in person, but he taps into my lingering well of resentment toward all of the preppy, teacher’s pet, condescending snobs back in high school. May I be wrong, and have the pleasure of […]

‘Ground Zero’ in Fairfax County

Frederick Peterson III protests outside Obama event in Centreville, Va. CENTREVILLE, Virginia When President Obama came to this prosperous suburban community, he was greeted by a contingent of Tea Party activists and local Republicans. The number of protesters were estimated variously between 100 and 300, but their enthusiasm — standing for hours in the July […]

Obama In Northern Virginia 14Jul2012

by Smitty They say the Commonwealth of Virginia is purple. If so, that’s only because of the suction along the Potomac. NOVA Tea Party sends: RSVP via Eventbrite: http://rallyagainstobama.eventbrite.com/ Emergency Rally Against Obama In Front of Centreville High School at an Obama Rally where Obama is appearing 6001 Union Mill Road Saturday, July 14, 2012 […]

Obama Explains His Unpopularity by Scapegoating Stupid Voters

The same stupid voters who elected him are, unfortunately, too stupid to understand how completely excellent his policies have been: “When I think about what we’ve done well and what we haven’t done well,” the president said, “the mistake of my first term — couple of years —  was thinking that this job was just […]

Why Would Mitt Romney’s Campaign Manager Deliberately Insult Me?

After nearly two months of being up to my eyeballs in the Brett Kimberlin story, and becoming concerned about symptoms of journalistic burnout, yesterday I decided it’s about time to hit the road and do some campaign trail reporting. So I called up one of my contacts with the Mitt Romney presidential campaign and talked […]

Mitt Romney: Scrappy Underdog?

Today I watched Mitt Romney’s speech to the NAACP convention and was impressed that he did not pander. Yes, portions of his speech were aimed specifically at his audience — Romney talked a lot about education reform as a means of promoting opportunity — but for the most part, Mitt gave his standard Republican stump speech, […]

Federal Bureaucracy: Doomsday Machine

by Smitty Echoing VodkaPundit’s rejection of Star Wars (I have never esteemed it above mildly entertaining space opera, myself) we’re going reaching back to Denny Crane’s old show for a metaphor to mock Politico’s risible title: “Southern governors secede from Medicaid” Wow, what an absurd headline. Really shameful. politi.co/OYZXzs — Lachlan Markay (@LachlanMarkay) July 11, […]

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