The Other McCain

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

Monday GOP Convention Schedule Postponed Due to Anticipated BlogBash Hangovers and Approaching Hurricane …

. . . but mainly, yeah, it was the hurricane: Republicans announced Saturday that they had effectively canceled the first day of its convention for safety concerns associated with an impending hurricane. Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said in a statement that “the Republican National Convention will convene on Monday August 27th and immediately […]

Memo From the National Affairs Desk: Fear, Loathing and Deficient Hygiene

TAMPA, Florida We were cruising down U.S. 301 somewhere south of Hawthorne in the pre-dawn gloom, congratulating ourselves on having made good time on our long drive to the Republican National Convention when we saw a sight that inspired panic in our hearts. There, lurking in the fog beside the highway, were three large deer. Terror […]

Todd Akin Rapes Missouri GOP

The only question is whether it was a “legitimate” rape: Whereas Rasmussen polling showed Romney leading pro-abortion President Barack Obama at the end of July and having Romney leading the race in the Show Me State all year, now Obama has the lead. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Missouri Voters finds President […]

Tampa, Here I Come

Driving to Tampa today, after a restless night haunted by the helpless feeling tbat we are doomed beyond all hope of redemption. Todd Akin had the chance to do the right thing Tuesday, and selfishly refused. Now, with the encouragement and support of Mike Huckabee, Akin is digging deeper the grave in which the Democrat-Media […]

Barack Obama Is the Antichrist — and Other Neutral Objective Facts

“I agree with the late Hunter S. Thompson that a lot of what passes for ‘objective journalism’ is bullshit. . . . The reason so many Americans hate the news media is because so many supposedly ‘objective’ journalists are transparently dishonest in what they’re doing.” — Robert Stacy McCain, April 16, 2009 The futile pursuit […]

The Columbia Journalism Review Is (Still) Depraved and Decadent

“In the context of journalism, here, we are dealing with a new kind of ‘lead’ — the Symbiotic Trapezoid Quote. The Columbia Journalism Review will never sanction it; at least not until the current editor dies of brain syphilis, and probably not even then. “What? “Do we have a libel suit on our hands? “Probably not, […]

Fear and Loathing on Capitol Hill: The GOP Caucus Is Decadent and Depraved

“They are our representatives; we would like some representation.” — Ace of Spades, June 4, 2012 FROM AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION “Where are those spineless Republican bastards in Congress when we need ’em, huh?” I shouted, trying to explain to a couple of young Beltway professionals the concept behind National Day of Blogger Silence. “They expect us […]

Is Thurmont Ready for the Occupiers?

When the decision was announced in March that the G-8 summit would be moved from Chicago to Camp David, the “Occupy” movement claimed it as a victory, saying that their planned protests had frightened away the summit organizers. Yesterday, I noted that the Occupiers have announced plans to descend in force on tiny Thurmont, Maryland, the […]

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