The Other McCain

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

The Truly Pathetic Thing Is …

. . . Obama never could have gotten elected without these kooks: Just a bunch of mainstream moderate American swing voters. Meanwhile, Dennis Kucinich says the president has committed an “impeachable offense.” Apparently, Kucinich has discovered that there is this thing called a “Constitution” for which Obama has no respect. It took more than two years for […]

I Don’t Hate Trains

“What, exactly, do Republicans, conservatives, and libertarians have against trains? Seriously, what?” — David Weigel, Slate Few things — not even the threat of a coffee shortage — bother me quite so much as what I call the Existential Theory of Liberalism: Everything that exists must be subsidized by the federal government; ergo, to argue […]

Koch Brothers: Inside the Left’s Head

John Hinderaker at Powerline: “The most extraordinary story in the news these days is the all-out assault that the Left is mounting against Charles and David Koch and their company, Koch Enterprises.” The Kochs are to this decade what “Big Oil” was to the Bush era: The Left’s all-purpose villain. Last month I wrote about […]

Nirs Rosen, Moonbat

“Certainly, if the goal of the war is to reduce the threat from this group called al-Qaeda — which may not even exist anymore — then nobody has explained why increasing American occupation in Afghanistan, where you don’t even have al-Qaeda, is going to help weaken al-Qaeda . . . A couple hundred guys who […]

Because They’re Better Than You

Megan McArdle did a post about evidence that academia systematically excludes conservatives. Liberals responded by justfying and/or defending this exclusion, offering a variety of excuses which Megan summarizes thus: •Smart people are almost always liberal •Curiosity and interest in ideas is a liberal trait •Conservatives are too rigid and authoritarian to maintain the open mind required of a […]

Surprise: Supporters of Most ‘Transparent’ Administration Launch Smear Campaign Against GOP Congessman Investigating Most ‘Transparent’ Administration

Because they’re all about the transparency! Democrats are understandably obsessed with Darrell Issa — he’s built himself up as a one-man investigative machine aimed straight at the Obama presidency. But a handful of liberal political operatives . . . are taking their anti-Issa passion to a whole new level, launching a nonprofit group, a website […]

Because MSNBC Wasn’t Obscure Enough

Keith Olbermann has reportedly been hired by some left-wing cable network you never even heard of before. If his career keeps going in this direction, Olbermann will eventually end up hawking cubic zirconia jewelry on Home Shopping Network.

From the Department of Not Exactly News: Chris Matthews Is Very Confused

You can’t make up stuff as funny as this: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy “I feel ashamed about this. I feel ashamed as an American, the way we’re doing this. . . . We’re not handling it as Americans should handle a matter like this. And I don’t […]

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