The Other McCain

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

Ilya At Notre Dame

by Smitty Ilya Somin will speak at Notre Dame on Thursday. He’s a rather busy fellow at Cato, but threw down the gauntlet to the Constitutionally illiterate on the topic of health care:

Light My Fire, Or,
My Political Funeral Pyre

by Smitty You know that it would be untrue, You know that I would be a liar, If I was to say to you, I’ve only got 218 blatantly un-American pieces of work that I desperately need to retire. . . That last line seems to be just a bit short. Meanwhile, the OCTOPUS (Ol’ […]

I Would Not Accuse Sen. Coburn Of Kool-Aid Quaffing

by Smitty Bluegrass Pundit wants to know if Senator Coburn is drinking the Kool-Aid, just because he’s attempting to neutralize some of the bile aimed at the Speaker of the House. Pay attention, people: it is never wrong to be gracious to the foe: If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and […]

MoveOn.org vs. ‘Blue Dog’ Barrow

This story could have major ramifications in Georgia and beyond: Left-wing rage over Georgia Rep. John Barrow’s vote against ObamaCare has reportedly prompted the powerful MoveOn.org political action committee to target him for defeat in this year’s Democratic primary. Barrow was among those “Blue Dog” Democrats slammed last summer by MoveOn.org radio ads . . […]

If You Can’t Bedazzle With Brains, Baffle With Bacon Sandwich

by Smitty (via C0MM1TT3D on Twitter) Toward the end of a question-and-answer session with workers at an advanced battery technology manufacturer, a woman named Doris stood to ask the president whether it was a “wise decision to add more taxes to us with the health care” package. “We are overtaxed as it is,” Doris said […]

John Cornyn and the Eunuch Anacephalic ‘Leadership’ of the Republican Party

Drew M. at Ace of Spades says John Cornyn is “starting to go wobbly,” which involves the wholly unwarranted assumption that Cornyn was ever steady to begin with. It was Cornyn who, by giving the National Republican Senatorial Committee’s endorsement to Charlie Crist — 15 months before the Florida GOP primary — sparked the Not […]

How Mitt Romney Could Turn The Obama Endorsement Into A Positive

by Smitty Clifton over at Another Black Conservative posts on what the Romney campaign can only view as a swift kick in the naughty bits: a connection between RomneyCare and ObamaCare by BHO himself. Clifton then poses two genuinely interesting exit questions: We will no doubt see this clip played over and over again by […]

Why Does Rep. Dingell Hate Naval Architects?

by Smitty BlogProf has the audio of Rep. Dingell comparing ObamaCare to the RMS Titanic. This is so outrageous. The Titanic was a proper ship. If properly crewed, there is no reason she would not be maintained in a state of pristine newness through massive amounts of paint and polish, just like Nancy Pelosi. Opines […]

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