The Other McCain

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

No CBO Score For ObamaCare, But Here’s A Cunning Plan

by Smitty Via Drudge (the only site faster than Insty), The Hill reports that the CBO couldn’t muster the pixie dust to polish the numbers into something that could pass muster, as if integrity, the Constitution, or common sense mattered fig #1 to this atrocious Congress. My best suggestion is to make enough rounding errors […]

Must-Watch Video: Michael McConnell Butchers Slaughter Rule

by Smitty (via American Power) Just watch this: For the twerp response, see Alan Colmes.

Yid With Lid: Obama Fox News Transcript

by Smitty Treat yourself to a taste of what journalism should have been. Trying to quote the most outrageous bit is futile. The Orwellian, purple DC haze machine belches early and builds to a fine fog by finish. If we tolerate this form of government-by-swindle, think of what awaits. 5- and 10k-page bills. Government by […]

Cheering For Idaho, Virginia, And Levin

by Smitty (via Drudge) The folks hang their hats out west: BOISE, Idaho — Idaho took the lead in a growing, nationwide fight against health care overhaul Wednesday when its governor became the first to sign a measure requiring the state attorney general to sue the federal government if residents are forced to buy health […]

Dennis Kucinich to Vote ‘Yes’ and Other Updates on Zombie Health Care Bill

Obama’s arm-twisting works wonders on the little leftist from Ohio: “In the past week it’s become clear that the vote on the final bill will be very close,” Kucinich, who voted No last time because of the lack of the public option, said at a presser moments ago. He acknowleged that he’d be voting “not […]

‘Desperate’ Says Instapundit

by Smitty DESPERATE: President Obama seeks Democratic votes on Fox News. This suggests just the spokesman for ObamaCare, to help convey the non-chalant urgency of it all:

The Math Is Flawless

by Smitty (h/t Hot Air) Ornstein at AeI: In the last Congress that Republicans controlled, from 2005 to 2006, Rules Committee Chairman David Dreier used the self-executing rule more than 35 times, and was no stranger to the concept of “deem and pass.” I had wondered how the Republicans had managed to conquer 1/6*35*100 = […]

Code Red Protest: The Rest Of The Story

by Smitty American Power gathered some great clips. I have one of my very own, of a fellow Virginian, Tom Whitmore, with the Kill the Bill Chorus in full swing: A few other stills that died during the upload on site (click for full size): This one is taken from the Taft memorial, of the […]

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