The Other McCain

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

Cindy Sheehan Might Make A Better Public Servant Than Rep. Pete Stark

by Smitty Uncoverage.net introduces “Coach” Luis Garcia, Republican candidate for the 13th to replace Stark. Uncoverage notes that Stark is already a Maryland resident, as a California tax dodge. Rep. Stark may be OK, as he really knows how to deal with opposition, for example, in this classic rant where he threatens to eject an […]

As The System Of Checks And Balances Disintegrates, Congress Becomes A Messy Signing Statement

by Smitty The Purple Avenger over at AoS seems kinda shocked that, once Harry Reid pulls his finger out of the dike, a flood of Really Bad Ideas follows, as captured in the WSJ.  In this particular case, it’s the Federal takeover of education.  Got to make sure that the tender collegiate brains are programmed […]

Yglesias Is As Unimpressive As Brooks

by Smitty Here is Matthew Yglesias at Think Knucklehead arguing against Judd Gregg. Yglesias, whose literacy seems challenged, appears to misread deliberately what he quoted from Gregg: The Senate was structured to be the place where bills which rushed through the House because they have a lot of rules that limit debate and allow people […]

Senior White House Adviser: Get Stuffed

by Smitty Instapundit points to a WSJ article going on about Gloria Borger on Wolf Blitzer, emphasis mine: Velshi: All right, Gloria, how much of a hint is the president going to make? Or is it not going to be hinted? Is he going to say, “This is the [ObamaCare] compromise. If you can’t find […]

Screw Pluribus: Unum

by Smitty Ace seems kind of worried about Einstein, the shiny new data omnivore soon to be devouring an email box all too near you. Yukon Axis of Evil illuminati industrial intelligence mailbomb Bush Wired AMEMB Aldergrove Ft. Bragg BLU-114/B rs9512c UMTS security BROMURE FSF First of all, not having seen line #1 of the […]

Senator Bunning In USA Today

by Smitty (h/t Drudge) What a near-display of courage from Senator Bunning: I have been serving the citizens of Kentucky for nearly 24 years in Washington. …begins the article, which gets into the details of PayGo and the sudden desire to fix things on the way out.  Then the Senator concludes: After four legislative days […]

Politicians Increasingly Aware Of Reality

by Smitty Fabius Maximus links Reuters on the Prime Minister of Greece having a Come to Beevis meeting regarding their situation, floating the question: “How soon until an American President says similar words?” American Glob links NJN.net with Chris Christie having a state-level exercise in fiscal lucidity. Christie is worth hearing in full, as he […]

Obama Still Trying to ‘Do a Chicago’ in Push for Health-Care Bill (UPDATED)

Threatening “reconcilliation” to muscle Senate Republicans: White House officials tell ABC News that in his remarks [today] President Obama will indicate a willingness to work with Republicans on some issue to get a health care reform bill passed but will suggest that if it is necessary, Democrats will use the controversial “reconciliation” rules requiring only […]

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