The Other McCain

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

‘Forget About Repealing #ObamaCare. Repeal Obama’

by Smitty Emphasis original: Below is a note from Bill to C. Steven Tucker. Bill is the man stricken with cancer who Tucker helped out after seeing Bill on Megyn Kelly’s show talk about how ACA mandates caused him to lose his coverage in the middle of cancer treatments. “Steve, the company decided to keep […]

The Fenwick-Sugden Healthcare Plan

by Smitty Whittle describes it with his usual polished delivery: The full transcript of Bill’s video is here. A taste: The Fenwick-Sugden plan is very simple, really, and it has one goal: keep the money in the hands of the patients, because if it’s your money, you’re going to care whether that aspirin tablet you […]

Do Democrats Think They Can Spin Their Way Out of the ObamaCare Catastrophe?

One of the things you may have noticed in the past couple of weeks is that some liberal pundits are claiming that ObamaCare is essentially a public relations problem: The program is just wonderful, but there have been some P.R. problems with the rollout. Democrats need to learn that denial is not the name of […]

Weird NY Times Column: Not Supporting ObamaCare Is Slavery or Something

This is just downright bizarre: [T]he South is once again committed to taking a backward path. By refusing to expand health care for the working poor through Medicaid, which is paid for by the federal government under Obamacare, most of the old Confederacy is committed to keeping millions of its own fellow citizens in poverty […]

Confirmed: Crazy People Are Dangerous

He was once described as “happy-go-lucky,” but then his father lost an election and his parents divorced and Gus Deeds went nuts: “Eventually it got to the point where everyone… you couldn’t ignore it. It was obvious he was going through a difficult time,” Tony Walters, who has been friends with Gus since they were […]

Sarcasm Therapy: A Hope for Cure?

It’s astounding. Time is fleeting. Madness takes its toll . . . — “The Time Warp,” The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) Mental illness is a serious problem, but taking your problems too seriously? That will drive you nuts — says the guy who’s being sued for $1 million by a convicted bomber. Amid the […]

Gus Deeds: What Went Wrong?

Following up on today’s tragedy in Virginia — state Sen. Creigh Deeds was severely stabbed by his 24-year-old son, who evidently shot himself to death — I’m trying to find what led to the fatal conflict. The good news, insofar as anything in this kind of situation can be “good news,” is that Sen. Deeds’ […]

Princess Pelosi Gets Her MS14H On

by Smitty We’re talking full-on, industrial manure spreaders here, folks. She features: Easy chain access Hydraulic endgate Heavy-duty tires Piggy-back cylinders Crucially, what Princess Pelosi brings is a nearly Bagdad Bob level of intensity to her prevarication. To paraphrase Jean-Pierre McGarrigle “In an age of spin, Princess Pelosi offers feeling and authenticity. Her message is […]

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