The Other McCain

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

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 […]

Obama Is the Subject of the Sentence

You may be old enough to remember the ABC cartoon series, Schoolhouse Rock, one episode of which was “The Tale of Mister Morton“: Mr. Morton is the subject of the sentence and what the predicate says, he does. One of the tricks of media bias is to confuse readers and viewers about who is the […]

The Endless Debacle of ObamaCare

Old ObamaCare: "We have to pass it so you know what's in it." New ObamaCare: "Never mind. Executive orders. Asterisks. Whatever." — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) November 14, 2013 No one can remember a policy disaster quite like this. Every day brings multiple new bad-news headlines. We could compare the sudden and seemingly permanent debacle […]

Shorter Obama: ‘It Sucks to Be Me’

It’s an endless tsunami of political pain for Obama nowadays. When your signature issue goes sideways, there’s really nowhere to hide when you’re the Leader of the Free World. Has anyone else noted the irony that ObamaCare now is basically “Bush’s War” circa 2006? Everyone is now realizing that this massive failure is an electoral […]

ObamaCare: Death Panels for the DCCC

Democrat 2014 campaign slogan: "Now That We Totally Fucked Up Your Health Insurance, Give Us a Chance to Fuck Up Everything Else, Too." — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) November 14, 2013 Oh, what a difference a week can make! After the unfortunate result in the Virginia gubernatorial election, liberal pundits (and some Republicans) were declaring […]

Nov. 13: ObamaCare Failure Day

Historians should mark this day on their calendars as the point at which the failure became obviously irretrievable. Troubled HealthCare.gov unlikely to work fully by end of November — Washington Post White House officials get earful from Democrats on Obamacare — CNN Obamacare is in much more trouble than it was one week ago — […]

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