The Other McCain

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

The Irony of Tucker Carlson, Sarah Palin, Mike Tyson, Greta Van Susteren and … Me

Scene from “Daily Caller Downfall” “In Ohio, which McGovern eventually lost by a slim 19,000 vote margin, his handlers figure perhaps 10,000 of those were directly attributable to his public association with Warren Beatty, who once told a reporter somewhere that he favored legalizing grass. This was picked up by that worthless a–hole Sen. Henry […]

HOLY. FREAKING. CRAP.

Just now got in off the road, returning from Ohio where my wife’s parents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. On the way — quite literally writing “on the road,” since the trip was seven hours — I composed a long post that I’ll put up later tonight. But that’s going to have to wait a […]

Did You Know the Word ‘Miscegenation’ Was Invented by Democrats as a Smear?

Nineteenth-century American newspapers were, in general, partisan in their politics, and the New York World was a Democrat paper. In 1863, two writers for the World, George Wakeman and David Goodman Croly, wrote a 72-page pamphlet that was published anonymously with the title, Miscegenation: The Theory of the Blending of the Races, Applied to the […]

‘Let’s Face It, the Color of His Skin’

MSNBC’s Richard Wolffe explains why you hate Obama: “What is it about this President that has stripped away the veneer of respect that normally accompanies the office of the president? Why do Republicans think that this president is unpresidential and shouldn’t dare to request this kind of thing? . . . It strikes me that […]

‘Fight’ Whom, Congressman?

Excuse my visceral reaction to this story: Cummings: Black community wants Obama to ‘fight harder’ Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) said Sunday that African-Americans want President Obama to “fight harder” to create jobs in the struggling U.S. economy. Speaking on CNN’s State of the Union, Cummings said the black community is very protective of Obama and […]

I Would Very Much Like to Say That Janeane Garofalo Has Lost Her Mind …

. . . but there isn’t much evidence that she was ever entirely sane: Last night, on failed MSNBC talk host Keith Olbermann’s new Current TV show (a network with less viewers than MSNBC), Janeane Garofalo said Herman Cain must be getting paid to run, has Stockholm Syndrome and that the Tea Party and Conservative […]

Racial Violence in South Carolina

A gang of eight black teenagers nearly killed a white kid: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy The Columbia (S.C.) State reports: The news of the vicious beating quickly riled the community. . . . It renewed fear of gangs roving through Five Points. And, the fact that a […]

The Next Time You Hear a Liberal Lecturing About the Need for ‘Civility’ …

. . . your answer is three simple words — Sheila Jackson-Lee: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, suggested during a House floor speech Friday that raising the debt ceiling was being held up by members of Congress because President Obama is black. “Only this president — only this one — only this one has received […]

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