The Other McCain

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

Survey Of Current And Historical Republican Politicians. . .

by Smitty (h/t Reboot Congress) . . .that happen to be black: The country will be truly post-racial, to paraphrase Morgan Freeman when the people shouting raaaaacism realize the extent of their self parody/projection.

‘Help Beat Those Racist Teabaggers!’ Says Democrat Spokesman Arshad Hasan

All it takes is a click on a Web site to sign up for the Democracy For America (DFA) list that sends e-mails like this to your inbox: Robert – Have you watched cable news lately? The Tea Baggers are everywhere! The Tea Party is news because they’ve won a few upset primaries — but […]

He’s a Neo-Keynesian, Not a Kenyan

The insuperable problem with conservatives seeking the origins of Barack Obama’s political commitments in the details of his biography is that the Left always stands ready to reply with its standard argument: “Shut up, racists!” Never has any prominent American leader’s ideology appeared more solidly rooted in his personal story — this, after all, was the […]

GOP Slime Time

Jim Greer, the corrupt former Florida GOP chairman who tried to rig the Senate primary for his RINO buddy Charlie Crist, apparently decided that trashing Republicans might help him stay out of prison: “Unfortunately, I found that many within the GOP have racist views and I apologize to the President for my opposition to his […]

Palin Derangement Syndrome Outbreak: There Are Still Five A’s in Raaaaacism

“With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.” — Rhett Butler, Gone With the Wind Some things are predictable — i.e., that the Palin-haters would decide it was a good time to recycle the old SPLC/LGF attacks on me in order to exploit my interview with Todd Palin for a guilt-by-association smear. When Rachel […]

Forgotten Victims of Sharptonism: Remembering Yankel Rosenbaum

“Al Sharpton is a professional bigot. During his long career the Reverend has incited two anti-Semitic pogroms; the Crown Heights riot and the firebombing of the Jewish-owned Freddy’a Fashion Mart in Harlem. Each of the Sharpton-incited pogroms resulted in deaths, but now for some unknown reason Reverend Al believes he is the caretaker of religious […]

Watch Out, Smitty: Rev. Al Sharpton and Code Pink Are Heading Your Way!

While Smitty is blogging from the Reflecting Pool, Al Sharpton is leading a march from Dunbar High School that is being live-blogged by The Washington Post‘s Krissah Thompson, a few excerpts of which are illustrative: Joyce White arrived at a what she called a counter-march to Fox News host Glenn Beck’s rally. She came to remember the […]

Ron Miller Question And Answer Part 3

by Smitty This is the concluding entry in the series of posts supporting Ron Miller, and his excellent book, Sellout. Here are the concluding bits of Q&A, plus a couple of bonus Bob Knight clips from the event. The most controversial issue: abortion Hammering churches for supporting our national shame. Bob Knight asks a puzzling […]

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