The Other McCain

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

Is America Ready For A President Who Can Humbly Say I Was ‘Completely Wrong’?

by Smitty NRO hasn’t got any embed code I can find, but Mitt on Hannity definitely mowed on crow for his 47% remark. What a refreshing development, after four years of “There is no personality conflict: I’ve got the personality, you’ve got the conflict” from #OccupyResoluteDesk. The Romney campaign should find subtle ways to underscore […]

The New Yorker Cover Lays Down A Stone Cold #Eastwooding

by Smitty Via Drudge, here’s one for the books: Debating from an angry chair Angry pout that steals the air Ego hurts and I don’t care What do I see across the way, hey See my job molded in clay, oh Stares at me, yeah I’m afraid, hey Changing the shape of his face, ah […]

ROMNEY IN COAL COUNTRY
UPDATE: You Call This a ‘Recovery’?

ABINGDON, Virginia Mitt Romney spoke to a crowd of nearly 4,000 people here in a midday rally, where he emphasized for the coal industry, a vital part of the economy in southwest Virginia. There was a strong representation at the rally from the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE). While at the rally, I […]

Sweet, Sweet Gratuitous Cartoon Violence

by Smitty Your completely unnecessary nearly-guilty-but-just-at-the-last-second-OH-YEAH pleasure, via the Tatler: Next week the question will be whether Paul Ryan can show the masterful restraint Romney did, when confronted with Uncle Choo-Choo. Hopefully they’re coaching Ryan to throw back his head and laugh, rather than come across the stage and deliver the flogging that Biden may secretly […]

Fire-Code Capacity: INCREDIBLE Crowd for Romney-Ryan Rally in Virginia

Mitt Romney speaks Thursday at campaign rally in Fisherville, Virginia (Associated Press photo by Charles Dharapak, via Ken Gardner.) Last night’s rally in Fisherville, Virginia, was so crowded, I couldn’t even get inside with media credentials, and really was lucky to get there at all. When I turned off the ramp from I-81 onto I-64, I was […]

I Have Previously Japed About The Mitt Romney/Bruce Campbell Connection. Unexpectedly, Travolta Is In Play.

by Smitty Before, I was all on about how the Romney could do with a little Rule 5: But who could anticipate this sort of development? via Daily Pundit

It’s Morning in Vanuatu Again

“How long, O Lord, how long? Where will it end? “All I ever wanted out of this campaign was enough money to get out of the country and live for a year or two in peaceful squalor in a house with a big screen porch looking down on an empty white beach, with a good […]

MITT ROMNEY WINS FIRST DEBATE

UPDATE 10:32 p.m. ET: Damn. Mitt won it straight-up. I’ve turned my TV to MSNBC to watch their reaction. Rachel Maddow: “I personally do not know who won this debate.” This means . . . yeah, Mitt won. He beat the hell out of Obama. Ed Schultz: “[Obama] created a problem for himself tonight on […]

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