The Other McCain

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

Lisa Murkowski’s Palin Problem

Joe Miller is the Republican primary challenger to Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who was rated No. 5 on the Human Events list of “Top 10 Senate RINOs” (and that was when Arlen Specter was still a Republican). The Aug. 24 Alaska primary is the subject of my latest American Spectator column:  Any disinterested political observer would be tempted […]

Alabama Tea Party Activist Suspects Corruption in $50 Million Contract

Martha Roby is the GOP establishment’s pick for the nomination in Alabama’s 2nd District congressional race against “Blue Dog” Democrat Rep. Bobby Bright. She fell short of a majority in the June 1 primary and got pushed into July 13 runoff by Tea Party-backed candidate Rick Barber. And it looks like Roby’s friends in Montgomery […]

John Boehner Unaware Of The Narrative That He Is A Mel Gibson Trainee

by Smitty Here is House Minority Leader John Boehner trying to sound firm and challenging with the President: If John read the Huffington Post, (scroll down for the full effect, including Tweets) he’d know that the new script calls for him to be a drunk-about-town. Whether or not, as my title implies, he’s being groomed […]

Boehner Punk-slaps POTUS

by Smitty “The American people want leadership from this White House, not childish partisanship.” Here is a link to his Stuck on Stimulus report. The good news? Dissent is no longer raaaaacist, even if dissent has not yet regained its ‘highest form of paaaaatriotism’ status.

It Isn’t So Much Lindsey Graham’s Sexuality As His Political Views That Disappoint

by Smitty Salon quotes an NYT interview where LG reports: “I ain’t gay”. Nice tangential datum, Senator, but what matters more is your objection to the taste of Tea in your mouth: On four occasions, Graham met with Tea Party groups. The first, in his Senate office, was “very, very contentious,” he recalled. During a […]

FL-24: Cronyism Has Consequences

Last week, Dan Riehl uncovered a worrisome situation in a Florida GOP primary. With multiple candidates seeking the Republican nomination to take on powerful Democratic incumbent Rep. Suzanne Kosmas in the 24th District, the National Republican Congressional Committee put its thumb on the scales. Dan alleged what would be an obvious conflict of interest: I’ve also been […]

‘Marco Rubio Gets It’ on Israel

That’s from Jennifer Rubin at Commentary, who calls the Florida Republican Senate candidate’s speech yesterday “frankly the best speech on Israel since George W. Bush went to the Knesset.” The text of the speech is online and includes some important points: We are in the midst of an all out, concerted global effort to delegitimize […]

NRA Endorses John McCain, Prompts Outrage Among Membership

 Barbara Espinosa is furious at the NRA sell-out: Yesterday we posted the endorsements U.S. Senate candidate J. D. Hayworth received from former NRA President Bob Corbin and from the Gun Owners of America. Yet the NRA, which has previously referred to John McCain as “one of the premier flag carriers for the enemies of the […]

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