The Other McCain

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

Alabama AG Troy King Acts Tough On Crime. Corruption? Not So Much

Nice “America’s Most Wanted” imitation here by the suspiciously gambling-friendly attorney general Troy King: Unlike John Walsh, however, Troy King has been the target of a federal investigation, and this new TV ad raises a question: Where did those cop cars come from? If those are Alabama police cars . . . well, the state law is quite clear on such […]

Mitch McConnell Mildly Miffed, But In A Good Way

by Smitty The Senate Minority Leader was nearly moved to passion: “Whether it’s the Stimulus, the debt, health care, bailouts — you name it — the concerns Republicans raised are being validated. And Democrats have the nerve, in this debate, to say that we’re the ones who are being dishonest.” What would it take to […]

‘This Is Alabama. We Speak English.’

And the street signs are also in English. So why is the state giving drivers’ license exams in 12 different languages? Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim James asks the common-sense question: Rachel Maddow says the ad “strikes me as just plain mean,” and lefty-blogger Heather at Crooks & Liars says, “This guy is about as subtle […]

Dick Cheney Tidbits

by Smitty The Cheney endorsement of Marco Rubio is heartening. Maybe the former VP can take a few more of the progressive GOP old guard hunting, or something. Via Alan Colmes, we also have word of an appearance on Dennis Miller’s radio show, where Cheney recalled a famous encounter with Senator Leahy: A chance meeting […]

Kentucky Pro-Lifers Accuse Rand Paul of Faking His ‘100%’ Pro-Life Credentials

Press release from Kentucky Right to Life: In a recent fund raising letter from the Rand Paul U.S. Senate Campaign, Rand Paul claims that he “scored 100%” on the Kentucky Right to Life PAC pro-life survey. Rand Paul filled out, signed and faxed the KRLA PAC survey to the KRLA PAC office on February 11th […]

Republicans for Arlen Specter*

* – Offer expires 5/19/2010. Attention, members of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy: We’ve got an unanticipated problem developing in Pennsylvania, where the long-awaited Arlen Specter meltdown appears to be beginning prematurely. A recent poll by Rasmussen shows that Joe Sestak has now closed to within the margin of error in his Democratic primary race with […]

Why The Sudden Bi-Partisan Financial Regulation Interest?

by Smitty After the economic stun-ulus, auto takeover and the ObamaCare fiasco, the default position amongst conservatives is that the 111th Congress couldn’t lead two nuns in one minute of silent prayer. Now the Senate is setting about considering Wall Street regulation, to howls of derisive laughter, combined with angst at the economic sodomy to […]

Take a Chill Pill, Phil

My friend Philip Klein of the American Spectator goes into Eeyore mode over the prospect of a three-way Florida Senate election with “independent” Charlie Crist: Yet, while a Quinnipiac poll taken last week found that he trailed Marco Rubio by 23 points in the primary, it also found that in a general election, Crist leads […]

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