The Other McCain

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

Senator @TedCruz Demolishes Gang Of 8 Immigration Bill

by Smitty Nice Deb over at Breitbart posts a 23:10 shot to the dome for Rubio’s Folly: Spread this far and wide. And let the GOP be on notice that the immigration bill is not the place to fail. Hang on until after 15:00 for the exposure of the mechanics of the vote buying scheme. […]

Grow Up or Go Home

Hint to GOP operatives: If you don’t like your job, just quit, OK? Spare us the BuzzFeed “dramatic revelations.” buzzfeed.com/mckaycoppins/i… — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) June 3, 2013 Over the past couple of years, Ali Akbar has occasionally suggested doing a book called Operatives, about all the behind-the-scenes drama in politics, the existence of which […]

Neo-Pagans Taking Over GOP?

Liberals have spent decades warning that Christian conservatives were attempting to use the Republican Party as a vehicle to impose their theocratic beliefs on America, I guess that’s why nobody was looking when the Wiccans, Druids and Odinists took over: A New York City councilman who was arrested Tuesday in an alleged plot to rig […]

Correction of the Day

What they’re worried about at GOP-HQ: “To be clear, the RNC neither asked, offered, thought of or ever considered the idea of Lady Gaga performing at our convention. And clearly, we didn’t offer a million dollars. The story is actually referencing an event by American Action Network, an independent group that is no way affiliated […]

Missing Word in RNC Report: ‘Blog’

William Jacobson at Legal Insurrection spots the omission: Even when the report does mention “social media,” it’s in the context of getting out the vote or having the party apparatus find a better way to reach voters. I would not be surprised if the RNC spoke with some of the salaried conservative media class who […]

The Fight Begins Now: Mid-Term 2014

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland The big headlines out of CPAC this year, as usual, were focused on main-stage speeches by potential Republican presidential candidates for 2016, but that’s still three years away and conservatives cannot afford to look past next year’s mid-term election. So, to me, one of the most important events of this week’s conference was this: […]

GOP: Don’t Defend ObamaCare. Defund.

by Smitty Lo and behold, there is some chance of getting the Democrats to do their job: Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Budget Committee say they hope to keep the focus during this week’s expected marathon markup on setting a sound course for the country’s fiscal future. Though such issues have dominated the national […]

Sen. McCain Fears Crazy Birds Dumping Whitewash On TSA Security Theater

by Smitty Are Piers Morgan and John McCain the New Hotness? Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is calling for congressional hearings to see if a new rule allowing airline passengers to carry knives and bats on flights should be blocked. His intervention comes after the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) relaxed post 9-11 rules to allow blades […]

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