The Other McCain

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Minnesota Republican Resigns Post Over Allegation of ‘Inappropriate’ Relationship

This news was a shock to me, involving allegations — and we must stress that these are only allegations at this point — against a female politician whom I have actually met: Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch resigned from her leadership post the day after fellow Republicans confronted her about allegations that she had […]

‘Embattled.’ IYKWIMAITYD.

Shortly after reporters begin to call a politician “embattled,” it’s usually not long before he announces he needs to “spend more time with his family.” See if you can figure out why this particular politician became “embattled” recently: Receipts from embattled Southaven Mayor Greg Davis reveal . . . Uh-oh. “Reveal” – if you’re a politician, […]

Today’s News of the Weird

From Alabama, with love: A conservative Christian politician has a secret life as a sperm donor for lesbian couples – even though he has campaigned against gay marriage. American politician Bill Johnson has spent most of this year in Christchurch [New Zealand] helping run the earthquake recovery, all the while using the online persona “chchbill” […]

And Her Name Is ‘Quackenbush’

You need a laugh? I need a laugh. And we are therefore grateful to an erstwhile “rising star” in New York Democratic Party politics: Albany County District Attorney David Soares today acknowledged a longstanding intimate relationship with a junior female staffer whose siblings have been prosecuted on multiple occasions by his office. Soares, 42, said he […]

‘Gentleman’ Jim Moran, Civil Servant

by Smitty That is, for ‘Civil’ means ‘Selfish’, along with ‘Overlord’ values of ‘Servant’. Remember when your retirement investments did a face plant during the 2008 election season? Here is a brief tidbit from Throw Them All Out by Peter Schweizer. Chapter 2. Crisis For All, Opportunity For Some (emphasis original) On Tuesday, September 16, 2008, […]

‘Gentleman’ Jim Moran Appreciates Him Some Real Nice Assets

by Smitty Via email from Patrick Murray, Peter Schweizer drops the dime on ‘Gentleman’ Jim, the large-looming lickspittle at 3:10                                      90. Trades. In. A. Day? This helps explain the following, seemingly innocuous remark by ‘Gentleman’ Jim from just last month: You can’t acquire financial security through earned income today; the only way you do […]

The ‘Go-Away’ Money Game

Washington, D.C., has a very rigorous “employment rights” regime, as opposed to, say, Floyd County, Georgia, where I had been working before I joined the staff of The Washington Times in 1997. And the sense of entitled grievance-mongering fostered by “employment rights” was profoundly harmful to the workplace environment. Specific examples? Yeah, sure, I could […]

HERMAN CAIN PRESS CONFERENCE UPDATE: Video, Headlines, Reaction

UPDATE 6:05 p.m. ET: The Lonely Conservative has video: UPDATE 6:51 p.m.: A quick sample of major media headlines: Herman Cain: I’d take lie detector test to rebut Sharon Bialek claims — CBS News Cain on dropping out of presidential race: ‘Ain’t going to happen’ — Daily Caller Cain denies harassment claims — USA Today […]

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