The Other McCain

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

In The Mailbox: 07.26.19

— compiled by Wombat-socho Deadline to submit links for the FMJRA is noon tomorrow; for Rule 5 Sunday, midnight. If you can throw a few bucks in the tip jar this weekend, it would be greatly appreciated. Donation button is at the bottom of the post. OVER THE TRANSOM Bacon Time: Chuck The Wonder Dog […]

Tucker Fishes In Barrels With Nukes

by Smitty I guess the lack of Twitter is a boon to blogging: “It’s possible that [Chelsea Clinton’s] entire public persona is a kind of performance art. A subversive, Borat-style parody of mindless lifestyle liberalism. If that’s the case, Chelsea Clinton is utterly brilliant.” Tucker is spot-on. I can also plug USNA, though. If you’re […]

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot the Tea Party?

by Smitty Conspicuously absent in Daniel McCarthy’s analysis is any Tea Party mention: Trump also realized, as Perot should have recognized a quarter-century earlier, that third-party politics was a waste of time, when the same resources could be used to take over the GOP from within. Republican voters, if not Republican elites, still wanted the […]

Why Hilllary’s 2016 Overconfidence Bothered Me

by Smitty I grasp that political leaders tend to be mediocre people who do the networking thing well. It’s hard to build those ‘people skills’ while also honing, say, guitar chops. However, the media is going to tell you that an otherwise pedestrian figure whom they fancy is somehow brilliant. Yet whatever brilliance they display, […]

Ask And Ye Shall Receive

by Smitty @Carpedonktum Here is something that I would do if I had time/skill: Snip Trump speeches down to single words, and then have Trump do a version of "Peace Sells" by Megadeth. — Medieval Knievel Gets Over Macho Grande FTW (@smitty_one_each) May 31, 2018 And here it is: The original:

Democrats May Be Better Off Leaving Their Faith Unstated

by Smitty “We Americans have always been a religious people, a member of my staff tells me.”–Kristen Wiig as Nancy Pelosi, 11Nov2006 (at 1:57) Chris Coons has a fascinating piece up at The Atlantic: First, it hides away the deep, passionate, and formative faith backgrounds of so many Democrats who are seeking or serving in […]

Has The Mythical T-Bone Been Found?

by Smitty At first the Easter Bunny was just a garden-variety capeless hero: Junk ain't funny,Getting beat by a bunny,When out for a night on the town.The only thing worse,Than the viral vid curse,Is when the thrashing is done by a clown. https://t.co/1eN1MQVEcX — No Getting Over Macho Grande Or BREXIT For Theresa (@smitty_one_each) April […]

“Conservatives and Fundamentalists are Noticing Progressive Christians.”

by Smitty Today in folly: Buttigieg is a symbol for a rising Christian left The mail on this was answered early: Mat 7:21-23 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say […]

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