The Other McCain

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

VIDEO: Romney Ad Highlights Debate

It’s called “Highest Responsibility“: Joe Scarborough and Bill Kristol agree that the debate Monday night did nothing to alter the trajectory of the race, even while Jonathan Chait disgraces himself with a public tantrum over the decisive trend toward Romney that his ideogical blinders prevent him from seeing.

VIDEO: New Romney Campaign Ad Practically Calls Obama ‘SCOAMF’

Via Sister Toldjah, the Best Romney Ad Yet: Democrats: So Stupid They Can’t Spell Their Own Slogan!

@CrowleyCNN Targeted by Fat Jokes, Legitimate Criticism, But Mainly …

. . . yeah, it’s the legitimate criticism: If Tuesday night’s presidential debate proved nothing else, it demonstrated one thing: CNN’s Candy Crowley is definitely not an “uncommitted voter.” The moderator’s handling of the town-hall debate at Hofstra University was heavy-handed and one-sided throughout, not merely giving more time to President Obama, but repeatedly cutting […]

Is It Ironic That Elizabeth Warren, Slated To Head The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Has A Potential Credit Card Fraud Problem?

by Smitty Breitbart notes the Boston Globe’s report of a $36 million dollar for Pseudajawea–good on her–and then this worrisome bit: Yet more than 40% of these funds–an estimated $16 million–have come online via two websites that do not have industry-standard protections and are vulnerable to fraud and illegal foreign national donations. Today’s report, which […]

@SCrowder Channels His Inner Bowie

by Smitty Delightfully funny: Join me in pressuring Steven Crowder, as Ozzy-bama and Chris Loesch as Randy Rhodes, into doing a campaign-meltdown version of “Crazy Train” in time for the election. Poodle-heads forever!

@Nigel_Farage “This Battle Of Bureaucracy Verses Democracy”

by Smitty “I never stab anybody in the back. I always stab in the front.” Keep your pimp hand strong, Nigel! via American Power

Resting Place For Mainstream Media

by Smitty Slashdot links the MOMA announcing an exhibit: ‘Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop‘ …the first major exhibition devoted to the history of manipulated photography before the digital age. Featuring some 200 visually captivating photographs created between the 1840s and 1990s in the service of art, politics, news, entertainment, and commerce, the exhibition offers […]

The Obama-Clinton “Prisoner’s Dilemma”

by Smitty While they have a senior-subordinate relationship, at that altitude, Obama and Clinton are more like peers, especially in the broader scope of the Democrat Party, where Barack is hoping Bill will loan enough luster to Obama to somehow win re-election. Thus, Benghazi-quiddick (we should limit the -gate suffix on scandals lacking a death […]

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