The Other McCain

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

Don’t Pay the Ransom, I Escaped

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Please excuse my unusually long silence since yesterday’s post about the state attorney general. From Birmingham, we left en route to Montgomery for the winter meeting of the Alabama Republican Party, arriving about 6:30 p.m. Central time. Six hours of heavy-duty reporting/schmoozing ensued, and then we departed for an unknown location near […]

Troy King and the Scandal That Dare Not Speak Its Name: Way Down (Low) in Dixie

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Everybody who follows Alabama politics knows about the gossip and everybody has a sarcastic joke about the state attorney general, so it’s not exactly news, which may partly explain why the state’s establishment media won’t touch it with a 10-foot pole. Do a Google search and it’s hard to miss the online […]

On the Radio This Morning

AT 8:30 a.m. (Central Time), I’ll be on the Matt Murphy show on Birmingham’s WAPI 1070 AM. You can listen live online. =>MP3 here.

‘In Birmingham, They Love . . .’

. . . the next governor? Just returned from dinner with Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim James. Among the guests joining us at McCormick & Schmick’s was Judy Merritt, president of Jefferson State Community College. Dr. Merritt became Alabama’s first female president of a state college in 1979 when she was appointed by former Gov. Fob James, […]

LIVE from Birmingham, Alabama

Yes, that’s right, folks. Despite the law-enforcement dragnet across Virginia and Tennessee — “Be on the lookout for a black 2004 KIA Optima . . .” — I have arrived at an undisclosed location  in Birmingham. Political intrigue and shenanigans are afoot down here in God’s country, and I’ll be updating regularly. While en route — 785 miles […]

Alabama: ‘Things Going On’

I’m planning to leave late tonight or early Thursday for a shoe-leather reporting trip to Alabama. That rattling sound you hear is either the transmission of the 2004 KIA Optima or me shaking the tip-jar like Carmen Miranda’s maracas in a Cuban samba frenzy. This trip continues the Grassroots-vs.-Establishment theme I’ve been covering for the past few months. There […]

‘Down in Alabama, You Can Run,
But You Sure Can’t Hide’

As mentioned yesterday, I’m now soliciting contributions to the Shoe Leather Fund to help fund an expedition to Alabama later this week. Despite promising Mrs. Other McCain I wouldn’t make any more road trips before CPAC, there’s some Tea Party action happening down there in the Republican primaries, and I need to check it out. Early this morning […]

Shock and Awe Day for the GOP

The title is lifted from a Ron Paul Forum post about today’s stunning Sarah Palin endorsement of Rand Paul in the Kentucky GOP Senate primary. Given that many of Palin’s supporters were supporting either Bill Johnson or Trey Grayson, I’m sure they’re scratching their heads. Personally, I was surprised she’d get involved in such a […]

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