The Other McCain

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

Senate Rival Gary Glenn Calls on GOP’s Hoekstra to Disavow Hoffa Comments

Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) is up for re-election in 2012 and former Rep. Pete Hoekstra is the most prominent Republican to throw his hat in the ring to challenge Stabenow. But last month, veteran conservative activist Gary Glenn entered the GOP primary, and has not been afraid to hit Hoekstra’s record: Noting Hoekstra’s votes for […]

A. Second Only to the Bible

Q. Is Seize Freedom by Thaddeus McCotter the greatest book in all human history? I don’t want to say which one of our commenters has spent several days harassing encouraging me to say a good word for Rep. McCotter’s book. Nor is it my inclination to disclose the vast wealth boundless gratitude that I’ve been […]

Two Michigan Democrats Face Felony Charges in Fake ‘Tea Party’ Ballot Fraud

Not just a scam, but an inept scam: Two former leaders of the Oakland County Democratic Party are facing a total of nine felonies for allegedly forging election paperwork to get fake Tea Party candidates on November’s ballot. . . . Former Oakland County Democratic Chair Mike McGuinness and former Democratic Operations Director Jason Bauer […]

RNC: Saul Anuzis Under Fire

The rough stuff continues in the contest for the Republican National Committee chairmanship. A week ago, Wisconsin  GOP chair Reince Priebus got blasted for his law firm’s stimulus-pimping business. Now it appears that Michigan’s Saul Anuzis is in the oppo-research crosshairs.  An anonymous e-mail calls attention to tax liens against B & S Telecom (PDF documents […]

Sarah Palin Endorses McKinney (GA-12), McClung (AZ-7), Benishek (MI-1), More

There are nine candidates on Mama Grizzly’s latest list of endorsed candidates, but these three caught my eye: We can count on Ray McKinney to be a strong, independent voice for Georgia’s 12th Congressional District.  As Ray says, “If you like the way things are going now, vote for the other guy.” Ray’s opponent has skipped over […]

Glenn Wilson vs. the Mob

I know nothing about Glenn Wilson, an independent candidate in Michigan’s 1st Congressional District, but he was certainly smart to get Ladd Ehlinger Jr. to produce this memorable campaign video: Update (Smitty): Stacy, either my head ‘sploded, or Don Dino, up whose nose the viewer nearly crawls, is Evan Sayet, after whose Heritage talk two years […]

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