The Other McCain

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

At Least One Florida Republican Party Official Who Is Not Batsh*t Crazy

“Sunshine State Sarah” reprints an e-mail from Republican National Committeeman Paul Senft: Republicans have always been law abiding people who obey the rules. If we don’t want to go by the rules — if we want to be arrogant and only abide by the rules we like or agree with — then we should consider […]

VA High Speed Fail

by Smitty The Washington Post points to a $44mil example of why the DC madness must stop: a high-speed rail connection between DC and Richmond? The VRE already has lines going west and south. So, if there is a business case to put in more rail service, then where is the VRE on this? We’re […]

Plot Was ‘Not Reflective of a Particular Culture, Community or Religion’

Curious statement from U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz: “I want the public to understand that Mr. Ferdaus’ conduct, as alleged in the complaint, is not reflective of a particular culture, community or religion. In addition to protecting our citizens from the threats and violence alleged today, we also have an obligation to protect members of every […]

Insert Obscene Epithets Here

G–d— bastards in Florida threaten to f–k up everything: Florida will likely hold Jan. primary, threatening presidential calendar Never mind how this dumbass stunt could affect the Republican primary outcome. If those bats–t crazy motherf–kers do this, I’ll be spending Christmas in Iowa. Not since the five-week recount in 2000 will political reporters have had […]

Border Wars in … Boston?

Peter Ingemi reports this scoop: BOSTON – On Monday, September 26th at noon in Room 222 of the State House, a bipartisan and bicameral coalition of legislations will announce the filing of a comprehensive illegal immigration bill directed at enhancing the safety of the Commonwealth’s communities and the protection of taxpayer dollars. And his reaction: […]

RUN, STEVE, RUN!

Longtime conservative New Media activist Steve Foley has formed an exploratory committee to run for Congress as a Republican in California’s newly redrawn 47th District. His policy focus is on three main areas: Economy and Jobs: Getting our fiscal house in order by supporting a Balanced Budget Amendment, Cutting Spending, Replacing our antiquated Tax Code, […]

Herman Cain on Obama: ‘I’m Listening to All This Bulls–t That He’s Talking About’

The winner of the Florida straw poll gets “worked up” in an interview with my young friend Chris Moody: After a few caffeine-heavy refills at our corner table, I asked him about President Obama’s new effort to raise taxes on the wealthy, and Cain just about blew a blood vessel–especially when I mentioned the part […]

From Marco Rubio to Herman Cain: How the Crist Factor Hurt Perry in Florida

Marco Rubio and Sarah Rumpf Sarah Rumpf helped facilitate Florida state Rep. Scott Plakon’s endorsement of Herman Cain, which in turn helped Cain score his crushing upset of Texas Gov. Rick Perry in Saturday’s Orlando “Presidency5” straw poll. Today, I spoke at length with “Sunshine State Sarah” to get the backstory of that endorsement, and […]

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