The Other McCain

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

New #WeinerGate Allegations?
UPDATE: Weiner’s Photo: ‘It’s Me’

UPDATE 8:35 a.m. ET: Andrew Breitbart has released the first photo, reportedly sent to a young woman via Anthony Weiner’s AOL account, “after she asked him to confirm that he was taking photographs contemporaneously, in conjunction with their apparent online communications.” UPDATE: Boston talk radio host Michael Graham: This helps explain why Weiner hasn’t just […]

Herman Cain Hits the Big Time

Kate Zernike features Cain in the New York Times: MANCHESTER, N.H. — Michele Bachmann was campaigning just north of here, the Sarah Palin tour was rumored to be arriving soon, and Mitt Romney was on his way to announce his entry into the presidential race. Yet here was another voter swooning for Herman Cain. “I […]

‘Is He the New Tiger Woods?’

The title quote is from Andrea Lafferty of the Traditional Values Coalition in a story by Matthew Boyle of the Daily Caller: Conservative columnist Michelle Malkin told The Daily Caller Weiner’s “long history” of “skirt-chasing” raises more questions about the New York Democrat’s Capitol Hill sexual secrets and expects more women with similar stories to come forward. […]

‘You Can’t Lawyer the Media’

So said Andrea Tantaros during a panel discussion of WeinerGate today on “Fox News Watch”: Colby Hall of Mediaite.com was interviewed on MSNBC today about the continuing scandal: “When it broke, all there was left we could do was to speculate reasonably, until his statement that he could not say with certitude whether or not […]

GUILTY! GUILTY! GUILTY!

Luke Broadwater of the Baltimore Sun really wanted to believe Anthony Weiner was innocent . . . But then I heard Weiner start to explain himself and everything changed. The more he talked, the more it became obvious that not only is the photo of him, but he sent it. . . . “I think […]

Because I Know What’s News

“Has there ever been more manufactured and phony hype about a certifiable non-issue than so-called WeinerGate?” — John Guardiano, “Weinergate: What’s the Big Deal?” Frum Forum Few things annoy me more than having my news judgment questioned. Disagree on policy or doubt me on politics — we might argue, but such arguments do not call […]

Wow! Strange Plot Twists in #WeinerGate’s Third Act

A sentence you won’t see me write very often: Tommy Christopher has done some excellent reporting. Tommy’s story about @PatriotUSA and a 16-year-old girl who (falsely) claimed her friend was involved in Twitter “sexting” with Rep. Anthony Weiner is an absolute must-read. (BTW, Mediaite has posted Tommy’s story as five different pages, without a “single page view” or […]

Finally, Weiner Calls the Police!

No, he didn’t ask the cops to start an investigation of the insidious hackers who stole his crotch-photo and Tweeted it to a 21-year-old. But when a reporter for WCBS-TV in New York started asking questions . . . Weiner’s Office Calls The Police After CBS 2’s Marcia Kramer Asks For An Interview As you […]

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