The Other McCain

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

The Kind of Blog Post That You’re Thankful Someone Else Wrote

South Carolina conservative blogger Will Folks confesses to having once, er, dated the married Republican gubernatorial candidate he’s been promoting: Several years ago, prior to my marriage, I had an inappropriate physical relationship with Nikki. Dude. Republicans already treat bloggers like whores, metaphorically. Now they’ll actually be expecting us to put out. For the record, Nikki […]

VIDEO: A Mosque at Ground Zero?

Another great ad from Alabama, this one from 2nd District Republican candidate Rick Barber: Excerpts: “We weren’t attack by a nation. We weren’t attacked by ‘terror.’ We were attacked by Islamic jihadists. . . . Jihad threatens our freedom, our families and our way of life. . . . Islamic jihadist pose a clear and […]

VIDEO: Les Phillip Swore to Defend Against ‘Enemies, Foreign and Domestic’

Wonder who he has in mind on the domestic front? Here’s the Republican candidate for Congress in Alabama’s Fifth District: Marc Ambinder predicts that this will be the political ad everyone will be talking about this week. The transcript: This is the story of two young men. One fell in with left wing radicals. The […]

Celebrity News Update: Djou Wins Hawaii; Lindsay Lohan Hits the Bottle; PLUS: Beyonce! Obama! Felipe!

The biggest Hawaiian superstar since Don Ho: Republican Charles Djou emerged victorious tonight in the special election to fill Hawaii’s vacancy in Congress, giving Hawaii its first GOP member of Congress in 20 years. Djou won the special mail-in election with 39.7 percent of the vote in the final printout, released at 9 p.m. The […]

The Difference Between Theory And Practice Is Greater In Practice Than In Theory

by Smitty Da Tech Guy asserts that Rand Paul failed to consider his audience when launching into a theoretical discussion on MSNBC: The basic issue isn’t so much with the theory, which I discuss in detail here; the problem is theory can be an excuse to do nothing. As Sen Pat McNamara once said to […]

Recent Offerings For The Younger Set

by Smitty Via the entire right-o-sphere, Governor Brewer seems deeply concerned at the appalling lack of literacy amongst political appointees: This is all the more worrisome considering the copycat States considering similar legislation. From Caroline Glick we have a Hebrew language satire show that, I daresay is as formidable as Colbert, only with a delightful […]

Fear and Fedora in Las Vegas
When In Doubt, Put It All on Red

You may remember this video of Steve Foley and Eric Odom from my March expedition to Las Vegas: Foley and Odom were playing the slots at the Orleans Hotel & Casino on West Tropicana. The Orleans is way off the Strip, far from the overpriced glitter that attracts rich tourists, celebrities and other high rollers. If […]

Arkansas Cops Kill Two Cop-Killers

After two West Memphis cops were killed, the perps were gunned down: Two police officers were fatally shot and another two were wounded Thursday in two separate shootings allegedly by the same suspects in West Memphis, Arkansas, police said. The two suspects, who were using an assault weapon, were themselves fatally shot, said Inspector Bert […]

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