The Other McCain

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

‘Gentleman’ Jim Moran: A Machine Tool Among Party Tools

by Smitty That’s not motor oil you smell, it’s Eau de Moran, the perfect cologne for the high-RPM party tool: Just so the rest of the country knows, I’ll be phone banking again tonight, as well as whatever is going on this weekend, to support Patrick Murray against this guy. Why? Because I love the […]

Can’t Score With The VFW? If You’re Jim Moran, There’s MOAA. Or Not.

by Smitty Do we need to call in Mr. Wolf, The Cleaner, from over at BlackFive? Hardly. We’re only talking about “Gentleman” Jim Moran here. As, according to Wikipedia, Moran was beavering away in school during Vietnam, we couldn’t expect him to shoot for a VFW endorsement. The Military Officers Association of America, MOAA, on […]

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Saturday Morning Rock Report From The Virginia Tea Party Convention

by Smitty Blog buddy Chris Cassone joined the Axis of Fedora: He also did a couple of his Tea Party favorites: He followed up with: Chris Cassone’s book/CD, “Take Our Country Back: One Song, and One Man’s Story About the Tea Party” is due out by Christmas from Dunham Books. The morning had been opened […]

Virginia Tea Party, Herman Cain Video

by Smitty As is the case with a legitimate grass-roots movement, you miss a lot of fantastic material. For example, this Herman Cain video about the Tea Parties: This was shown to the crowd here to great applause. Go, Herman!

I’m Pretty Sure Christine O’Donnell Never Sucked a Dildo on a Reindeer’s Nose

Smitty linked this morning to the latest scandal involving a Democratic dildo — there are lots of phony wienersuckers in Congress, including Barney Frank — but now Krystal Ball’s disgrace has become a blogospheric sensation. We quote an eminent political prognosticator: Krystal Ball For Congress Paid for by the Committee of Dudes With Horny Dick-Noses. Yeah, that’s […]

Krystal Ball, Democrat Running In VA-1, And Those Photos

by Smitty Bearing Drift You’re 23. You go to a party. You drink a little. Some not so flattering pictures are taken of you horsing around with your friends. Five years later you decide to run for Congress. Those pictures end up on the internet, on a regional blog written by supporters of your opponent, […]

VA-9: Obama Loves This Democrat!

Dumb Democrat Week continues as we highlight Rick Boucher, the Virginia Democrat who voted for cap-and-trade. Incumbent Problem #1: Boucher represents an Appalachian region of rural southwest Virginia where coal mining is a vital industry and thousands of local jobs would be lost if cap-and-trade becomes law. Incumbent Problem #2: When the House adjourned without voting to extend tax […]

Offshore Drilling: Another Reason Jim Moran Needs To Find New Work

by Smitty Via Shelly’s List, the comPost quotes my Congresstool: Rep. James P. Moran Jr. (D-Va.), who chairs the House Appropriations Committee’s interior and environment subcommittee, said that if Democrats retain control of the House in the midterm elections, he will press for a moratorium on drilling in the mid-Atlantic and off Alaska. “The gulf […]

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