The Other McCain

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

NBC4: Subtle Anti-Murray, Pro-Moran Slant

by Smitty This News-4 story from 25 October looks fairly balanced: For reference, here is the contentious clip: Now, let’s fisk NBC-4: Time Comment 0:08 “…claims Moran said…” No, actually, Moran did say that about military service: “What [Republicans] do is that they find candidates – usually stealth candidates – that haven’t been in office, […]

Murray Campaign HQ Is Rocking Tonight

by Smitty The effort to liberate VA-8 from “Gentleman” Jim Moran’s reign of error continues apace. The candidate is fresh off of a news conference to answer the mail on the 06 October offensive remarks Moran made. Murray momentum grows. The bus is stocked and fueled. It will be cruising the district, spreading the word […]

Jim Moran Knees All Service Members In The Groin. A Hidden Message, Though?

by Smitty RetireJimMoran.com notes the obvious cheap shot at the military in this two-week old clip: What [Republicans] do is that they find candidates – usually stealth candidates – that haven’t been in office, haven’t served or performed any kind of public service. My opponent is typical. The obvious slam here is the attack on […]

Jim Moran Is A Global Warming Tool. An ObamaCare Tool. Achieve A Tool-fecta On GZM? Why, Yes; Yes, He Can.

by Smitty St. Albert of Gore himself praised Jim for Moran’s ‘leadership’ on wrecking the economy in the name of Green interests. And I heard Moran bloviate in person about Nancy Pelosi’s colostomy bag of tricks, or, ObamaCare, as it is commonly despised. Is there any doubt but that Jim Moran wouldn’t bend over backwards […]

’13 Days and a Wake-Up’

Charles Lollar held a press conference this afternoon in which he closed by saying that we’ve got “13 days and a wake-up” until Nov. 2. Indeed, the time to Election Day is now perilously short, dear friends. On his way back to Massachusetts, Pete Da Tech Guy stopped in to visit the Fairfax, Va., headquarters […]

Can George Allen Stage A Comeback?

by Smitty The Virginia Conservative highlights a FaceBook group “Republicans Against a George Allen comeback” and floats the question about whether he can be rehabilitated. A couple of points about ol’ George He got royally screwed in 2006 by the single most extreme case of yellow journalism I have ever seen. Three syllables. Six letters. […]

An Email To My Congresstool, Jim Moran

by Smitty Less the HTML, he’ll have this in his inbox for tomorrow. Are you supporting a financially disadvantaged race? Feel free to adapt this idea: Dear Congressman Moran, It’s a matter of public record that you’re a spread the wealth kind of guy: It’s also a matter of FEC record that you’re in great […]

‘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 […]

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