The Other McCain

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WISCONSIN RECALL ELECTION RESULTS HQ–UPDATE:
CNN Calls It For Walker

by Smitty Stacy’s location remains undisclosed, and he’s asked me to head up the results. Legal Insurrection has a swell Social Media plug-in. We did that once for, I seem to recall, the ObamaCare vote. Neat technology, but not much historical trace there. Memeorandum has the Democrat’s sucking chest wound on display: Robocalls lying Recall […]

Rule 5 In WI: Dana Loesch Interviews LtGov Rebecca Kleefisch

by Smitty Don’t let the fact that this is one knockout interviewing another knockout distract you from the importance of the message: as Wisconsin goes on Tuesday, so goes the rest of the country. I did donate some money to Gov. Walker, but Kleefisch’s message (in summary, “Don’t get cocky, kid”) is spot on. Things […]

Rick James Has What Wisconsin Democrats Need: Unity

by Smitty Insta-Althouse reports big trouble in Troglo-reich, as in what perhaps is a Dick Lugar shout-out, the Dems can’t seem to get their junk together and consolidate their opposition to the common-sense leadership of Scott Walker: Unity: Brother, sister, There’s got to be, Uuuuuuniiiiiity. Yeeeeeeahhh. Unity. Unity’s what missing in our Liiiiiiiiiives. Can’t you […]

Tom Barrett’s War on Wisconsin Women

Mayor Tom Barrett is a misogynistic patriarchal oppressor who thinks you look fat in those pants. Progressive women in Wisconsin are about to learn a lesson they should have learned four years ago when Hillary Clinton got thrown under the wheels of Obama’s bus: All that talk you hear from Democrats about “women’s rights” goes […]

I Am Not Consumed With Jealousy!

by Smitty I do not envy Paul Ryan’s perfect hair, excellent command of facts, sterling reputation, thick head of hair, political courage to dare suggest that Congress balance the budget before the sun burns out, or, for that matter, his rockin’ locks. No, I am not jealous of posts like this. I just wish the […]

How Wrong Was Michelle Goldberg About Wisconsin Planned Parenthood Bombing? UPDATE: ‘I Lit Up the Clinic,’ Suspect Told Police; Offers Guilty Plea at Hearing

“Typically, we see an upsurge in anti-abortion violence . . . when the anti-abortion movement kind of thinks it was on the verge of victory, and then finds itself somehow thwarted. . . . When there’s frustration among the anti-abortion forces, violence often results.” — Michelle Goldberg on MSNBC, April 2, 2012 What do we […]

Police Charge Career Criminal in Wisconsin Planned Parenthood Bombing

Jim Collar of the Appleton (Wisc.) Post-Crescent reports: Police and federal investigators suspect a Brillion man who has an extensive criminal record was responsible for planting the homemade explosive that ignited a Sunday fire at a Planned Parenthood clinic. The 50-year-old man was jailed early Tuesday morning for violating terms of his probation, though police […]

WISCONSIN, MARYLAND REPUBLICAN PRIMARY RESULTS HQ

UPDATE 10:50 p.m. ET: Chris Moody of Yahoo News writes about Santorum’s campaign in Wisconsin, which included visits to seven bowling alleys and more than a few beers: He has arguably been one of the hardest working candidates in the race, having labored his way up from the bottom of the polls when he held […]

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