The Other McCain

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Is Romney Melting Down?

Posted on | October 26, 2011 | 29 Comments

Donald Douglas at American Power: “[O]ne of the hottest conservative causes of the year, and Romney waffles?”

And according to Zogby, in a head-to-head matchup, Herman Cain beats Romney more than 2-to-1 — 63% to 29%

Try putting that on your whiteboard, Karl Rove!

UPDATE: Romney backtracks, says he fully supports Ohio governor ‘110 percent’

Category: Election 2012, Mitt Romney

Romney Secures McCain Endorsement

Posted on | October 26, 2011 | 21 Comments

by Smitty

That’s right, Stacy’s cousin Meghan endorsed Bruce CampbellMitt Romney, as reported by the Lonely Conservative. Maggy also, apparently, chilled out in Zuccotti Park with the #OWS crowd. Ah, the Progressive pride parade.

Just don’t call her Green, m’kay? She’ll think that means you’re calling her an airhead, or something.

Update: linked by Nice Deb.

Update II: via Protein Wisdom, Maggie on Don Imus, comparing talking to him to getting lectured at by her father is just a trifle weird. Some of her commentary is actually interesting, but not enough to coax me into reading her regularly. The whole short life thing.

Category: Meghan McCain, Mitt Romney, Troglopundit

More #OWS Fun: Man Charged With Getting 11-Year-Old Boy Drunk in Tent

Posted on | October 26, 2011 | 17 Comments

What a wholesome bunch:

A 27-year-old Missoula man at the Occupy Missoula encampment on the Missoula County Courthouse lawn is accused of getting an 11-year-old boy drunk. . . .
Authorities found the boy unconscious in Skinner’s tent.

First the 14-year-old girl assaulted in Dallas, and now this. Joe Biden warned us this would happen if Congress didn’t pass the jobs bill.

Category: #Occupy

Cain Debuts Radio Ad, Picks Florida Team

Posted on | October 26, 2011 | 16 Comments

Sunshine State Sarah picked up this news from the St. Petersburg Times:

Look for an announcement soon about some top-tier political talent joining Herman Cain’s Florida campaign team.
Statewide chairs: Former St. Petersburg Mayor (and Mitt Romney supporter) Rick Baker; former State Sen. (and expected Rick Perry supporter) Carey Baker; former Jeb Bush chief Kathleen Shanahan; state Rep. Scott Plakon, R-Longwood.
Tampa-based media consultant Adam Goodman is a senior strategist and media adviser and Arlene DiBenigno, a veteran of Jeb Bush, Charlie Crist, and Rick Scott campaigns, is another senior strategist.
Deborah Cox-Roush, former state GOP vice chairwoman and current Hillsborough County Republican chairwoman, is director of county chairs.

Sarah also has this audio of Cain’s new radio ad:

999MeansJobs.com

Category: Florida, Herman Cain

LIVE AT FIVE – 10.26.11

Posted on | October 26, 2011 | 3 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Obama Hopes To Reap Votes With Student Loan Repayment Tweaks

Obama speaks at a campaign rally in Denver yesterday

Administrative moves will reduce interest, minimum payments

Obama: Libya A “Recipe For Success”
So says the President as he schmoozes with Leno.




Neighbors, Police Getting Tired Of Filthy #OWS Hippies
Cities moving to shut down encampments on public health grounds



POLITICS
Last Of The City-Buster Bombs Dismantled

A B-53 atomic bomb at the Pantex plant in Amarillo

Last B-53 dismantled yesterday, had yield of 9 megatons

Lagging In Polls, Perry Pitches (Optional) 20% Tax

NYPD Officers Busted For Gun Smuggling


Atlanta Police Disperse #OWS Camp, Arrest Resisters

House to Repeal Suspended Contractor Withholding Law

California Leads The Nation In Jacking Up College Costs

First Lady Urges Mayors To Adopt Chicago’s “Food Desert” Fight



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Asian Shares Mixed On Concern Over EU summit
Gupta To Face Insider Trading Charges
European Stocks Stagnant Before Debt-Crisis Summit
Netflix Stock Plunges After Losing 800K Subscribers
Just In Time For The Holidays, A Bad Economic Mood
Oil Edges Higher On EU Concerns; US Stocks Still High
Nokia Preparing Custom Phones For US Market
Siri Attracts Competition And Its First Peripheral
Google Reveals YouTube Terror Crackdown
Android Overtakes iOS In App Downloads



SPORTS
Cherington Takes Charge In Boston

New Hampshire native lands job of his dreams

Epstein Embraces Cubs Challenge

MLB Accuses Frank McCourt Of Looting $189 Million From Dodgers

More Lost NBA Games Appear Inevitable

What If Terrell Owens Had A Workout And Nobody Showed Up?

NHL’s Blue Jackets Finally Notch First Win Of The Season

With Nation’s Debt Problems Solved, Waxman Calls For Hearings On NFL, HGH



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Tony Romo And Candice Crawford Are Expecting!

Candice Crawford & Tony Romo

Romo breaks the news during a high school anti-drug rally

Chaz Bono: DWTS Judges’ Animal Comments Are Disrespectful
Well, he won’t have to sweat those any more

Kaley Cuoco Engaged To Josh Resnik

Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler Hurt After Slip In Paraguayan Shower

The 15 Top-Earning Dead Celebrities

AMC Renews “The Walking Dead” For Season 3

LeAnn Rimes Loves Her Body

For Amber Heard, “Rum Diary” And Johnny Depp Were Intoxicating

Book Publishers To Casey Anthony: Hell No!



FOREIGNERS
Libya’s NTC Wants NATO To Stay
Turkey Declines Israeli Quake Aid Offer
Tunisia’s Islamist Victors Promise Unity Government
Bangkok Flood Defenses Fail
Three Aid Workers Kidnapped In Somalia
Hurricane Rina Nears Mexican Beach Resorts
Funeral Held For Crown Prince Sultan
Rights Rules At Heart Of EU Opt-Out Push



BLOGS & STUFF
NRO Corner: Perry, Paul Support Issues 2 & 3 In Ohio
Dave Weigel: In Ohio, Romney Punts On Health Care, Union Rights
JammieWearingFool: Scenes From Zuccotti Park – “We’re Gonna Kill You!”
Vodkapundit: Shop Talk – The OWS Edition
Gateway Pundit: Loony Elizabeth Warren Takes Credit For #OWS
Riehl World View: Is Rubin Perry’s Worst Nightmare?
Allahpundit: Paul Ryan To Hammer Obama On Class Warfare
Jonah Goldberg: No, Really
Verum Serum: Occupy Oakland Is No More (Videos)
Weasel Zippers: Debbie Wasserman-Schultz Blasts Flat Tax As “Definition Of Insanity”
PJ Tatler: State Department Buys Up Piles Of Obama Bios
Neo-Neocon: Obama – Not A Good Politician?


SOTD: Autumn Tactics

Category: Live at Five

BREAKING: #OWS PROTESTERS IN OAKLAND CLASH WITH POLICE

Posted on | October 26, 2011 | 10 Comments

Zombie at PJM has video, photos and expects further updates:

Chaos reigns on the streets of Oakland tonight as rioting has broken out when Occupy protesters tried to reclaim their camp from the police. . . .
After the Occupy Oakland encampment was torn down early Tuesday morning by police, the ousted protesters reconvened outside the Oakland Library on Tuesday afternoon and voted to attempt a re-occupation of the same plaza from which they had just been evicted. . . .
After an hours-long standoff at 14th and Broadway, interrupted by several confrontations and arrests, everything started to turn violent some time after 9:30pm.

The Oakland Tribune reports:

Occupy Oakland demonstrators clashed all over downtown Tuesday night with police who lobbed tear gas at least three times in futile attempts to fully disperse the more than 1,000 people who took to the streets after the early-morning raid of the movement’s encampment.
The rolling protest came about 12 hours after hundreds of police from throughout the Bay Area rousted about 300 people from the two-week old camp at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza. Tensions escalated after protesters vowed to return to the plaza.
“We had to deploy gas to stop people from throwing rocks and bottles at police,” said Interim Police Chief Howard Jordan, adding that he was unsure about what other crowd-control methods were used by outside police agencies.
There were unconfirmed reports that flash-bang grenades and wooden dowels were launched at protesters.

Stay tuned at PJM for further updates from Zombie.

UPDATE: The NY Times reports on the Oakland riot, including reports that some protesters sang “We Shall Overcome” — as if these mangy white hipsters are victims of injustice and the Oakland P.D. is commanded by Bull Connor.

Category: #Occupy, Progressivism

Because Young People Aren’t Reminded Often Enough How Ignorant They Are

Posted on | October 25, 2011 | 17 Comments

In answer to a question about Occupation Wall Street: “Why does Generation Y blame capitalism — and not Obama — for its misfortunes?”

The teaching of “self-esteem” in schools has bred insolence in youth, so that it never occurs to young people to think: “Hey, maybe I’m wrong.”

Sixty-six percent of those under 30 voted for Obama. When his policies fail, they are incapable of thinking that perhaps their choice was unwise. Instead, it must be some sort of trick, for which scapegoats are to blame.

Category: Education

At Least He Didn’t Break a Hip

Posted on | October 25, 2011 | 17 Comments

“Steven Tyler smashed his face during a “nasty fall” in a hotel shower … knocking out several teeth … this according to multiple reports out of Paraguay.”

That’s got to be embarrassing. Like being left off the BlogCon agenda.

I need something to cheer me up. Like Lindsay Lohan nude.

Category: Celebrities
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