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"Far from being a courageous Maverick reformer, McCain has been a self-aggrandizing, expedient hack." P.J. O’Rourke thinks McCain was just the tip of the iceberg. Read more

Camille Paglia once again demonstrates that she doesn’t live in either party’s echo chamber.  First she gives McCain what he deserves But John McCain (like Bob Dole) was a major Republican misfire — a candidate of personal honor and heroic sacrifice who was woefully inadequate for the times. McCain’s lurching grandstanding during the Wall Street… Read more

"…in this country, a black man still can’t catch a break. Tip from James Hudnall. Update (5 November).  Yup, it’s all theirs.  If they break it, they own it. Read more

John McCain spends so much time and effort being bipartisan, he forgets to play to his strengths.  Bill Whittle has the obvious example. Read more

When Iowahawk explains it like this, I understand why Sarah Palin and I are the Wrong Kind Of White People. Read more

Looks like all our San Antonio congresssmen are being elected with out of town money.  Ciro, 91.2%, Charlie, 86.8%, and even Lamar, 62.6%.Tip from the OpenCongress Blog. Update (28 October).  Another useful tool is Follow the Money, which details how much our candidates are getting in contributions. Tip from the OpenCongress Blog, of course. Read more

I say Sarah Palin/Barbara West in 2012:     Tip from the Instapundit. Update (26 October).  Saturday Night Live piles on, and whacks John Murtha upside the head for good measure.  About time. Tip from The Corner. Read more

If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – forever. –George Orwell Apparently the assailant hasn’t had his "B" hobnails installed yet.  Perhaps he can get a grant next year. Update (24 October).  It turns out the victim was so taken with this image, she mutilated herself. … Read more

Obama supporters and detractors get equal time outside a polling place in New Braunfels, Texas. Photo from my fellow grad student, Joleen Beltrami. Read more

So Joe Biden gets frank with us and admits that the impending Obama presidency will be an invitation for our enemies to take a swipe at us.  And Kim Il Jong’s dancing partner, Madeline Albright, agrees.  Here’s what the inarticulate and inexperienced gal from Alaska had to say about all that, after ticking off four… Read more