Until we allow that not every candidate need be a polished career politician we’ll almost certainly get nothing but polished career politicians to choose from. And as that equation is the very way the status quo perpetuates itself, it’s fair to assume that those making such demands of our candidates by default also support the status quo. Out of habit or fear of change, is my guess. Which doesn’t make

For a “privacy violation.” The irony, it folds back in on itself and threatens to tear the fabric of time, with a return of disco sure to follow. From YouTube: Hi there, Thanks for your email. We have removed the material in question for a privacy violation, pursuant to our Community Guidelines. It may take some time for video search results and thumbnail images to disappear from the site. Typically,

The White House is able to pitch the media the idea that demanding the recusal of a SCOTUS Justice who, prior to her elevation to the Court, advocated for legislation she will be asked to rule on, is a right-wing political ploy — and the media doesn’t instantly break out into hysterical laughter. We are so over.

Because you won’t find any shit in his closet. And besides, it’ll be awesome watching Jen Rubin and the rest of the chattering, pragmatic, GOP Establishment Grandmasters of a Sane Status Quo forced to (at least pretend to) back a squeaky-clean, godbothering social con because they simply can’t find any dirt on him that they can credibly use to take his unsophisticated, hick ass down. Or else they can do

Posted this to Twitter last evening, but for those who haven’t already seen it, there’s this interesting time line from Doug Ross, who concludes with a summary and a follow-up question pertaining to what he found: Summary: In early 2010, Gary Grindler was intimately involved in all aspects of Operation Fast and Furious. During the height of the operation, Grindler visited the President on four separate occasions in only two

Robert Costa at NRO has the transcript of this morning’s Cain conference call. Stacy McCain, alas, was forced to borrow from it. Of note: Cain still denies sexual relations with that woman, Ms. White. So there’s that. And now here we are: a GOP primary race that is coming down to 1) a pro-Amnesty, pro-ethanol subsidy uber Beltway insider who, while clearly smart, is also too clever by half —

Hell, no, son / Aint gonna get the gun / Seen a lotta things / And they’ve only just begun / ‘Cause the minute they speak / Is the minute that I run / Ten clicks south to the border station* (h/t Pat Dollard)

…they just fight each other with canes. Or centerpieces. Or whatever else may be close by. Rumors abound that the only reason Zombie Ray Nitschke didn’t join in the melee is that he’s been busy training to “eat the shit” out of former Bears halfback Gayle Sayers “sometime real soon.”

Richmond Tea Party demands deposit refund, receives audit notice. For social justice. — Which, before you Hobbits start prattling on about imaginary left-wing conspiracies, let me remind you that when the very “progressive” Occupy LA protest group began, like their Richmond TEA Party analogues, making ludicrous demands of city government, the Democrat mayor (like the IRS) responded quite forcefully. By, you know, negotiating with them and granting Occupy LA free

Turns out protection involves a layered missile defense system. Which means we can forget about it. So long as a single child in the US is forced to watch standard DVDs or drink powdered fruit juice, the US military has no business gearing up for the unlikely event that sage, circumspect actors like North Korea or Iran, et al., might try something so silly as an EMP attack. Besides. We’re