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October 28, 2010

“The Incumbent Protection Racket”

Steve Chapman, Reason: This year’s election will be exciting. Given the disenchantment of voters with President Obama and the Democratic Congress, there is every prospect that your Democratic representative will be shown the door. Given the generally anti-incumbent mood, there is every prospect that your Republican representative will be out on the street. In your dreams. When analysts say this is going to be a competitive election, they don’t mention

Hint Fiction

Sounds fascinating. But were it me, I would have called it, say, “micro-“ or “nano-“ fiction. Rebel that I am. (h/t LMC)

Mark Levin interviews Christine O’Donnell (Oct 27)

Listen to just how KOOKY she sounds. Almost like a witch. For my part, I try never to find myself on the side of Meghan McCain. But then, I lack that conservative “pragmatism” that constantly reminds us that the biggest problem with conservatism / classical liberalism, from an electoral standpoint, is that it insists on casting itself as, you know — conservative or classically liberal. And who wants that? After

Shock Poll

For those of you in to such things. Me, I’m more concerned about things like this: because honestly, who doesn’t think a needy narcissist wouldn’t pull out all stops to protect appearances and buy himself back claps and face time from that portion of the public who desperately wants to believe…?

From the “But we have to pass the [health care ] bill so that you can find out what is in it” files

Have an FSA or HSA? Because if so, ain’t “what is in it”, for instance, Nyquil or Advil for you. In fact, notes the Washington Examiner: With each new revelation, it looks less like a fix for the health care system and more like a recipe for increased state control of Americans’ financial and health choices. Which of course for progressives and nannystate types is a feature, not a bug.