NEWS
THE 60s BEGIN TO FADE AS LIBERAL PROFESSORS RETIRE
NO CONCEALED WEAPONS AT DISNEY WORLD, DESPITE STATE LAW
4 DECAPITATED BODIES FOUND ON MEXICAN CITY STREET
DEMOCRATS RUN RADIO ADS AGAINST MCHENRY
POLL: MCHENRY LEADS, JOHNSON GAINING
TEEN DECAPITATED BY SIX FLAGS ROLLER COASTER
QUEEN ELIZABETH CASH-STRAPPED; PLANNED TELE-FUNDRAISER
BEER BATTLE HITS WASHINGTON DC
FOX NEWS BACK ON TOP AFTER RATINGS SLUMP
POLL: MCHENRY LEADS JOHNSON 49 TO 38
ABOUT
about TRUTH
1. Nick Miccarelli
2. Karl Rove
3. Justin Zatkoff
4. Hugh Derek Hall
5. Mason Harrison
6. Buzz Jacobs
SEARCH E-MAIL AIM ALERTS MAPS
click to search
email TRUTH
crnctruthcaucus
get text alerts
cancel alerts
maps
TO WIT – HUNTED MEN
As the planet Mercury shrinks, as Republicans and Democrats battle for the White House, as President Bush announces he’ll attend the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games—in China…
As today is the day of our Independence. When 13 rag-tag colonies rose-up and declared their separation from the British throne’s shadow.
It’s easy to forget that our founding fathers were hunted men. King George III, ever the statesman, ordered all of them to be hanged.
They were not the wigged, uniformed men of a Gilbert Stuart painting without a care in the world.
The prophetic John Adams wrote shortly before the signing of the Declaration of Independence:
“The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epocha in the history of America. I am apt to believe it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forevermore.”
(Ah, the founding fathers wanted to own guns. And shoot them.)
Happy Fourth of July.
If you haven’t seen “John Adams,” the HBO Miniseries. Please do.
Need to know: Another To Wit, a real To Wit, will appear soon. It’s about campaign consultants and campaign shake-ups.)
HE COULD NOT TELL A LIE…
Only the TRUTH. George Washington’s boyhood home has been discovered.
No sign of the cherry tree.
NOTES AND ERRATA
To Wit coming soon — and it’s about campaign shake ups and consultants.
TELL ME SOMETHING I DON’T KNOW…
The New York Times Magazine profiles Rush Limbaugh, where he trashes Bill O’Reilly:
Bill O’Reilly’s name came up, and Limbaugh expressed his opinion of the Fox cable king. He hadn’t been sure at the time that he wanted it on the record. But on second thought, “somebody’s got to say it,” he told me. “The man is Ted Baxter.”
MCCAIN STAFF SHAKE-UP
NEW REPUBLIC: STEVE SCHMIDT WILL GET DEMOTED BY SEPTEMBER
TELL ME SOMETHING I DON’T KNOW…
Not really sure if this is a profile of Nick Miccarelli, a news story, or a letter to the editor.
Perhaps it’s more of a timeline.
GOD BLESS THE USA
The one piece of good news this holiday week.
TO WIT – THE AMERICAN CRISIS
As the presidential campaign gets personal, as gas prices become about as affordable as an adjustable rate mortgage, as Barack Obama defends his patriotism (just days before July 4)…
As Guy Ritchie gets out of Kabbalah (and possibly his marriage)…
The rumor going around town is that Google used its powerful online network to silence Barack Obama critics. (Does this qualify as not being evil?)
Politico reports: “Several anti-Obama, or pro-Clinton, blogs that run on Blogger — Google’s free blogging platform — have been disabled after somebody complained — falsely — that they’re spam.”
Google says it was trickery. And it won’t happen anymore.
Others wonder if it was something much more sinister. Something, perhaps political.
Does this say anything about the online conglomerate’s zeal for free speech?
Well, they caved in on that a long time ago. Allegedly.
Perhaps that’s going too far. Giving in to the communist chinese for financial gain isn’t exactly trying to behead Thomas Paine for pamphleteering “The American Crisis.”
That seems uniquely capitalistic.
But there are other things for your concern.
Things like Arnold Schwarzenegger’s performance on Meet the Press.
Like the media frenzy stirred by Barack Obama and Bill Clinton talking for an entire 20 minutes. (Reportedly without any expletives.)
Like Mason Harrison moving to Oregon.
Things like negative campaigning. Barack Obama declared Monday that exploiting patriotism “too often poisons our political debates.”
Dare anyone question Mr. Obama’s patriotism?
We’ll see if Google can help.
NOTES AND ERRATA
To Wit appears Tonight.
MASON HARRISON TO RUN MCCAIN OREGON CAMPAIGN
Mason Harrison, an all-time TRUTH CAUCUS favorite, will run the John McCain statewide effort in Oregon.
Harrison, a former California CR state chairman by way of UC Davis (Go Aggies!), is based out of Portland. He was previously a consultant with Meridian Pacific.
TELL ME SOMETHING I DON’T KNOW…
Michael Davidson writes about entitlement reform.
NORQUIST ON OBAMA: ‘JOHN KERRY WITH A TAN’
Grover Norquist, a former CRNC executive director, dropped by the LA Times’ Washington bureau and shocked the media:
“As part of his negative critique of Obama’s liberal stances on economic issues and other matters, he termed the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee ‘John Kerry with a tan.’”
