I personally bore witness to the Newt Gingrich campaign’s love of “Eye of the Tiger” when I wound up in the front row of his concession speech in Iowa. But unsurprisingly, and as briefly mentioned by Sarah in GMN, it looks like Newt wasn’t allowed to use that song: The composer of the Survivor hit […]
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The Crucial Snoop Dogg Endorsement Is Finally In
Snoop Dogg has endorsed Ron Paul on his Facebook page. The entirety of his endorsement consists of a pink-tinted photo of Ron Paul with the words “SMOKE WEED EVERYDAY” typed above it. Below the photo, Snoop Dogg explains the logic behind his endorsement: “because i said so.” That settles that, then.
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Teabaggy New Jersey Governor Thinks Civil Rights Should’ve Been a Referendum
New Jersey governor Chris Christie has promised to veto any gay marriage law that crosses his desk. Remember, this guy is on every shortlist for Republican vice presidential material: See, as part of his push to have New Jersey voters vote on gay marriage in a referendum (so that he doesn’t have to be on […]
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Science Proves Conservatives Are Dumb
What follows is an excerpt from a study about how racism and conservatism are tied to stupidity: The research finds that children with low intelligence are more likely to hold prejudiced attitudes as adults. These findings point to a vicious cycle, according to lead researcher Gordon Hodson, a psychologist at Brock University in Ontario. Low-intelligence […]
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Nobody Likes Newt Gingrich
Even though Newt Gingrich is promising all sorts of cool things like a permanent moon base and trips to Mars during a Gingrich presidency, nobody seems to like him. Politico is noticing that within the last 24 hours, what seems to be a mainstream conservative push against Gingrich has ‘spontaneously’ launched. Drudge, Ann Coulter, National […]
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The Challenge: Write a Letter for Every Day in February
Check out this website, which challenges people, National Novel Writing Month-style, to write a letter for every day in February: In the month of February, mail at least one item through the post every day it runs. Write a postcard, a letter, send a picture, or a cutting from a newspaper, or a fabric swatch. […]
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Today in Newt Gingrich’s Selfless Battle on Behalf of Rude Audiences
As I mentioned the other day, Newt Gingrich has threatened to pull out of future Republican debates unless the audience is allowed to bellow, weep, and cheer every time he throws them a disingenuous applause line. Gingrich even framed it as a free speech issue, which is total bullshit. CNN told Huffington Post (via Poynter) […]
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Fidel Castro Is an Astute Commentator on the American Political Process
This is more honest and true than anything Wolf Blitzer has said in the last ten years. Maybe CNN should give Castro his own show? “The selection of a Republican candidate for the presidency of this globalized and expansive empire is — and I mean this seriously — the greatest competition of idiocy and ignorance […]
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The Republican Takeaway from the State of the Union
I’m sure we’ll have much more about the State of the Union address later today—short version, phenomenal speech with an amazing closing, but Democrats are right to be concerned about the sop in the middle to drilling offshore and on public land—but right now I’m enjoying the Republican adoration for Mitch Daniels’s lackluster response to […]
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Newt Says He Won’t Do Any More Debates Unless the Audience Is Baying for Blood
I’m paraphrasing, of course: Mr. Gingrich, a former House speaker, on Tuesday morning threatened not participate in any future debates with audiences that have been instructed to be silent. That was the case on Monday, when Brian Williams of NBC News asked the audience of about 500 people who assembled for a debate in Tampa […]
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Santorum Begs for CUM
Santorum‘s website over the weekend was begging for CUM. Here’s a screenshot: Let’s just take a moment, here, to appreciate the fact that this shit-soaked anti-sex pervert had the entire evangelical coalition fall behind him in South Carolina, and it just didn’t matter. This means one of two things: Either Santorum is so unlikeable that […]
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Romney Releases Tax Returns, Had Tons of Money in a Swiss Bank Account…
… as Sarah mentioned in GMN. And it begins with 550 pages worth of tax documents: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney released tax records on Tuesday indicating he will pay $6.2 million in taxes on a total of $42.5 million in income over the years 2010 and 2011…he and his wife, Ann, paid an effective […]