The New York Times reported on why Mitt Romney could have a hard time capturing the youth vote in November: The high school senior who stood up at Mitt Romney’s town hall meeting here today was worried about how he and his family would pay for college, and wanted to hear what the candidate would […]
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The President on Super Tuesday
Politically, every time Barack Obama talks, it makes his opponents look two feet tall. The liveliest moment this afternoon’s first press conference of 2012 came when a reporter asked President Obama what he had to say to Mitt Romney as he went into Super Tuesday. “Good luck tonight,” President Obama said. The reporters laughed. “No, […]
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They Still Make Mad Magazine?
Calling something “the funniest thing Mad Magazine has done in ten years” feels like an insult, so just trust me when I say this quiz, “Who Said It? Mitt Romney or Mr. Burns?” is very much worth your time.
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I Don’t Know What They’re Doing Exactly… But It Sounds Dirty…
BBC: Voting has begun in the east, including battleground Ohio, where Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum are level-pegging.
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Wife of Quarter-Billionaire: “We can be poor in spirit…I don’t even consider myself wealthy”
Turns out, Ann Romney is just as awkward as Mitt Romney when it comes to talking about wealth. Notice the forced laugh after she says she and her quarter-billionaire husband “can be poor in spirit.” She clearly knows she fucked up, and so what does she do? She steals a page from her husband’s playbook […]
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The Romney Family Reunions Will Be Extra-Awkward Now
The Ron Paul/Mitt Romney connections keep getting weirder: Five relatives of Mitt Romney have come out of the closet as Ron Paul supporters, David Weigel at Slate says. Travis, Ty, Troy, Jared and Chad Romney are all less wealthy than Mitt—I wonder what it’s like, being a second-cousin to a quarter billionaire—but they claim to […]
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The Incredible Return of Herman Cain
Wonkette just ran this commercial, and it totally made my day. It’s an ad for Herman Cain’s new project, Sick of Stimulus. You just have to watch it: This thirty seconds is so packed with insane references and symbolism: The this-is-your-brain-on-drugs commercials, the “Daisy” commercial, the religious imagery of a speechless Cain standing, aloof, on […]
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Romney Sounds Reasonable, Retracts Reasonable Opinion One Hour Later
Wait, Mitt Romney is against the Blunt Amendment? That means he believes the Catholic Church should pay for its employees’ contraception? Looks like it! Jim Heath, a reporter for ONN-TV in Ohio, just Tweeted a remarkable piece of news: Mitt Romney told him he does not support the Blunt amendment, which would empower employers and […]
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Required Reading: “Rick Santorum, Meet My Son”
Emily Rapp has written a heartbreaking piece for Slate about her profoundly-disabled, terminally-ill child: This week my son turned blue, and for 30 terrifying seconds, stopped breathing. Called an “apnea seizure,” this is one stage in the progression of Tay-Sachs, the genetic disease Ronan was born with and will die of, but not before he […]
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Mitt Romney Knows He’s a Fuckup
Last week, Mitt Romney told a mostly empty stadium that his wife drives “a couple of Cadillacs.” Then, at a NASCAR rally, he said “I have some friends who are NASCAR team owners,” and he also backhandedly complimented plastic poncho-wearing NASCAR-goers by saying “I like those fancy raincoats you bought. Really sprung for the big […]
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Tonight: A New Game Plan for the GOP?
It’s a big election night for the Republicans. Michigan results will start coming in at 5 pm, though some polls in the state don’t close until 6. Arizona polls close at 7 pm PST. Here’s what to expect: Romney’s got Arizona wrapped up, and all eyes are now on Romney’s home state of Michigan. Santorum […]
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New Mayor’s Race Poll Shows “Undecided” in Lead
A new poll from KATU and Survey USA shows that some candidate named “undecided” is leading in the race to replace Sam Adams. Despite a plethora of crazy people to choose from, candidate Eileen Brady has the largest share of potential votes (25 percent), followed by Charlie Hales (16 percent) and Jefferson Smith (10 percent). […]