Mitt Romney’s plan for saving the economy apparently involves hiring everyone to build houses for him: GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney, scheduled to attend a series of fundraisers this weekend in San Diego, is also working on plans to nearly quadruple the size of his $12 million oceanfront manse in La Jolla. Romney has filed […]
Election 2012
Posted inElection 2012
Michele Bachmann Is Terrified of the Soviet Union
When she opens her mouth, dumb things fall out: GOP presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann said today that Americans “fear the rise of the Soviet Union” during an appearance on a conservative radio talk show…”What people recognize is that there’s a fear that the United States is in an unstoppable decline. They see the rise of […]
Posted inElection 2012
Newt Gingrich Is Just Like Walmart
Guys, just you wait until Newt Gingrich really starts campaigning for president. Then you’ll all be sorry: “I actually think this is a little bit like watching Walmart grow,” [Gingrich] said before taking the stage with his wife, Callista, at Yorba Linda’s Nixon Library on Wednesday evening. “You watch the way we’re developing new approaches […]
Posted inElection 2012
Putting “Santorum” In Perspective
Kathryn Jean Lopez thinks Michele Bachmann is skirting the issue of gay marriage and icky, icky gay secks—Christine O’Donnell too!—not because these GOP stuperstars don’t have the courage of their own bigoted convictions, but because I’m a bad, bad man: Rick Santorum has been having that conversation as much as one can in a political […]
Posted inScience!
Dr. Rick Perry: Science Expert Guy!
Rick Perry, talking about evolution to a child: “I hear your mom was asking about evolution,” Perry told the boy. “That’s a theory that is out there – and it’s got some gaps in it.” He added: “In Texas we teach both Creationism and Evolution in our public schools — because I figure you’re smart […]
Posted inElection 2012
Ignoring Ron Paul
Last night, Jon Stewart tried to tear the media a new one for ignoring Ron Paul. Stewart makes a few good points—it’s almost comical the way Fox News and CNN try to ignore Ron Paul—but using the Ames poll and applause at the Fox debates as the metric by which Paul should be taken seriously […]
Posted inElection 2012
Michele Bachmann Confuses Life with Death
Politico reports back what Michele Bachmann said at the beginning of a rally today: “Before we get started, let’s all say ‘Happy Birthday’ to Elvis Presley today,” Bachmann said. “You can’t do better than Elvis Presley.” Elvis Presley died 34 years ago today. Serious question: Does Bachmann have handlers? Most high-profile candidates hire people who […]
Posted inElection 2012
Why Rick Perry Is a More Formidable Opponent Than Michele Bachmann
This anecdote from Politico about how the two candidates behaved during Iowa’s famous* Black Hawk County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day dinner really says it all: Perry arrived early, as did former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum. The Texas governor let a media throng grow and dissolve before working his way across the room to sit at […]
Posted inElection 2012
“We use nothing but 100% real Michele Bachmann eyes.”
Bachmanneyezed is a Chicks With Steve Buscemi Eyes riff that sticks Michele Bachmann’s crazy-assed eyes on other people, with disturbing results. Here’s an Ann Geddes baby: They do all the other Republican candidates, too. The Mitt Romney one is going to haunt my dreams tonight.
Posted inElection 2012
Obama’s Poll Numbers Fall To New Low
A little bad news to start the week. I’m thinking Obama’s lousy poll numbers—we’re creeping in W territory here—can be attributed, in part, to despondent liberals and progressives who have the luxury, a year and and half before the election, of expressing their disappointment with the president. I’m frustrated too. But read this, my fellow […]
Posted inComedy
The Michele Bachmann Newsweek Cover Shoot: Behind the Scenes!
You saw the Newsweek cover featuring Michele Bachmann, right? GAHH!! Okay, well, as it turns out there’s a perfectly logical explanation why Michele looks like she just sat on an electric blender. Here’s Funny or Die’s “Behind the Scenes of Michele Bachmann’s Newsweek Cover” (co-starring Michele’s not-at-all-gay husband Marcus)! Hat tips to Marissa!
Posted inElection 2012
Rick Santorum Backs Gay Rights
But only in Iran: And is he suggesting that the Iranian people were free under the Shah? No argument that things became much, much worse in Iran after the Shah—theocratic regimes, like the one Rick wants to set up here in the USA, are worse than secular ones—but the Iranian people weren’t exactly free under […]