That’s the final line of Elizabeth Warren’s awesome pro-woman pummeling of Scott Brown during Wednesday’s debate in Massachusetts. Watch the whole (short) thing: And here’s a transcript from Crooks & Liars: I have no doubt Sen Brown is a good husband and a good father to his daughters, but this is an issue that affects […]
Election 2012
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Joe Biden Beat the Shit Out of the Brains of the Republican Party, and He Did It for You
Republicans love to mock Joe Biden for being an idiot. Hell, even most Democrats wouldn’t put Biden in the top twenty intellects of the party. Paul Ryan, though, is admired by many Republican politicians as the brains of the Republican Party. Mitt Romney chose to elevate Ryan to the VP slot because Romney needed a […]
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Jim Lehrer’s Second Chance
If Jim Lehrer had the chance to do it all over again—and moderate THE SHIT out of the presidential debate instead of getting bulldozed… I would hope he’d do it like this. “SILENCE!!”
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Mitt Romney Says People in America Don’t Die Because They Don’t Have Health Insurance
This is such a disingenuous, dick move. Mitt Romney isn’t an idiot. He studied health care when he was governor of Massachusetts, and he knows that what he just told the Columbus Dispatch isn’t true: Romney, in a meeting with The Dispatch’s editorial board, said those who currently don’t carry insurance would have a chance […]
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BREAKING UPDATE: Police Union No Longer Endorsing Jefferson Smith
UPDATE: A source in the Smith campaign says the PPA is no longer endorsing Jefferson Smith. The decision was delivered after this post—in which the union was still supporting Smith—went up, I’m told. I need to check with the PPA to get their side of the decision. UPDATE 2:30 PM: It’s not just the cops. […]
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Come Watch Joe Biden’s Ridiculous Hairplugs Argue With Paul Ryan’s Ridiculous Ears!
So that headline? It’s probably the best way to bill the most entertaining and least relevant debate in the entire goddamned presidential election season: the one where the two guys who don’t get to be president get to talk about why they’re the best pick to not be president. Just like we did last Wednesday, […]
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The Jefferson Smith “How Do You Feel Today” Poll
Now that a few days have passed since we’ve learned more details about Jefferson Smith and the 1993 college party where he hit a woman he claims was attacking him—how are we feeling about him now? While some pundits are portraying it as an insurmountable obstacle and career ending fiasco, do you think he’s really […]
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Obama Will Be President of 7-Eleven This Year
You know that dumb coffee cup poll that 7-Eleven does every election year? Obama is winning in a landslide: So far Obama is ahead nationally by a wide 60-40 margin, although more scientific polls have the national race as virtually a dead heat. In the closely contested swing state of Ohio, where both candidates are […]
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KATU Poll: Small Bump in Hales’ Lead Over Smith—Arts Tax Not Looking Good
The question has been asked: Has the continuing drip of news about Jefferson Smith’s 1993 assault case killed his campaign? A SurveyUSA poll released today, conducted for KATU right when news of the case was breaking, shows Smith’s rival, Charlie Hales, only slightly extending his lead from a poll conducted just a few weeks ago. […]
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Mitt Romney Exploits Fallen Navy SEAL, Navy SEAL’s Mom and Best Friend Call Romney On It
Yesterday, Mitt Romney got emotional about a Navy SEAL named Glen Doherty who died on September 11th in Benghazi. Seems Romney met Doherty at a holiday party a few years back and they made a deep, personal connection. Today, Doherty’s best friend, Elf Ellefsen, remembers the party very differently: According to Ellefsen, Romney introduced himself […]
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Mister Romney’s Neighborhood
Not sure how he does it, but Jimmy Fallon has a knack for making the most unoriginal jokes work. Here he is in a clip from last night’s show called, “Mister Romney’s Neighborhood” in which the PBS-hating candidate hosts his own kids’ show—and reveals himself to be the terrible person in the world. (Nice “dog […]
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A “Bad Lip Reading” of the Presidential Debate
I love everything about the “Bad Lip Reading” series of videos—but their version of last week’s presidential debate? HOLY CRAP. This video transcends comedy and reaches new and hilarious heights of weirdness. Trust me, you’ll never look at Jim Lehrer the same way again!