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‘Daily Show’ correspondent: Cain provided ‘financial assistance to my vagina’
During Tuesday night’s show, Comedy Central host Jon Stewart’s report on Herman Cain’s alleged 13-year affair with Ginger White was interrupted by the breaking news that correspondent Samantha Bee was currently in bed with the candidate. “13 years!” Stewart exclaimed as the show began. “That is an admirable commitment to…
Rick Perry forgets the U.S. voting age, election date
Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) wants to be president, but he just can’t remember when the election is or how old you have to be to vote. At a campaign stop at St. Anselm College Institute of Politics Tuesday, Perry didn’t seem to know that Americans become eligible to vote…
Gingrich to Obama: ‘Repudiate the concept of the 99′ percent
Apparently Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich wants President Barack Obama to renounce basic math. At a campaign event in Bluffton, South Carolina Tuesday the GOP hopeful called on Obama to “repudiate the concept of the 99 and the 1.” Gingrich was referring to the Occupy movement’s opposition to the massive…
Cain tells staff he’s reconsidering candidacy
On a conference call Tuesday morning, motivational speaker and former businessman Herman Cain told senior campaign staff that he is considering dropping out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination, according to published reports. During the call, he denied a claim that he carried on a 13-year affair with…
Woman alleges 13-year-long affair with Cain
WASHINGTON — An Atlanta businesswoman claimed she had a 13-year affair with Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain, whose campaign has already been hurt by a rash of sexual harassment allegations. Cain, a former pizza company executive who has faded back in the pack of Republicans seeking to take on President…
Gingrich calls for more aggressive drug policy
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich does not support the legalization of medical marijuana and would like the see the United States adopt a more aggressive policy against drug use. Gingrich told Yahoo! News’ Chris Moody on Saturday that California showed that medical marijuana was a “joke,” where doctors prescribed the drug…
Cain breaks the news that another accuser is coming forward
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain on Monday preemptively denied having a 13-year-long affair with Atlanta woman Ginger White. Before an Atlanta FOX affiliate’s report was even able to air the allegations, Cain appeared on CNN to claim the accusations were false. “This individual’s going to accuse me of an affair…
Frank slams Gingrich: ‘I will neither be a lobbyist, nor a historian’
On Monday, Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) announced he is retiring, which frees him up for one of his favorite pastimes: taking not-so-subtle jabs at Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich. At his retirement announcement, Frank declared that he would “neither be a lobbyist, nor a historian.” The comment was an obvious…
Conservative newspaper: ‘Romney sort of represents the 1%’
The publisher of a conservative New Hampshire newspaper says Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has the best chance against President Barack Obama in 2012 because former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney “sort of represents the 1 percent.” “We would rather back someone with whom we may sometimes disagree than one who…
Cain’s ’9-9-9 The Movie’ admits plan favors corporations
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain has released a “movie” that explains how his 9-9-9 tax plan would mean soaring corporate profits, but little or no decrease in prices for consumers. Released Monday, the five-minute cartoon claims the candidate’s tax plan would cause the economy to “accelerate faster than Barack Obama…
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