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Santorum: ‘Absolutely’ Muslims should be profiled
At least two Republican presidential candidates at Tuesday night’s foreign policy debate agreed that the Transportation Security Administration could do a better job if they began profiling Muslims. CNN’s Wolf Blitzer noted that former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum had advocated profiling in the past. “Just to be precise, is it…
Obama gets ‘mic checked’ in New Hampshire
Republicans who have been urging the Occupy movement to protest President Barack Obama finally got their wish Tuesday. At a campaign event in New Hampshire, the president waited patiently as he was “mic checked” by a group of protesters. “Mic check!” they shouted. “Mr. President, over 4,000 peaceful protesters have…
Bachmann aide frets over people marrying the Eiffel Tower
Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann’s new Iowa campaign co-chair recently claimed that marriage equality would lead to people marrying objects like the Eiffel Tower. In a statement on the campaign’s website last week, Bachmann’s Iowa Campaign Manager Eric Woolson said that he was “proud” to welcome Tamara Scott as the…
Bachmann tells Fallon: Trump is ‘everybody’s best friend’
Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Monday where she told a few jokes, talked about Donald Trump and even got a few boos from the audience. The candidate said she was in New York for her fourth meeting with billionaire mogul Donald Trump. “He’s…
Gingrich labels Congressional Budget Office a ‘reactionary socialist institution’
Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich used an unusual oxymoron to blast the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) in New Hampshire on Monday. Gingrich previously said if president he would abolish the CBO, a federal agency that provides independent economic data to Congress, because it found that health…
Ron Paul gets ‘mic checked’ by New Hampshire protesters
Texas Rep. Ron Paul (R) received a “mic check” from protesters affiliated with the “Occupy Wall Street” movement at town hall event in Keene, New Hampshire on Monday. “We are the 99 percent,” they shouted. “We will be heard. There are criminals on Wall Street who walk free. There are…
Rick Perry signs controversial Family Leader pledge
Texas Gov. Rick Perry has become the latest candidate to sign a controversial “marriage vow” created by The Family Leader, an Iowa-based Christian group, according to the Des Moines Register. By signing the pledge, Perry vowed to remain faithful to his wife and support a constitutional amendment banning same sex…
Romney admits destroying government records to thwart ‘opposition research team’
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney admitted Monday that he and his team had destroyed official government records for purely political reasons. WCVB-TV reported Friday that as Romney’s term as governor Massachusetts was ending, all of his administration’s emails were wiped from the servers. At the same time, eleven of his…
Cain says doctor’s Muslim-sounding name worried him
Herman Cain said this past weekend at a Christian-theme amusement park in central Florida that doctors who are not Christian make him nervous. According to a story released Monday morning by Yahoo News’s The Ticket, Cain revealed to a crowd at The Holy Land Experience theme park his fear when…
Romney: Cut health care for the poor, not defense spending
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Monday suggested using drastic cuts to health care for the poorest Americans to fund the Department of Defense. Speaking to employees of BAE Systems, one of the nation’s largest defense contractors, the candidate said that President Barack Obama and members of the “super committee”…
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