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Santorum begins employment at WND by suggesting UN conspiracy to kill his daughter
World Net Daily (WND), a conservative website which pushes birther fantasies and other conspiracies, announced on Sunday that it had hired former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum “to offer exclusive opinion each Monday.” “Rick Santorum – the former U.S. senator who ignited grass-roots conservatives as a Republican candidate for president…
Report: Adelson lost $50 million more on election than previously thought
Billionaire Sheldon Adelson may have blown $50 million more than previously thought on conservative candidates during the 2012 election. Republican sources close to Adelson reportedly told The Huffington Post that the casino mogul may have lost $150 million trying to get candidates like former GOP nominee Mitt Romney elected, even…
GOP Rep. to former Bush staffer: Investigate WMD claims before attacking Susan Rice
Rep. Tom Cole, a Republican from Oklahoma, says that if lawmakers are going to go after U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice over her initial public assessment of the September attack in Benghazi then maybe Congress should also look at how President George W. Bush pushed bad intelligence…
Dan Senor blasts Obama for meeting with MoveOn, ignores meeting with CEOs
Dan Senor, a top adviser to former GOP nominee Mitt Romney, on Sunday lashed out at President Barack Obama for meeting with progressive groups like MoveOn.org after winning the election, but ignored similar meetings with business leaders. Appearing on a Sunday panel on ABC’s This Week, Senor said that the…
Boehner ‘flabbergasted’ Obama offered his campaign promises in debt talks
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) says he was “flabbergasted” when President Barack Obama opened debt talks by offering the same public positions that he campaigned on. According to details circulated by Republican aides last week, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s offer included $1.6 trillion in taxes, $400 billion in entitlement spending…
Texas gun store owner: Record sales because of Obama win and Mayan ‘doomsday’
A Texas gun store owner says that gun sales were a “madhouse” on Black Friday because President Barack Obama was re-elected and people are stocking up in advance of the Mayan-predicted “doomsday.” FBI records released earlier this week indicated that the bureau fielded 154,873 calls for background checks last Friday,…
Santelli has hissy fit because pro-Obama CEO issues early dividends to avoid tax hikes
CNBC on-air editor Rick Santelli, who is credited with helping to launch the tea party movement, flew into a rage and stomped off camera on Friday because a supporter of President Obama plans to pay shareholders a dividend before taxes are scheduled to go up at the end of the…
Gingrich finally admits he doesn’t deserve to be president
In a wide-ranging interview with NBC late night talk show host Jay Leno on Thursday, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) finally admitted that he does not deserve to be president. The famously confident Republican told Leno that he was “publicly, explicitly wrong” about President Barack Obama’s reelection chances. “Why…
Macy’s brand health plummets among women after petition to dump Trump
Data released on Wednesday showed that the Macy’s department store brand name has been taking a beating ever since a petition began urging the company to drop real estate mogul Donald Trump’s merchandise. YouGov’s BrandIndex indicated that Macy’s Recommend score among women had fallen by more than 40 percent after…
Romney face tattoo guy wants ‘R’ removed because Mitt has ‘no dignity’
Eric Hartsburg, the man who infamously got a Mitt Romney logo tattooed on the side of his head, says he now wants the ink removed because the former Republican candidate is “shameful” and has “no dignity.” In an interview published on Wednesday, Hartsburg told Politico that he was taking tattoo…
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