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Bachmann: Occupy’s goal is ‘having other people pay for their stuff’

Struggling Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann (R-MN) says that a recent poll showing more people disagree with the tea party is hogwash — and that it’s really the Occupy movement that is out of step with public opinion. The Pew Research Center found last month that 27 percent of Americans…

Barney Frank casts GOP candidates for ‘The Wizard of Oz’

Retiring Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) joked Sunday that he was casting a remake of “The Wizard of Oz” starring Republican presidential candidates. “I look at the Republican debate — I’ve been casting ‘The Wizard of Oz,’” Frank told ABC’s Christiane Amanpour. “Obviously, Mitt Romney is the tin woodman without a…

Ron Paul: I’m the ‘flavor of the decade’

Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul on Sunday continued the trend of presidential candidates comparing themselves and others to ice cream. A recent poll of likely Iowa caucus-goers by The Des Moines Register has Paul in second place behind former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. “We’ve had the flavor up the month…

George Will calls Cain and Trump ‘charlatans who hijack the GOP’

George Will certainly displayed his lack of support for Herman Cain and Donald Trump on ABC’s This Week Sunday morning, labeling both men as harmful characters for the GOP. Will was more than delighted over Cain’s withdrawal from the race, and hoped that the primary process for president will never…

Bachmann: Deport all undocumented immigrants

Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann insisted Saturday that it was time deported all undocumented immigrants. During a forum with the GOP candidates on Fox News Saturday, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi (R) asked Bachmann how she would go about deporting all 11 million of the undocumented. “I want people to…

Maddow: Chris Hayes’ baby daughter is ‘Best New Thing in the World’

Rachel Maddow ended Friday’s show with this segment welcoming Ryan Shaw-Hayes to the world, baby daughter of Chris Hayes, the host of MSNBC’s “Up”. Baby Ryan was born to Hayes and his wife Kate Shaw on Monday morning, but according to Mediaite, Hayes is already back on duty at “Up”…

Fox’s Bolling: The Muppets’ liberal bias is ‘brainwashing our kids’

If the topic of discussion is a beloved Jim Henson creation, chances are that Eric Bolling will find something leftist about it. The Fox Business personality once again lashed out at a Henson creation Friday evening on Follow The Money, claiming along with guest and conservative Media Research Center member…

Live: Herman Cain’s major announcement

Will he stay or will he go? Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…

Scott Olsen: People ‘are surprised with how much I’m doing better’

“Occupy Oakland” sentimental figure Scott Olsen, the Iraq war veteran badly injured by a police tear gas canister in late October, appeared on Countdown Friday evening to discuss his improved health. “Every time I run into somebody new I haven’t seen in a while, they are surprised with how much…

Cops seize Occupy Boston’s sink, spawning flood of bad puns

When riot police invaded the Occupy Boston encampment on Thursday evening and carried off a kitchen sink that had recently been donated by MIT, the initial reaction was one of outrage. As described by Brad Johnson at Think Progress, “Police seized the newly donated graywater sink and tossed it into…