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Romney: ‘Next to Ann, Paul Ryan is the best choice I ever made’
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney says that he loves Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) as his running mate almost as much as he loves his wife of 43 years. “I want to tell you how much I appreciate being in the home of the next vice president of the United States,”…
Tommy Thompson blames wife for his lobbying career: She ‘likes to shop’
Former Gov. Tommy Thompson, a Wisconsin Republican running for Senate, recently suggested that his wife was to blame for his decision to end his career in public service and join a lobbying firm because she “likes to shop.” “I left the government after four years, after George Bush got elected…
Mark Cuban offers Donald Trump $1 million to shave his head
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is responding to Donald Trump’s offer of $5 million to charity if President Barack Obama releases his college transcripts and passport documents by challenging the billionaire birther to shave his famous head of hair. In an interview with KDFW on Thursday, Cuban called Trump’s offer…
Geraldo demolishes Fox News ‘misinformation’ on Benghazi: ‘That is a lie!’
Every now and then, something happens at Fox News that shakes up the established narrative. Friday was one of those days. After weeks of hyperventilating spin-coverage of the tragic events in Libya nearly two months ago, Geraldo Rivera on Friday finally had his fill and lashed out at his coworkers’ “misleading”…
Zimmerman’s brother: We are not a ‘family of racists’
The brother of a Florida neighborhood watch captain who is accused of murdering Trayvon Martin, an unarmed 17-year-old African-American boy, says that a “tidal wave of misinformation” has incorrectly branded his family as “racists.” Speaking to a group of Hispanic journalists on Thursday, Robert Zimmerman Jr. said that calling his…
Maddow: Romney campaign hiding George W. Bush offshore in the Caymans
Thursday night on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” host Rachel Maddow questioned the wisdom of former Pres. George W. Bush’s decision to speak to a Cayman Islands offshore investment group in the days just before the presidential election. Former President Bill Clinton spent Thursday campaigning for President Barack Obama in Cleveland,…
Matthews: Limbaugh is the ‘squeal like a pig’ guy from ‘Deliverance’
MSNBC host Chris Matthews on Thursday compared conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh to the rapist character from the movie “Deliverance” who told his male victim to “squeal like a pig.” In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy earlier this week, Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie had praised President Barack Obama,…
Limbaugh says Gov. Christie has ‘man love’ for Obama
Republican shock jock Rush Limbaugh said Wednesday that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s praise of President Barack Obama has been so effusive, he might just be going gay. “Let’s just put it this way: Is it wrong for one man to love another man?” Limbaugh asked during his Wednesday show.…
Missouri Republican Party funds Akin ad featuring rape victim
The Missouri Republican Party is reportedly helping to fund a new ad for Rep. Todd Akin featuring a woman who says she survived rape and had an abortion. “I’m a single mother — a woman who’s had an abortion,” Kelly Burrell explains in the television commercial. “I’ve been raped in…
Fischer: ‘Entitled’ citizens will riot if Obama loses
Bryan Fischer, spokesperson and Director of Issue Analysis for Government and Public Policy at the American Family Association, issued dire warnings about how “flash mobs” will riot if Obama loses the presidential election. The aftermath of Hurricane Sandy “is just a preview of what’s going to happen if President Obama…
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