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Tony Perkins downplays ‘legitimate rape’ as a ‘Biden-ism’
Family Research Council President Tony Perkin on Thursday defended Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO), saying that his assertion that women could not get pregnant from “legitimate rape” was the type of innocent gaffe that Vice President Joe Biden might make. Perkins told MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell that he met with Akin in…
Kilmeade: It’s a ‘sin’ to cut defense spending
Fox News host Brian Kilmeade says that cutting defense spending is just not the Christian thing to do. During a Thursday Fox & Friends segment about a defense industry-sponsored study that warns unemployment will rise if Congress does not find a way to avert $500 billion in sequestration cuts, Kilmeade…
Soledad O’Brien grills RNC official for not including rape exception in platform
The Republican Party’s communications director is explaining the abortion ban in his party’s platform by saying it doesn’t include an exception for rape — but it also doesn’t NOT include an exception. RNC communication director Sean Spicer worked hard not to pinned down on Thursday as he found himself in…
Coulter: Republicans should nuke ‘selfish swine’ Todd Akin
The fallout from Rep. Todd Akin’s (R-MO) comments on “legitimate rape” is so severe that right-wing author Ann Coulter thinks conservatives have no choice but to drop an electoral “nuclear bomb” on him in the form of a write-in campaign. “This is a problem,” Coulter said during an appearance on…
Maddow: Politicians running from their records say hilariously stupid things
Wednesday night on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” host Rachel Maddow talked about the problems that politicians run into when they try to run from their record rather than running on their record. Oftentimes this results in situations where candidates are left blinking and staring like stunned bunnies in the headlights…
Jerry Springer: Obama is running against Paul Ryan
Television host Jerry Springer said Wednesday night that President Barack Obama was actually running against Mitt Romney’s running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI). “This election is between Barack Obama and Paul Ryan,” he said on CNN. “Romney is almost irrelevant to it, because Paul Ryan is the budget that this…
Maddow: Libertarians could kick Romney off the Washington ballot
On her show Wednesday night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow explained how the Libertarian Party might get presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney removed from the ballot in Washington State. Earlier this month, the Libertarian Party of Washington State filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent Romney’s name from being printed on…
Robert Reich: Ryan budget worse than Bush’s economic plan
University of California professor Robert Reich blasted Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) proposed budget plan, saying it would help the rich while hurting the poor. “It’s much worse than what we tried under George W. Bush,” he said on Current TV. “The tax cuts that Ryan wants to provide to the…
LGBT activist Dan Savage debates NOM president Brian Brown
On August 15, LGBT activist and columnist Dan Savage squared off against National Organization for Marriage president Brian Brown. The two men, starkly opposed on the issue of LGBT rights, met at Savage’s home in Seattle for dinner and a hour-long debate over same sex marriage and the Bible. The…
Twisted Sister singer rips Ryan for using their song
The leader of metal group Twisted Sister blasted Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan for using their signature song at a campaign appearance earlier this week. “I emphatically denounce Paul Ryan’s use of my band Twisted Sister’s song, ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It,’ in any capacity,” singer Dee Snider told Rolling…
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