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Ron Paul on endorsing Romney: ‘No way!’
Although his son Rand has endorsed Mitt Romney, Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) said Tuesday that he has no plans of doing so himself. “Well, it looks like he has the delegates, yes,” he told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. “But he doesn’t have the control of the hearts and minds of the…
Arizona radio host voted for ‘the white guy’ because Obama is a ‘monkey’
Conservative Arizona radio personality Barbara Espinosa is standing by her statement that President Barack Obama is a “monkey” and that she voted for “the white guy.” “I call him a monkey,” Espinosa recently told a guest on her KNFX radio show. “I don’t call him a guy with rabbit ears,…
‘Joe the Plumber’ claims gun control caused the Holocaust
Republican Ohio congressional candidate Samuel “Joe The Plumber” Wurzelbacher released a campaign video on Tuesday, in which he warns that “gun control” led to the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust. “In 1911, Turkey established gun control,” Wurzelbacher points out as he places several shells in a 12-gauge shotgun. “From 1915…
McConnell: Tax code benefits the poor and needs to be changed
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) says that the U.S. tax system is unfair to the wealthiest Americans. “I understand full well that our friends on the other side live to every day to raise taxes,” McConnell told CBS host Charlie Rose on Tuesday. “Almost 70 percent of the federal…
Romney praises ‘chicken and, you know, noodles’ in Michigan
At a campaign stop in Michigan on Tuesday, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney complimented the local “chicken and, you know, noodles.” “Now, I saw a picture this morning that was kind of embarrassing,” the candidate explained to supporters in Frankenmuth. “It was kind of embarrassing. It was me at…
Daily Caller’s Tucker Carlson: White House ‘can’t not give us a pass’
Even after his reporter effectively heckled President Barack Obama during an official statement last week, Daily Caller founder Tucker Carlson says that it’s inconceivable that his publication would not get a White House press pass. “Here’s the White House’s mistake,” Fox News co-host Bob Beckel told Carlson on Monday. “The…
Gingrich: Romney won because ‘he had 16 billionaires’
Former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich warned in a recent interview that a handful of billionaires had an “unfair advantage” in choosing the next president of the United States. Gingrich told ABC News in an interview posted on Tuesday why presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney came out on top during…
John Fugelsang: Bisexuals overlooked in LGBT rights movement
Monday on Current TV, comedian and political commentator John Fugelsang said that bisexual individuals lagged behind gay and lesbians in regards to social acceptance. “Bisexuals face their own unique brand of prejudice and ostracization,” he explained. “All too often they are misunderstood and distrusted by both the straight and gay…
Allen West ‘dejected’ that Romney doesn’t ‘stand for something’ on immigration
Tea party darling Rep. Allen West (R-FL) is feeling bummed out because presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney does not “stand for something” by promising to deport young undocumented immigrants. During an interview with CBS host Bob Schieffer that aired Sunday, Romney had refused to say if he would undo…
Romney says gas station’s touch-screen ordering is ‘amazing’
It doesn’t take a lot to impress Mitt Romney. At a campaign stop in Pennsylvania on Sunday, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee told a crowd that he had been astonished by a touch screen computer used to order food at the Wawa gas station chain. “Where do you get your…
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