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Reporter Laura Bassett: Nothing less pro-life than bombing health clinic
Laura Bassett, political reporter for The Huffington Post, said Monday that an attack on a Planned Parenthood clinic in Wisconsin on Sunday night was “absolutely” domestic terrorism. “These people are calling themselves pro-life, and I can’t think of anything less pro-life than putting a bomb outside of a health clinic,”…
Neil deGrasse Tyson: The ‘invention of tomorrow’ absent in American culture today
Popular astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson on Monday lamented that American culture no longer had a culture of innovation that prized scientific and technological discoveries. Tyson noted on MSNBC that space exploration no longer captured American’s attention like it previously had. He blamed the lack of public interest on the lack…
Romney questioned about his Mormon faith
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Monday quickly shot down a hostile question regarding his Mormon faith during a town hall event in Green Bay. Bret Hatch, a 28-year old Ron Paul supporter, according to CNN, began reading a passage from the Book of Mormon that said the children of…
Romney: Gov. Scott Walker is a ‘real champion… a great leader’
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Monday praised Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker as a “real champion.” Campaigning with Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) in Green Bay, the candidate told a group of supporters that Wisconsin’s anti-union governor had encouraged him to share a story about the time he chose an…
Romney: ‘Take our message to the women of America’
Following a recent poll that showed President Barack Obama with a 2-1 lead among female voters in swing states, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Sunday said that his campaign would “take our message to the women of America.” A USA Today/Gallup survey of 12 of the top battleground states…
Paul Ryan helps pull April Fool’s Day prank on Romney
President Barack Obama’s chief political opponent got pranked on April Fool’s Day this year, and not just pranked by anyone. Appearing in Milwaukee on Sunday afternoon, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R) was prepared to address an affluent group of Republicans for a campaign brunch, but his staff warned that…
Dem Rep: ‘Stand your ground’ is ‘kill at will’
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) showed no signs of holding back her sentiments on Florida’s “Stand our Ground” laws Sunday morning, slamming the legislation in the midst of the Trayvon Martin shooting. Maloney appeared on MSNBC’s Up with Chris Hayes and expressed her fears over the law. “I would call these…
Santorum: GOP thinks voters ‘need Mitt Romney shoved down their throat’
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum says that GOP leaders are making a mistake by “trying to convince the Republicans across this country that they need Mitt Romney shoved down their throat.” In an interview on Sunday, the former Pennsylvania senator told NBC host Savannah Guthrie that he wasn’t getting out…
Coulter: Martin’s killing ‘does not implicate Stand Your Ground law’
Ann Coulter on Sunday was anxious to defend Florida’s so-called “Stand Your Ground” law, arguing that it should not be a part of the debate in the killing of an unarmed African-American teen. The conservative firebrand told an ABC News panel that no matter which side of the story you…
Ron Paul: I’m trying to save the GOP from itself
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul said Sunday that he was intent on bringing the Republican Party back to its founding principles of limited government. “I think Republicans have dug a hole for themselves because they’re trying to out-militarize the President, saying we should do more,” he said on CBS News’…
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