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Romney campaign demanded rules change to stack Univision forum with supporters
In a coordinated effort to appear more popular among Latino voters, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his campaign insisted on a few last-minute changes to the candidate’s participation in a Univision town hall that allowed them to pack the event with fervent Romney supporters. According to BuzzFeed’s McKay Coppins,…
SNL mocks Fox & Friends over Romney ’47 percent’ video
Saturday Night Live on Thursday night satirized the Fox News morning program Fox & Friends. In the spoof, the three hosts of the program attempted to defend Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s controversial remarks at a private fundraiser earlier this year. “So you have this 47 percent that don’t pay…
Mitt Romney video fact check: Is 47 percent of U.S. ‘dependent’ on government?
Mitt Romney video fact check: Is 47 percent of US 'dependent' on government? Do almost half of Americans get some form of government entitlement? That is one of the questions that has been raised after Mother Jones magazine on Tuesday released a video of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaking…
Jon Stewart: By his own logic, Romney’s dad wouldn’t vote for him
On his show Tuesday night, Daily Show host Jon Stewart examined the video of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney at a private fundraiser earlier this year. In the video, Romney claimed there was no way he could convince the 47 percent of government-dependent “victims” in America to vote for him.…
Romney’s full ’47 percent’ speech goes public
Mother Jones magazine said Tuesday that it is “happy to oblige” Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s request that they release the full video of his remarks to a small group of wealthy supporters, in which Romney disparages “47 percent” of the electorate for living off the wealthy. Snippets of the…
Obama hits back at Romney for playing politics over Libyan consulate attack
Barack Obama has stepped into the political row over Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s ill-judged response to the Benghazi consulate attack. Romney faced heavy criticism from across the political spectrum for statements issued on Tuesday evening and repeated at a press conference on Wednesday morning in which he accused the…
Pat Robertson to humiliated hubby: ‘Well, you could become a Muslim and you could beat her’
Just two days after appearing on stage with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, televangelist Pat Robertson said something that seems destined to make the candidate lament his decision. Reacting to a letter from a viewer who said he’s lost his self confidence due to his wife insulting him, Robertson said…
Chris Matthews accuses Romney of encouraging white anger
MSNBC host Chris Matthews on Monday accused Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney of using racial politics to turn white voters against President Barack Obama. During MSNBC’s Mitchell Reports, Matthews accused the Republican Party of trying to prevent people from being able to vote. Republicans this year have pushed for voter…
Parody video: Romney reveals all of his future gaffes
Tired of having his gaffes dominate the news cycle, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney decided to unveil all of the misstatements he plans to make before the November elections in a parody video created by Jest.com. His planned gaffes include, “at this point, Native Americans are no more native than…
Herman Cain: Democrats trying to deceive by talking about race
Herman Cain enthusiastically told Mother Jones on Tuesday that several advertisements by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney were free of any racial undertones. “There are no racial implications,” he told reporter Tim Murphy in Tampa. “This is fabricated on the part of the Democrats. Man, I’m just sick of all…
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