election-2012
Kansas Seriously Considering Removing President Obama from November Ballot Over Birth Certificate Concerns [UPDATE]
Neetzan Zimmerman · 09/14/12 11:55AMRomney Believes "Middle-Income Americans" Make $200,000 to $250,000 a Year
Cord Jefferson · 09/14/12 11:32AM
Fresh off a real godforsaken run at foreign policy chops in the wake of deadly riots in Egypt and Libya, Mitt Romney has focused his attention back on making blundering statements about our very own U.S.A. This morning, during a Good Morning America interview, the ultra-wealthy businessman said that he plans on reducing taxes for "middle-income" Americans. But how does he define middle income?
O, VP of Little Faith: Paul Ryan Spends Millions on TV Ads for House Race
Cord Jefferson · 09/12/12 03:40PMIn the wake of Mitt Romney's horrible mishandling of last night's deadly attacks on U.S. diplomats in Libya and Egypt, many Americans are wondering if the millionaire Mormon is really presidential material. Now comes news that even Romney's running mate, Paul Ryan, has been hedging his bets against a loss in November.
Mitt Romney Fails to Meet His War Word Quota
Mobutu Sese Seko · 09/11/12 02:00PMPizza Shop Owner Who Bear-Hugged Obama Facing Boycott Threats from Angry Republicans
Neetzan Zimmerman · 09/10/12 06:03PMDaily Show Correspondents Explain Modern Campaigning to the Average American Idiot
Kate Bennert · 09/10/12 02:10PMIt's that time again. Convention season is over and our intrepid presidential candidates have taken to the road in a last-ditch, balls-out attempt to woo the American public in a ritual known only as "campaigning." But what exactly is this "campaigning"? And how does it work?
Hustler Has a Million Dollars for Anyone with Details on Romney's Unreleased Tax Returns
Neetzan Zimmerman · 09/10/12 01:30PMIn a full page ad printed in yesterday's Washington Post, porn magnate Larry Flynt, founder of the pioneering nudie mag Hustler, promised to shell out one million dollars to anyone with verifiable information about Mitt Romney's "unreleased tax returns, and/or details of his offshore accounts and business partnerships."
Obama Blames Nicki Minaj's 'Voting for Mitt Romney' Lyric on Her Alter Egos
Emma Carmichael · 09/10/12 11:15AMMitt Romney Didn't Mention the Troops in His Speech Because He Wanted to Focus on Important Things
Louis Peitzman · 09/08/12 01:49PM
Pro-military candidate Mitt Romney has been called out for not mentioning the troops in his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention.
ICYMI: The Daily Show's Larry-David-Narrated Barack Obama Retrospective, 'It Could Have Been Worse'
Neetzan Zimmerman · 09/07/12 07:30AMSure, President Obama may not have kept all the promises he made, but he didn't not keep the promises he didn't make either. So there's that.
Letter Reveals Paul Ryan Sought Obamacare Dollars to Fund Clinic for Patients Without Healthcare
Neetzan Zimmerman · 09/05/12 05:10PMIn a 2010 letter [pdf] signed by Paul Ryan and obtained The Nation through a Freedom of Information Act request, the GOP's VP nominee — a major opponent of President Obama's healthcare reform — asked the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to use Affordable Care Act dollars to fund a new health center in his district.
Is Paul Ryan Lying About Climbing 40 Mountains, Too? What Is His Deal?
Max Read · 09/05/12 04:50PMWhat is wrong with fitness infomercial "after" model Paul Ryan? Not only did the Republican vice presidential candidate claim to have a run a marathon in less than three hours — a lie for which he got busted, and bodied, by Runner's World — he's also claimed to have "made close to 40 climbs of Colorado's 'Fourteeners' (14,000-foot peaks)." Which he almost certainly hasn't. (Or maybe? See update.)
Republicans Outraged as Democrats Exhume Ted Kennedy's Corpse to Attack Mitt Romney
Louis Peitzman · 09/04/12 07:27PMPaul Ryan's Wife Is Trying to Out-Cute Sasha Obama with Her Secret Service Name
Caity Weaver · 09/04/12 03:20PMFact-Checking Nicki Minaj: Is She Really a Republican Voting for Mitt Romney?
Max Read · 09/04/12 11:15AM"I'm a Republican voting for Mitt Romney/you lazy bitches are fucking up the economy," Nicki Minaj raps on Lil' Wayne's new mixtape Dedication 4. But is she really? While the credulous lamestream media is reporting on Minaj's pronouncement as the truth, we're more skeptical. So we've put the Gawker Fact-Checking Team (me) on the case and fact-checked her Romney endorsement — as well as the rest of her verse on the song:
Did Nicki Minaj Really Endorse Mitt Romney?
Louis Peitzman · 09/03/12 10:50PMObama and Kumar Go to the Democratic National Convention
Louis Peitzman · 09/03/12 10:22PM
Is Barack Obama finally embracing stoner comedy?
U-Haul Truck Carrying Joe Biden's Gear Stolen in Detroit
Taylor Berman · 09/03/12 09:59AMObama's Beer Recipe Finally Revealed
Taylor Berman · 09/02/12 06:41PMIn what is surely the biggest reveal of the campaign season so far, the Obama camp finally released the previously top secret recipe to Obama's two home brewed beers. White House chef Sam Kass posted the recipes for the beers – a honey ale and a honey porter – to the White House's blog on Saturday afternoon.