election-2012
Etch A Sketch Gets Romney Bump
Louis Peitzman · 03/24/12 09:15AM
It's been a bad week for Mitt Romney and a good week for Ohio Art: the latter produces the popular toy Etch A Sketch, which got a helping hand from the Romney campaign. On Wednesday, Romney strategist Eric Fehmstrom made an unfortunate analogy when asked about his candidate's ever-changing policy positions.
'Will the Real Mitt Romney Please Stand Up?' Is an Acceptable Political Rap Parody
Leah Beckmann · 03/20/12 11:34AMIt's such a rarity to see one of these mashup, supercut things done well. Watch Hugh Atkin's creation, if not for the line, "the real Mitt Romney's are just masturbating," than to experience the oddly hypnotizing quality of Romney's voice set to Eminem.
John McCain on 2012 Presidential Race: Ooh, That's Nasty
Louis Peitzman · 03/18/12 02:31PM
John McCain knows a thing or two about nasty. Appearing on NBC's Meet the Press, he reflected on the current campaigns for a Republican presidential candidate to face off against Obama in November. Romney, Santorum, and Gingrich have all been criticized for waging war against each other in the form of attack ads in key primary states.
Here's Video of the Two Men Kissing at a Santorum Rally
Louis Peitzman · 03/18/12 01:25PM
Non-hateful people everywhere were delighted yesterday by the story of two gay men kissing in protest at a Santorum rally. Now we have video of the event, which is regrettably sandwiched between Santorum's speech and the crowd chanting "U-S-A" as the protesters exit the gym. The interruption begins around 3:30, and the kiss follows shortly thereafter. You can now view a shorter version of the video that cuts through much of the bullshit.
Crowd at Santorum Rally Horrified When Two Dudes Kiss Each Other
Louis Peitzman · 03/17/12 01:04PM
Santorum's virgin eyes have been tarnished by sin — as a protest against the Republican presidential candidate's vehemently anti-gay policies, two men got the attention of the crowd at an Illinois rally and kissed each other. Guards removed the men from the gym as the crowd chanted "U-S-A." Because nothing is more American than repression.
Today in Mitt Romney Trying to Relate to Voters: 'I’ve Got A Lot of Good Friends' Who Own NFL Teams
Emma Carmichael · 03/13/12 10:39AMA few weeks ago, Mitt Romney stuffed his foot in his mouth after proving to the common folk at a NASCAR race that he was a fan of the sport because he has "some great friends who are NASCAR team owners." This week, he somehow crammed the other foot in there by repeating almost literally the exact same thing about the NFL.
Florida Pastor Urges Romney to Denounce "Racist" Religion
Louis Peitzman · 03/11/12 10:18AMRomney and Gingrich Let Santorum Win Kansas
Louis Peitzman · 03/10/12 03:50PMMitt Romney Makes Announcement: 'I Like Grits'
Max Read · 03/09/12 10:48AMWhy We're Talking About Barack Obama and Derrick Bell Now
John Cook · 03/08/12 06:32PMSo Andrew Breitbart's belated death-rattle made its debut last night, and here's what it is: Barack Obama, in 1990, gave a speech saying nice things about a bad man named Derrick Bell. He also hugged the bad man, Derrick Bell. Ipso facto reduction ad absurdum habeas corpus hocus pocus, Barack Obama is a bad man as well. Airtight.
Obama Really Wishes Romney 'Good luck tonight' (UPDATE)
Leah Beckmann · 03/06/12 05:21PMAt today's press conference with Obama, CBS' Norah O'Donnell informed the president that Romney had called him "the most feckless president since Carter." Big time burn.
Listen to the Latest Crazy Gay-Hating Santorum Robocall
John Cook · 03/06/12 04:09PMDid you know that Mitt Romney is a homo-loving pro-gay fetishist who wants your children to be taught by cross-dressing gay soldiers? That's the upshot of a bizarre new pro- Santorum robocall going out to Ohio voters today.
Rick Santorum's Wikileaks
John Cook · 03/06/12 03:04PMCatholic scold Rick Santorum thinks Julian Assange is a "terrorist"—and ought to be prosecuted as such—for his role in releasing thousands of pages of classified documents on the internet. He ought to know: In 2006, Sen. Rick Santorum literally forced the U.S. government to dump thousands of pages of classified records concerning Iraq onto the web, including detailed plans for building a nuclear weapon, so that right-wing bloggers could search them for evidence of Saddam Hussein's phantom WMD.
Republican Nominees Distance Themselves From Rush Limbaugh
Louis Peitzman · 03/04/12 11:00AM
Yesterday — in the wake of losing several sponsors — Rush Limbaugh apologized for calling law student Sandra Fluke a "slut" and a "prostitute." Fluke had the audacity to argue in front of Congress that her employer's health care coverage should cover her birth control. Since Limbaugh made his apology, notable Republicans have stepped forward to agree that Limbaugh's comments were out of line, and that the conservative talk show host does not speak for the Republican party as a whole.
Santorum Remains Very Concerned About How You Raise Your Family
Louis Peitzman · 03/03/12 03:55PM
Campaigning in Ohio, Rick Santorum has kept his focus firmly on family values as opponent Mitt Romney concentrates on the economy. Santorum's biggest concern: families without one father and one mother. (He didn't actually adress gay families in his speech, but you can probably guess how he feels about that.)
Surprise: Romney's Tax Plan Takes From the Poor, Gives to the Rich
Louis Peitzman · 03/03/12 09:51AMImagine All the Things You Could Have Sold On Romney's 'Mitt Market'
Leah Beckmann · 02/28/12 04:48PMRomney Nostalgically Remembers the Golden Jubilee, Nine Months Before His Birth
Leah Beckmann · 02/28/12 11:08AMToday in Mitt Romney Trying to Relate to Voters: 'I Have Friends Who Own NASCAR Teams'
Emma Carmichael · 02/27/12 10:37AMThe remarkable thing about Mitt Romney's foot-in-mouth moments is that Mitt Romney's foot-in-mouth moments almost always have to do with Mitt Romney admitting that he is dreadfully, dreadfully wealthy. Romney, for example, is "not concerned about the very poor." His wife Ann, for example, drives "a couple of Cadillacs."