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Mike Huckabee Just Isn't a Very Nice Person

Jim Newell · 03/03/11 11:55AM

Would-be presidential frontrunner Mike Huckabee humiliated himself a few days ago with his bizarre "Barack Obama's childhood in Kenya during the Mau Mau Revolution made him hate America" radio performance. But instead of simply hanging his head in shame for a little while after that, he doubled down on his fictional dog-whistle psychoanalysis of the president during another ugly interview with one of the most insane people in American politics. What a show! What a... show.

Nameless Republican Candidate Who Doesn't Exist Could Beat Obama

Jim Newell · 02/17/11 12:24PM

Why are Republicans having such a hard time finding a decent presidential candidate to crush all the others? It shouldn't be that hard. You only need one, and it's a country of 309 million people. The sitting president is vulnerable, too. That's an incentive to pluck some generic governor who doesn't say insane things all the time! And yet we still have this weak GOP field, where so many candidates have major flaws and aren't really loved by anyone, especially their mothers.

Will Mike Huckabee Even Bother Running?

Jim Newell · 01/21/11 01:00PM

Congratulations to Mike Huckabee! He is, for at least the next few days, the frontrunner to take the 2012 Republican nomination for president. But does he even want to run? He has a mortgage to pay off, after all.

Early 2012 Presidential Polls, State by State

Jim Newell · 11/16/10 05:23PM

Four Republicans have emerged as the clear early (err, very early) frontrunners in the 2012 Republican presidential primary, according to a recently concluded series of Public Policy Polling (D) surveys. The favorite of the bunch? Not so clear.

Marry, Fuck, Kill: Fox News Edition

Maureen O'Connor · 04/20/10 04:12PM

This morning, Howard Stern challenged Fox News' Megyn Kelly, host of American Live, to play Marry, Fuck, Kill with a triumvirate of Fox News blowhards: Bill O'Reilly, Glenn Beck, and Sean Hannity. Talk about a rock and a hard place.

Tea-Bagging Celebrities Are Balls Out Crazy

nightintern · 04/05/10 10:00AM

Ah, the tea-baggers! America's latest crazy political offshoot group—and, thanks to a growing number of celebrity members, the most entertaining one, too. Here, we showcase the most popular and outstandingly ridiculous celebrity tea baggers.