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RNC chair: Obama is 'our' Italian cruise ship captain

Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus thought Sunday morning that President Barack Obama merited being compared to Francesco Schettino, the captain of the turned over cruise ship in Italy. Appearing on CBS’ Face the Nation, Priebus pivoted from a dis …

Right-Wing Official Pushes Bible Death Message at Obama

O'Neal invoked a line from the Bible, Psalm 109 verse 8 which states:  “May his days be few; and let another take his office.” (Translations used in press accounts vary, but the meaning remains about the same.)   O'Neal laughingly added:  &ldquo …

Fischer: Bill Clinton Responsible for Rise in Oral Cancer

A new study estimates that 7% of Americans carry the human papillomavirus (HPV) in their mouths which has been transmitted by oral sex and that this may be responsible for the rise in mouth and throat cancer over the last twenty five years.

Sarah Palin Defends Gingrich: Establishment Fears Him Because He Leads 'Rage Against The Machine'

Last night, Herman Cain officially threw his supportbehind Newt Gingrich.

TN State Senator says "AIDS caused by gay pilot having sex with monkey"

um - No. Hat tip to Wonkette for this story and to Michelangelo Signorile from Sirius radio who conducted the interview with this bigoted ignoramus. Tennessee State Senator Stacey Campfield said: Most people realize that AIDS came from the homosexual comm …

Arizona judge bars candidate from seeking office because of English proficiency

A woman barred from seeking elected office in an Arizona border town by a judge who ruled she did not have a sufficient grasp of English has decided to fight the controversial ruling, and filed an appeal on Friday, her lawyer said. A Yuma County judge disqualified Alejandrina  …

Christie: Civil Rights Struggle Could Have Been Resolved by Voting

A pretty amazing statement (and not in a good way) from New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who made an argument against a measure legalizing gay marriage by comparing it to the civil rights movement — and ended up saying that the civil unrest of the 1950s and 60s could h …

Rick Santorum On Why He's Most Electable: I Didn't Buy Into 'Global Warming Hoax'

During the last question of the night at the Florida GOP presidential debate on CNN, moderator Wolf Blitzer asked Rick Santorum why he was the candidate most likely to defeat President Obama.

White teens accused of hate crimes after 'putting noose around black classmate's neck and calling him n*****'

Three white teens have been charged with race hate crimes after allegedly tying a noose around the neck of a black classmate and calling him 'n*****'. The trio, reportedly annoyed with the boy's relationship with a white girl, then allegedly threatened the 17-year-old with a k …

Gingrich: Secular 'Elite' Promoting 'Radical Islam'

Today (Yesterday) on The Janet Mefferd Show, Newt Gingrich said that an intolerant “elite” made up of “secular judges and religious bigots” are trying to promote “radical Islam over Christianity and Judaism.” Gingrich, who told John …

More Proof It's Not Just Abortion They're After

Now we've got another man (surprise!) who says that Obama's ruling that employers must provide contraceptive coverage to their employees (not just women, but men who might want it for their covered dependents) is killing babies. Ladies and gentlemen, Rep.

Republican Dominated Indiana State Senate Committee Votes for Creationism in Schools

Creationism, that zombie of the American political scene, rises again — this time in Indiana:

Santorum: Obama's college reforms part of 'indoctrination' plot

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Wednesday suggested that President Barack Obama wanted to every kid to go to college so they could be brainwashed into being a liberal. Speaking to a crowd of Floridians at the First Baptist Church of Naples, Santorum said tha …

Now Mitt Romney claims he actually pays a 50% tax rate

RAMOS: You just released your tax returns. In 2010 you only paid 13 percent of taxes while most Americans paid much more than that. Is that fair? ROMNEY: Well, actually, I released two years of taxes and I think the average is almost 15 percent.

US military had '19,000 sex assaults in 2010 alone'

The Department of Defense estimates that more than 19,000 military men and women were sexually assaulted by fellow troops in 2010 while serving in the United States armed forces.  At least 20 percent of servicewomen and 1 percent of men – an estimated 500,000 troops …

Patrick Wooden Warns that Gay Men Shove Cellphones, Baseball Bats and Animals up their Anuses, Die in Diapers

North Carolina activist Patrick Wooden has become a favorite of groups like the National Organization for Marriage, the Family Research Council and the American Family Association, and most recently joined Peter LaBarbera of Americans For Truth About Homosexuality at  …

'I'm The Chairman!' Congressmen Brawl Over Subpoenaing Koch Brothers To Testify On Keystone Pipeline

Congressional throwdown! In a heated hearing Wednesday on Capitol Hill, Democratic Congressman Henry Waxman called upon the billionaire Koch brothers to be subpoenaed over their alleged monetary interests in the controversial Keystone XL pipeline.

Day After Gay Teen's Suicide, Lawmaker Says Gays Not "Mentally Healthy Adult Human Beings"

A lawmaker inTennessee, one day after the suicide death of fourteen-year old gay Tennessee teen Phillip Parker, wrote a constituent telling her that a gay person is not a “mentally healthy adult human being.” Rep. John Ragan, a Southern Baptist, pro-life,  …

WSJ reporter compares State of the Union seating to date rape

Stephen Moore, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, made a peculiar analogy Monday evening during a televised discussion of the bipartisan seating arrangement at tonight’s State of the Union address. While Fox Business Network’s Andrew Napolitano seemed frustrat …

'There will be riots on streets of America': George Soros predicts class war in U.S. as euro triggers collapse of global economy

Billionaire investor George Soros has warned the global economic system could collapse and riots on the streets of America are on the way. The 81-year-old said he’d rather survive than stay rich as the world faces an ‘evil’ period and Europe fights a ‘d …

Republican candidate Mitt Romney releases tax records, showing his staggering $45million income

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has released tax records, indicating he will pay $6.2 million in taxes on a total of $42.5 million in income over the years 2010 and 2011. Bowing to increasing political pressure to provide more detail about his vast wealth, the fo …

Beck: Republicans are 'Cowards" who Won't Even Call Obama a 'Socialist'

Earlier this month, Glenn Beck hosted David Barton for a discussion on the importance of the 2012 election.  During the segment, Beck admitted that he felt "powerless" and complained that the media was failing to hold our leaders accountable.  Even the Repu …

Fox News host: Gingrich will 'take the head off' Obama

Fox News host Steve Doocy used some violent imagery on Monday to describe how President Barack Obama would fair in a debate against Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich. “Newt was really able to make hay, and some analyst say, you know, it was his performance  …

Romney admits 'mistake,' will release tax return

After being soundly beaten by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich in South Carolina’s Republican presidential primary, former Massachusetts Gov.

Bill Kristol adds his voice to the clamor for a new GOP candidate. C'mon, somebody, anybody, please

On Monday, it was Rich Lowry at the National Review whining because the Republicans haven't fielded their "A-team" for the 2012 presidential contest.

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