Perry a Fairy?
We all knew Rick Perry is a bigoted tool,
But we didn’t realize he was such a fool.
Bashing gay soldiers in a promo
Doesn’t prove he’s not a homo —
It just means he broke the Marcus Bachmann Rule!
Month: December 2011
GOP Candidates from Another Era
In the two main Republican contenders, we have one man, Romney, who seems to have walked straight out of the 1950s, and another, Gingrich, who seems to have walked straight out of the 1960s. He has every negative character trait that conservatives associate with ’60s excess: narcissism, self-righteousness, self-indulgence and intemperance. He just has those traits in Republican form.
— David Brooks, in the New York Times op-ed pages.
Cook Doesn’t Believe Gingrich’s ‘Unconventional Campaign’ Can Win
Someday, someone who has raised very little money may win a presidential nomination. Someday, someone with minimal campaign organization and infrastructure may become the nominee. Someday, someone who has served in Congress with hundreds of fellow party members and dozens of former staff but who has very, very few of them endorsing him and working on his campaign may win. But we are asked to believe that all of this is going to happen in 2012.
— Commentator Charlie Cook, who isn’t sold on the idea of Newt Gingrich winning the Republican nomination because he hasn’t yet built a traditional campaign.
Trump Has Snit Fit, May Quit As GOP Debate Moderator
[Michele Bachmann] came up to see me four times. She would call me and ask me for advice. She said if she wins, she would like to think about me for the vice presidency. Most importantly, I did a two-hour phone call for her with her people. … And after all that, she announced she was not going to do the debate. It’s called loyalty. How do you do that? It’s amazing to me.
– The Donald, explaining why he’s thinking of quitting as moderator of the December 27 GOP presidential debate hosted by birther website, Newsmax.
Gingrich’s Biggest Obstacle Is Gingrich Himself
The truth is that only thing that stands between Newt Gingrich and the 2012 GOP presidential nomination right now is Newt Gingrich.
— John Ellis, writing in Real Clear Politics.
Rick Perry: Gay, Gay, Gay
The blowback from the hate-filled ad targeting Iowa’s Christian bigot voters that Rick Perry released this week has been pretty hilarious.
It has spawned all sorts of parodies, including the video above, as well as a Tumblr site and a series of Photoshop jobs in which gay icons like Tinky Winky, the late Rev. Jerry Falwell’s favorite Teletubby, are superimposed behind Perry.
And speaking of gay icons, here is a Dept. of There Are No Accidents alert: In the ad, Perry is costumed in a jacket just like the one worn by Heath Ledger in “Brokeback Mountain.”
But the blowback hasn’t been all fun and games for Rick Perry. On Wednesday, Tony Fabrizio, team Perry’s pollster and strategist, was outed on Twitter — “twouted?” — by Jimmy LaSalvia and Chris Barron, prominent members of GOProud, a Stockholm-syndrome support group for gay Republicans:
Most Voters Say Lawmakers Need to Go
76%
Of registered voters say most members of Congress do not deserve re-election, the highest such percentage Gallup has measured in its 19-year history of asking this question.
A Hoosegow Hairdo
There were times when we wondered if we would see
Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich deprived of his liberty.
But one thing’s for sure
When Blago hits the stir —
He’ll have the best-looking hair on Cellblock C.
