Month: May 2012
Majority of Teens Text While Driving
61%
Of teens say they glace at their phone while driving and 61% also say they’ve seen friends read or send an email or text while driving, according to a recent AT&T Teen Driver Survey.
Americans Pick Obama in Election by 20-Point Margin
56% to 36%
Margin by which Americans think Barack Obama rather than Mitt Romney will win the 2012 presidential election. This is the case even though voters’ preferences are evenly divided between the two candidates, says Gallup.
Pat Robertson Backs White Mormon Over Black Christian
The question is, if you have two candidates, you don’t have Jesus running against someone else. You have Obama running against Romney.
— God’s co-pilot Pat Robertson, throwing his support to Mitt Romney’s presidential candidacy — but only because Jesus Christ isn’t running, BuzzFeed reports.
Bush Backs Romney
I’m for Mitt Romney.
— Former President George W. Bush, endorsing Mitt Romney this morning as the doors of an elevator closed on him, ABC News reports.
Ayn Over Yet!
Now Ron Paul’s Dropped out of the race,
Leaving Romney all alone in first place.
But libertarians ain’t delicate,
So when he’s counting delegates,
Mitt’d better count twice in Tampa, just in case.
Obama’s Gay Marriage Support Does Not Change Their Opinion of Him
52%
Of Americans say President Obama’s expression of support for same sex marriage did not affect their opinion of the president, while 25% say they feel less favorably toward Obama and 19% feel more favorably, a new Pew Research survey finds.
Majority Suspect Obama’s Motivation on Gay Marriage Stance
67%
Of Americans suspect that President Obama was motivated by politics, not policy, when he declared his support for same-sex marriage, while 24% said it was “mostly because he thinks it is right,” according to a new New York Times/CBS News poll.
Rightwing Homophobe Says Men Have Told Him They Had Sex with Obama
If this audio clip doesn’t give some insight into the dark and weird place that is the mind of a homophobe, I don’t know what does. Paul Cameron, the founder of what is now the rightwing Family Research Institute, claims that numerous unnamed men have confided in him that they had sex with Pres. Obama, a “fact” which Cameron has apparently sat on until now. As for what he sees as the goal of every gay person, you just have to hear it for yourself.
