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Liz Cheney Panders to Half Wits on Twitter

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Rarely do I disagree with the best VP ever but @SarahPalinUSA more qualified than Obama and Biden combined. Huge respect 4 all she’s done 4 GOP.

– Prospective Wyoming U.S. Senate candidate (and Maryland resident) Liz Cheney, daring to disagree with her father’s correct assessment that John McCain’s choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate in 2008 was a “mistake.” Liz is either pandering to Palin’s half-wit followers or she’s off her meds.

Pay to Play: After Meat Industry Donation, Tea Party Rep. Steve King Defends Pink Slime

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I’m on the phone today and throughout the weekend and into last week trying to establish a congressional hearing before the Ag Committee for Beef Products, Incorporated, so that we can put into the congressional record the nutritional value and the safety and the tastiness of their product which is an enhancement to hamburger. I’m working with Governor Branstad on that. At this point, there will be a decision made today I think on whether we’re able to get a hearing.

– Rep. Steve King, GOPT-Iowa, after taking donations from meat industry trade associations and meat producers, promising to have a hearing in Congress on the benefits of pink slime, which he calls “lean finely textured beef.”

For Mormons, Baptizing the Dead Is Like Putting Them on a Guest List

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Mormons think of baptisms for the dead as a service to others, almost like adding family members’ names to a guest list.

– Forrest Wickman in article for Slate Magazine titled, “Can I Get on the Mormon “Do Not Baptize” List?” and subtitled, “How to avoid being baptized after you’re dead.”

Trump Has Snit Fit, May Quit As GOP Debate Moderator

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[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.

Rick Perry Turned 21 in 1971, the Year the Voting Age Was Lowered to 18

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21

Age of Texas Gov. Rick Perry (b. March 4, 1950) on July 5, 1971, when Pres. Richard Nixon ceremonially certified ratification of the 26th Amendment to the Constitution, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18. In one of the most recent gaffes in his campaign for the GOP presidential nomination, Perry indicated he believed the voting age was still 21.