Tag: Campaign 2012
Exit Manure Spreader!
He came on strong, the Man from Minn.,
But when the straw poll came, he couldn’t win.
If he couldn’t beat Michele or Ron,
It was clear his campaign was done —
So we say goodbye and good riddance to you, Tim.
The Line: Rick Perry
- Kevin Drum, Mother Jones: Why Perry won’t win
- Erica Grieder, The Economist: Democrats, you misunderestimate Perry at your peril
- Washington Post: Fact-checking Perry’s announcement speech
- ThinkProgress: Perry says Social Security and Medicare are unconstitutional
- Juan Cole, Informed Comment: Rick Perry and the hucksterism of the rich
- Paul Begala, Daily Beast: Lack of brains has never been a hindrance in politics
- SaintPetersblog: Is Rick Perry gay? Googlers want to know
George W. Perry: Gubmint Can’t Create Jobs – Except in Texas
Government doesn’t create any jobs. They can actually run jobs away.
– Texas Gov. Rick Perry, June 28, 2011
Since June 2009, 40 percent of the new jobs in this country were created in Texas. We’ve got only 10 percent of the population, but 40 percent of the new jobs.
– Perry on Aug. 13, announcing his run for the presidency, quoting job figures that are mostly attributable to oil companies’ hiring as a result of their price gouging of consumers on the price of gasoline
Since June 2009, 40 percent of the new jobs in this country were created in Texas. We’ve got only 10 percent of the population, but 40 percent of the new jobs.
– Perry on Aug. 13, announcing his run for the presidency, quoting job figures that are mostly attributable to oil companies’ hiring as a result of their price gouging of consumers on the price of gasoline
Marcus Bachmann Tries to Prove He is 100% Heterosexual
It seems Michele Bachmann’s husband Marcus has heard the speculation about his sexuality and is determined to prove that he is 100 percent heterosexual. Over the weekend in Iowa, first he elbowed and shoved Don Lemon, an openly gay CNN anchor. Now comes this photo showing him exchanging spit with a political supporter.
And speaking of the Bachmann’s oral fixations on display in Iowa this weekend, there’s this bizarre but hilarious, almost NSFW photo of his wife Michele enjoying a footlong hotdog.
Professional Homophobe Marcus Bachmann Accosts Openly Gay News Anchor
“As both CNN staffers tried to question Bachmann, Lemon said he was pushed by two members of Bachmann’s staff,” reports CNN. “Lemon also said that Marcus Bachmann, the congresswoman’s husband, pushed him.”
Marcus Bachman, the husband of GOP frontrunner Rep. Michele Bachmann, elbowed and pushed CNN anchor Don Lemon during a campaign event in Iowa on Saturday.
Marcus Bachmann has been at the center of a scandal that erupted last month after an undercover investigation revealed that his Christian psychology clinic provided so-called ex-gay “reparative therapy,” despite his assertions that it did not.
Lemon, the CNN anchor, is openly gay.
Video and a report from the The Advocate follow.
It’s Official: Pres. George W. Perry to Seek Third Term
Here’s a right-wing blogger from the idiocrat website, RedState.com, hyperventilating with joy over the news that Bush clone Rick Perry is running for president:
Bachmann Pushes Corn Dog Envelope
So I took a fair amount of heat for suggesting that Michele Bachmann might not want to wear a plunging neckline that exposes lots of her chestal area while working crowds. You know, all that leaning forward to shake hands, pinch baby cheeks, and squeeze the shoulders of wheelchair users and what-not.
But we are now entering unimagined territory. A FOOT-LONG CORN DOG? Really, Michele Bachmann? And we are supposed to gaze at this action shot and simply say, “Huh. Looks like a good corn dog. That’s all I see.”
O.K., I’ll try to only see a corn dog and not see a person with a serious lack of imagination about how a foot-long corn dog being inserted into a woman’s open mouth while she reaches to grasp it with two hands might look. I will also try not to see a person who should never, ever, ever be president.
