2012
Your Survival Guide for Tonight's Vegas GOP Debate
Jim Newell · 10/18/11 04:38PMThe metropolitan region of Las Vegas, Nevada, has suffered economic collapse more brutal than anywhere following the bursting of the housing bubble. Eighty percent of homeowners are underwater on their mortgages in some parts of the city. It suffers from worse unemployment than any other major metropolitan region in the country. And now, worst of all, the city will have to host a bunch of assholes running for president in tonight's 432nd GOP presidential debate since Labor Day. Who will "win"? The rich guy always wins.
Hopeless Gary Johnson Now Just Talking to Pagans
Jim Newell · 10/18/11 03:13PMTop Democrats Giddily Distribute Mitt Romney's Embarrassing Old Photo
Jim Newell · 10/18/11 11:37AMJust five days ago we published a tacky old Bain Capital photo of Mitt Romney and his swanky private equity buddies playing with money, and wondered how long it would take for one of Romney's many enemies to put it to use, attackwise. And sure enough, guess what's included in today's widely-distributed DNC memo? Stern words for Eric Cantor and Mitch McConnell! Also, the Romney photo.
Rick Santorum Does Not Care for Those SNL Meanies
Jim Newell · 10/17/11 02:51PMRick Santorum, who is constitutionally incapable of not whining whenever he opens his mouth, had a whiny response to being made fun of on Saturday Night Live this weekend.
Herman Cain Sings About Pizza to the Tune of 'Imagine'
Jim Newell · 10/17/11 11:54AMYou know all of those dumb jokes about how Herman Cain, former Godfather's Pizza CEO, just thinks about pizza all the time? Well here's Herman Cain himself making one of them 20 years ago at the Omaha Press Club. The difference is that his joke — a performance of John Lennon's commie song "Imagine" but with lyrics about pizza — is rather well plotted!
Herman Cain's '9-9-9' Plan Will Raise Your Taxes By 9 Zillion Dollars
Jim Newell · 10/14/11 04:09PMThe great news about a Herman Cain presidency is not just that we'd have a president who hates ever thinking about foreign policy. We'd also get his 9-9-9 tax plan, a cartoonishly regressive transfer of the tax burden to the lower and middle classes! Okay, even our Congress isn't dumb enough to pass this. But. This is what Herman Cain's running on, so why not check out some fancy reviews, hmm?
Rick Perry's Wife: We've Been 'Brutalized' Over Our 'Faith'
Jim Newell · 10/14/11 02:04PMRick Perry's wife, Anita, has an explanation for his terrible collapse in presidential polls over the last month: That Perry has been "brutalized," by everyone, over his deep faith to God. This is a questionable assertion!
Obama Campaign Raises Disgusting Amount of Money
Jim Newell · 10/13/11 11:38AMWho would donate to the Barack Obama reelection campaign now, when everyone hates politics and life and he's not even in a difficult primary or anything? Apparently plenty of people would! He raised $42.8 million during the third quarter for his campaign committee, and another $27.3 million for the national party.
New Hampshire Threatens to Move Its Primary to Early December
Jim Newell · 10/12/11 04:28PMHow in the World Is Herman Cain on Top?
Jim Newell · 10/12/11 03:40PMPerry: 'We Fought the American Revolution in the 16th Century'
Seth Abramovitch · 10/12/11 02:16AMMichele Bachmann Summons Satan During GOP Debate
Seth Abramovitch · 10/11/11 10:15PMDemented occult practitioner Michele Bachmann dropped a zinger into tonight's Bloomberg/Washington Post Republican presidential debate, telling Herman Cain that if he were to turn his "9-9-9" plan upside down, "I think the Devil's in the details."
Rudy Not Running in 2012
Remy Stern · 10/11/11 06:45PMDartmouth's GOP Debate Organizers Terrified of Another Dumb Audience Outburst
Jim Newell · 10/11/11 02:44PMYou're probably familiar by now with the trifecta of tragicomic outbursts from the last three Republican debates: cheering for Rick Perry's 234 executions, cheering for uninsured sick people to die, and booing a gay soldier. So what terrible thing will happen at tonight's Washington Post/Bloomberg debate from Hanover, New Hampshire? Nothing, if the Dartmouth's powerhouse newspaper editorial board has anything to do with it!
Chris Christie Will Endorse Mitt Romney Today
Jim Newell · 10/11/11 12:33PMHerman Cain's Foreign Policy, in One Word: 'Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan'
Jim Newell · 10/10/11 01:24PMThe Republican party's latest affection in its presidential candidate speed-dating process, Herman Cain, is not and does not pretend to be this cycle's "foreign policy candidate." He doesn't want to be, and you can't make him! Instead, when quizzed about international relations, he will just mock his own lack of knowledge. That's his winning charm, maybe?