election-2012
Rick Perry Won't Join Petitioners Calling for Texas to Secede, Says Union is Fine As Is
Neetzan Zimmerman · 11/13/12 11:25AMWoman Blames Husband for Obama's Reelection, Runs Him Over with Her Jeep
Neetzan Zimmerman · 11/12/12 06:05PMSingle Serving Site Lets You Watch Mitt Romney's Facebook Fans Disappear in Real-Time
Neetzan Zimmerman · 11/12/12 01:35PMGuy Who Got Romney Face Tattoo Regrets Nothing
Neetzan Zimmerman · 11/12/12 11:15AMConservative Knives Are Out for Bill Kristol After He Tells Fox News it 'Won't Kill the Country' to Raise Taxes on Rich
Neetzan Zimmerman · 11/12/12 10:41AMAppearing on Fox News Sunday to talk post-election politics, Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol informed the other members of his panel it was time to face reality and give the people what they want.
'We the People' Petitions Filed in Nineteen States Seeking Permission to Secede from the Union [UPDATE]
Neetzan Zimmerman · 11/12/12 09:21AMBecome the King of Sunday Brunch with this Cheat Sheet
MTanzer · 11/11/12 11:40AMBrunching with your best friends is supposed to be the best part of your sad and hopeless existence, but sometimes, doing Sunday brunch is hard work. You will surely have to wait in a very long line. After finally getting seated, you will be given terrible service because the restaurant is just way too busy. These two things make the meal very long and you might run out of things to talk about very quickly. Use this cheat sheet and your friends might start calling you queen bloody mary.
The Lost Presidential Debate of 2012: Binders Full of Black Men, Tang-Colored White Boys, and Other Shit I Don’t Like
Kiese Laymon · 11/10/12 03:10PMHank The Cat, Charles Darwin, And "None Of These Candidates" All Had Strong Showings On Election Day
Barry Petchesky · 11/10/12 02:20PMThe knock on American politics is that we don't have a legitimate third party. Which isn't to say the Greens and Libertarians don't have some great ideas; it's just that the most they can hope for is to peel votes from the respective Big Two party with similar ideologies. But sometimes you want to throw your vote away, and you want to do it in an attention-grabbing manner. Here are three candidates who didn't win their races, but made a loud statement that the two guys ahead of them are awful.
Which States Sent The Most Racist Tweets After The Election?
Barry Petchesky · 11/10/12 10:55AMObama Effigy with the Words 'Pray 4 Assassin' Spotted in Alabama
Neetzan Zimmerman · 11/09/12 07:15PMAccording to the geography academics at Floating Sheep, the vast majority of racist tweets posted in the aftermath of President Obama's reelection came from Alabama, so it's of little surprise that a Dale County resident had few qualms about placing an Obama effigy on their front porch along with the sign "Pray 4 Assassin."
This Year Was a Blast It Went So Fast!!!: The 2011-12 Election Yearbook
Mobutu Sese Seko · 11/09/12 02:35PMA presidential campaign is like senior year. It takes forever. You mentally check out about halfway through. Everyone gets sick of the jocks and the BMOC types. The hot women are all going out with exactly the WRONG guys. You eagerly anticipate never speaking to or hearing from almost all of these people ever again. And years later, everyone wakes up and realizes that the nerds secretly won.
Woman Who Called for 'Nigger' Obama's Assassination in Viral Facebook Post Confronted by News Crew, Is Officially the Worst Person in the World
Neetzan Zimmerman · 11/09/12 12:45PMA California woman who gained overnight infamy after posting a Facebook status update expressing a desire to see President Obama — whom she referred to as "the nigger" — assassinated during his second term in office remained defiant despite losing her job at Cold Stone Creamery and being brought to the attention of the Secret Service.
Georgians Vote for 'My Neighbors Cat' and 'Burning Bag of Dogshit' over Anti-Science Congressman
Max Read · 11/09/12 10:58AMAs we wrote last night, dead Englishman Charles Darwin received some 4,000 write-in votes in the race for Georgia's tenth congressional district, owing to the anti-science statements of his, uh, opponent, Republican Rep. Paul Broun. But Darwin wasn't the only write-in candidate! Local Athens publication Flagpole has a list of all the write-in candidates. And basically every single one would make a better candidate than Paul Broun, including, for example, "ANY NON-INSANE INDIVIDUAL":
President Obama Breaks Down As He Tells Staff and Volunteers, 'I'm Really Proud of All of You'
Leah Beckmann · 11/09/12 01:29AMOn Wednesday night, the day after the president's re-election, Barack Obama paid a surprise visit to Chicago campaign headquarters. In the video, Obama is informal, uninhibited, and genuine as he thanks the staff and volunteers for their dedication and hard work. "It's not that you guys actually remind me of myself," he tells the group, "it's the fact that you are so much better than I was."
Charles Darwin Loses To Missing Link
Oscar Mitchell · 11/08/12 11:03PMIn a hotly contested Congressional race in Georgia, Charles Darwin, the father of evolutionary thought, was unable to beat Republican Paul Broun. Darwin, well known for suggesting that men landed on earth after being deported from the Planet of the Apes, failed to unseat the incumbent, who campaigned on an anti-science platform, and at times refused to acknowledge that air existed, since he was unable to see it.
Chris Christie Congratulates Obama by Phone, Tells Mitt Romney Tough Luck by Email
Neetzan Zimmerman · 11/08/12 07:23PMChris Christie, who is already being blamed by conservatives for costing Republicans the election with his refusal to be political during a time of crisis for his state, revealed to reporters today that he has yet to speak with Mitt Romney despite having already phoned President Obama to congratulate him on his reelection.