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October Bombshell: Mitt Romney Uses Spray Tan, Campaign Source Admits
Max Read · 10/24/12 11:13AMGloria Allred's 'October Surprise': Mitt Romney Lied Under Oath to Help Staples Founder Keep Money From Wife in Divorce?
Neetzan Zimmerman · 10/24/12 10:00AMGOP Senate Candidate Likens Pregnancies from Rape to 'a Gift from God'
MTanzer · 10/23/12 09:36PMThat Young Mitt Romney Gaybashing Photo is Fake, But These Anti-Gay Marriage Quotes Aren't
MTanzer · 10/23/12 08:04PMBinders Full of Barbs: The Third Gawker 2012 Presidential Debate Liveblog
Mobutu Sese Seko · 10/22/12 07:55PMIt's time for another presidential debate, but this one is different, because everyone will follow the rules and tell the truth. This is the foreign policy debate, which means we get to witness the Lucky Alien Sweepstakes, in which the two candidates' answers determine just which nation's people have won the right to be torched alive from airborne American hellfire. CROSS YOUR FINGERS, SYRIA.
This Election Is Tied? Yeah Right
Hamilton Nolan · 10/22/12 03:15PMTexas Church Calling Obama a 'Muslim Communist' Could Have Its Tax-Exempt Status Revoked
Cord Jefferson · 10/22/12 12:55PMThe small town of Leakey, Texas (pop. 387), is stirring with an excitement not felt since the Leakey High Eagles last won the state football championship in 1975. But this latest stir has less to do with victory and far more to do with pure ignorant hatred, compliments of Leakey's nondenominational Church in the Valley.
Mitt Romney's Staff Played the Media Covering Them in a Friendly Game of Flag Football
Taylor Berman · 10/21/12 11:09PM'Paul Ryan Shirtless' Is Googled 9 Times More Often Than 'Paul Ryan Budget' & Other Election-Related Google Facts
Taylor Berman · 10/21/12 07:05PMA recent post on the New York Times Campaign Stops blog discusses all sorts of Google search-related political factoids. The point of the analysis is, for the Times' purpose, to act as a predictor (or, the article's title puts it, a "crystal ball") for the election. But it also offers up important information about how often people do things like search for topless photos of Paul Ryan, or, on the more depressing end of the spectrum, how often people searched for "Obama" in conjunction with "KKK." Here are some of more interesting searches:
Mitt Romney Is Bad at Firing Close Executives, Good at Firing Receptionists
Alyssa Bereznak · 10/20/12 03:22PMWay back during the Republican primaries, presidential candidate and creepy son-maker Mitt Romney once famously declared his love for firing people. Today, a report from the New York Times clarifies Romney's definition of fireable people as anyone who he has not worked with closely (i.e. played at least one round of golf with).
Robert Kessler · 10/19/12 02:20PM
President Obama Identifies the Disease that Causes Mitt Romney to Forget His Own Positions: 'Romnesia'
Neetzan Zimmerman · 10/19/12 02:13PMSpeaking at Virginia's George Mason University this afternoon, President Obama told the crowd he knows why his rival Mitt Romney has been "backtracking and sidestepping" so much lately: He's suffering from a condition known as "Romnesia."
Clear Channel's Intimidating Voter Fraud Billboards: Coming to a Black Neighborhood Near You
Cord Jefferson · 10/19/12 12:30PMAn anonymous "family foundation" has paid for nearly 150 threatening voter fraud ads to go up around the Midwest, often in predominately black and Latino neighborhoods (the one above looms across the street from a housing project in Cleveland). The ads, 85 of which have appeared in Milwaukee and 60 of which are now around Cleveland and Columbus, read, "Voter fraud is a felony! Up to 3 1/2 years & $10,000 fine."
Obama and Romney Get All Dressed Up to Insult Each Other Over Dinner
Neetzan Zimmerman · 10/19/12 07:32AMDilbert Creator Scott Adams Endorses Mitt Romney For the Stupidest Possible Reason
Jordan Sargent · 10/18/12 06:49PMDilbert creator Scott Adams is a rich white man who has turned his allegiance to Mitt Romney — I'll give you a moment to regain your composure. Okay. On Wednesday, Adams wrote a mildly coherent blog post explaining why he will be voting for Mitt Romney in November, one that starts with a hypothetical situation that includes the phrase, "For the record, President Obama did not technically kill anyone to get elected."
Which Romney Son Is Creepiest?
Max Read · 10/18/12 05:10PMAfter Tuesday night's debate, a photograph of Mitt Romey's son Josh sitting in the audience with a bloodcurdling stare quickly went viral. And then, yesterday, another Romney son — Tagg — told a radio host that he wanted to "take a swing" at President Obama. All of which leads to the natural question: which is the creepiest Romney?