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Sunday Talk: The year of living dangerously - Teapublicans began the year (of our lord) 2012 feeling good about their chances of turning President Barack Obama into the next former President Jimmy Carter. Boasting a field of dreams including the likes of Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum—not to mention Ron Paul, who hates black/"blah" people just as much they do—they had good reason to feel that way. However, the GOTP ultimately fell ...

In the coming years, when the media calls on people of faith to give commentary on important maters, do we want them to keep trotting out folks like Rick Santorum, Paul Ryan, Rick Perry, Tony Perkins, Mike Huckabee, Franklin Graham, the Catholic Bishops, Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, etc. That would be gut wrenchingly depressing. Are these the people we want to speak for us on matters of faith in the media? If not, we need to get busy raising up some new moderate voices to speak as public figures on matters of faith. Perhaps we can make that part of our mission.

"The people Romney ran against [in the Republican primary] -- Rick Santorum, Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Herman Cain -- would have been destroyed in a national election. Many better potential candidates decided not to run, in part because they couldn't win the Republican primary."

"Hillary Clinton is still paying off her $25 million 2008 presidential campaign debt. (But she’s down to just $73,000 as of mid-October.) According to Politico, so are Rudy Giuliani and many 2012 Republican contenders: Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain. (Ron Paul, however, has a $2 million surplus.)" lol

Crazy Republican Science Todd Akin: Claims that pregnancy from "legitimate rape" is rare because "the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down." Rick Santorum: Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum is an avid denier of global warming, decrying warnings of climate change as a hoax. In one of his more memorable comments, Santorum scoffed at fears of carbon emissions in a speech at the Gulf Coast Energy Summit in Biloxi, Miss."The dangers of carbon dioxide?" Santorum said on March 12, 2012. "Tell that to a plant, how dangerous carbon dioxide is." Michele Bachmann: After a Republican debate in September 2011, then-presidential nominee hopeful Rep. Michele Bachmann went on Fox News and NBC with an anecdote warning against Gardasil, a vaccine that protects against a virus that can cause cervical cancer “There’s a woman who came up crying to me tonight after the debate," Bachmann told Fox's Greta Van Susteren. "She said her daughter was given that vaccine. She told me her daughter suff . ...

I realize that I will probably be unfriended by some of my right wing friends and family by posting this, but I think it's very important, so here it goes. When you are standing there in the voting booth tomorrow about to cast your vote, please consider voting for Barack Obama. If Mitt Romney gets into office he will be bringing with him the policies of not just himself, (whatever they may be that day) but the policies of all the crazy, ignorant, hate spewing Racist, Tea bagger, war mongering, Evangelical Zealots that have taken over the Republican Party. People like Todd Akin, Richard Murdock, Pat Robertson, Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin, Glen Beck, Rush Limbaugh Ann Coulter, Donald Trump, Rick Santorum and most importantly, George W. Bush. Since 2010, when the Republican Party took control of congress, they have done everything in their power to destroy the middle class by blocking: the Wall Street reform bill, Unemployment extension bill, Healthcare for 911 responders, a bill to raise taxes on companie ...

I am going to do two shows in Iowa this weekend. I was there when the Republican caucuses were held and Michele Bachmann won the straw polls. Seems like a different time and then every week there arose another front runners and party favorite- Rick Perry, Herman Cain, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, and finally someone rose above those titans of intellect, virtue and values. Tell me again where is John Huntsman ?

Wow.let's see just how accurate this man is.latest election prediction by Wayne Allyn Root - Yes, you read that headline correctly. I am a Las Vegas oddsmaker (and former Libertarian vice presidential candidate) and here's why I am so boldly predicting a Romney landslide. In November of 2004, only days before the presidential election, I went on CNBC and predicted a Bush victory by 3 points and 30 electoral votes. Every poll at the time showed Kerry in the lead. Bush won by 3 and 35. Newsmax magazine called it the most accurate prediction of 2004. In October of 2006, I went on Fox News to predict the GOP would get slaughtered in the midterm election and lose Congress. They did. In December 2011, before the GOP primary, I predicted Mitt Romney would win the GOP presidential nomination and go on to win the presidency. For the next few months, Romney trailed by a wide margin to a range of contenders -- Donald Trump, Rick Perry, Herman Cain, Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum. It seemed no one wan ...

SCREWED-finished The death of casual sex... Many people presume that Romney, epic flip-flopper that he is, didn't mean anything he said during the GOP primary to swat down the wild-eyed fanatics like Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry and Rick Santorum. They're trusting that the candidate who once swore to Massachusetts voters that he was pro-choice and pro *** rights is the real McCoy. That's a comforting fairy tale but a dangerous one. The evidence from Romney's years as governor-subject he religiously avoids talking about-shows him to be anything but moerate. Governor Romney reneged on just about every campaign promise he made to women and *** about sexual rights, personal freedom and privacy. Romney wouldn't even protect a rape victim from having to bear the child of her rapist; he vetoed a bill requiring hospitals to give emergency contraception to rape victims. Romney may not present himself as a religious zealot, but the passion-challenged multimillionaire from Bain Capital has sealed him ...

"Mitt Romney is not Rick Santorum, and Paul Ryan is not Michele Bachmann. Otherwise, our decision would have been different." -- Statement from the *** Republican group Log Cabin Republicans, offering Mitt Romney a "qualified endorsement" for president, Oct. 23, 2012

Video on msnbc.com: It looks like a documentary, but it's fiction... with Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Michele Bachmann and the news media as unwitting guest stars. Actress and writer Jane Edith Wilson talks to MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell about improvising her way across Iowa as "Janeane from Des Moin...

If you really want to know what a person stands for, listen to what his family says about him. Here’s what leading Republicans have said about Romney: Newt Gingrich: Blasted Romney, calling him a liar and accusing him of misstating both his own record and the records of his rivals. Asked directly whether he was calling Romney a liar, Gingrich said, “Yes.” “He’s not telling the American people the truth. I just think he ought to be honest to the American people and try to win as the real Mitt Romney, not try to invent a poll-driven, consultant-guided version that goes around with talking points.” Michele Bachmann: “If you look at Mitt Romney, he…has been very inconsistent on his positions. He has been on both sides of the abortion issue, on both sides of the issue of same-sex marriage.”“They (voters) want to know what’s the truth. They’re not interested in a chameleon.” Rick Santorum: “”We need someone who’s bold and courageous, someone who’s willing to go out and say, ‘ ...

On the road to the Republican presidential nomination, Mitt Romney ran up quite a body count, from Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann to Ron Paul and Rick Santorum. Now as the former Massachusetts governor gears up for his first debate with President Obama, Slate V is rolling out Political Kombat...

As a Republican, I was wondering if the Party can exorcize the crazy? The GOP nominated for president perhaps the least of the craziest candidates but still a terrible candidate. Conservatives neither love nor respect Romney who appears to be more electable than those they do get excited about but in reality he is not. Obviously, there’s something really wrong with the current GOP. It’s not that it’s conservative; it’s that, but to be blunt, it’s absolutely, positively nuts. This is the party which takes presidential candidates such as Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Rick Perry and Herman Cain seriously. It’s the party which frequently ignores reality and rejects the normal compromises of the U.S. political system. Every candidate the GOP nominates either shares in the crazy or is hostage to it – this is exactly what we’ve seen from Mitt Romney throughout the campaign. The Republican's have not just self-destructed, but they have committed suicide by allowing the Tea Party ...

"How did someone so politically maladroit — a cardboard cutout crossed with an Etch A Sketch — get this far? We need to remind ourselves that the alternatives were Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Herman Cain, Michele Bachmann. And we need to ask whether we now have an electoral process so vacuous, vicious and just plain silly that most people in their right minds wouldn’t go near it." Tks Pricey Harrison 4share.

"Your Rape Baby Is A Gift From God" The song represents Zoccola's contribution to the public discourse on the topic of forcing a women to carry an undesired fetus to term even in the event of rape. Our mission is to illustrate the complete absurdity of imposing any legislation based on an unsubstantiated claim that a pregnancy resulting from rape is a gift from a mythological man in the sky. Our references to race are in no way intended to offend any ethnic sect but rather to point out that the loudest voices defending this legislation are coming from white, wealthy, elitist members of the religious community such as Paul Ryan, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Michele Bachmann and Todd Akin. We use our references to minorities with the intent to point out that each of these individuals would most likely beat their daughter with a belt in the name of god if they even dated an African-American or Hispanic. There is no way in *** these closet racists would feel comfortable raising a baby of color in their white ...

From the Atlantic: Mitt Romney's off-the-record comments were inelegant. But they were also part of a long trend of Republicans attacking the 47% as lazy, or playing by a different set of rules, or not fully contributing to the country. Michele Bachmann went after the non-payers. So did Rick Santorum. And Sen. John Cornyn. The 47% aren't lucky ducks cheating the system. They're mostly poor working families getting pilloried by the political party that wrote the rules they're following. If the 47% are the monster here, then Republicans helped play the role of Dr. Frankenstein. "Non-payers" have grown in the last 30 years because of marginal tax rate cuts and credits like the EITC passed under Republican presidents and continued by both parties in Congress. It would be one thing to ask poor working families to pay higher taxes if Republicans were trying to raise money to improve government services. Quite the opposite, Romney's tax plan would, if passed, either reduce revenue or come out neutral by raising ...

From Rick Perry to Rick Santorum to Newt Gingrich to Michele Bachmann to Mike Huckabee , leading Republicans are in agreement that Mitt Romney is a terrible candidate for President. The fact that he is unwilling to release his tax returns would disqualify him from even being considered for a Cabinet position in a Republican administration, let alone President.

Rick Santorum said it best, that Mitt Romney was the ABSOLUTE WORST Republican his party could nominate to run for president in 2012 (with the exception of Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich, Donald Trump, and Rick Santorum).

I hate letting a few ignorant politicians influence an entire assemblage of american citizens, but when the Republican Party is affiliated with people like Todd Akin it really works to discredit their legitimacy as an informed and cognizant group of people. They need to distance themselves from these people quickly if they are to gain any support from the scientists and engineers of this country. This goes for the ones who deny evolution as well: Michele Bachmann (R) James Inhofe (R) Rick Santorum (R) Christine O'Donnell (R) David Vitter (R) Sam Brownback (R) Tom Tancredo (R) Sharon Angel (R) There are more, and that worries me.

I get all warm & tingly when I think of these "religious" individuals that represent the GOP. Ralph Reed, Chairman, Faith and Freedom Coalition: We will "bathe the entire week with prayer" and dedicate the fall election to "the Lord." "We feel very strongly that America hangs in the balance,” Reed said. He also enlisted Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum to record messages that will be used in 4 million robocalls. Newt Gingrich: "Unlike Barack Obama," Gingrich said, "[Romney] understands that our grant comes from God." "I believe Barack Obama is a direct threat to the survival of the country I know and love." Gingrich called Obama a "pro-abortion extremist" falsely claiming that the Democratic Party platform called for late-term, taxpayer-funded abortions. And, perhaps new for Gingrich, he claimed that abortion was murder. Michele Bachmann: In the wake of the Supreme Court's decision upholding the Affordable Care Act, "there's only one option left for America to remain free -- and that's at the ballot box. ...

I've been watching the RNC Convention coverage on FAUX News, "Fair & Balanced." I can only guess the FAUX motto means... • Fair, as in Fair-skinned blonds. (Much of the early morning time with short skirts on very high chairs. This is not a complaint, though.) • Balanced, as in "Our psychiatrist pretty much has our meds regulated now." Also interesting are the relatively well-known Republicans who's presence ~seems~ to be obscured or somewhat absent; or about whom the RNC or Mitt appear to all of a sudden not want to remind American voters, e.g.: Michele Bachmann, Donald Trump, Rick Santorum, Herman Cain, Sarah Palin, George Bush, and (drum roll please) *** Cheney. Are any of THEM speaking? Attending it? Am I imagining this? (Did I forget to mention Todd Akin?) I bet the Koch brothers are around there somewhere.

I'm posting this comment as I found it quite accurate (I don't agree that Paul is a liar, phony and a charlatan) and I am respecting this person's privacy: "Wrong Paul never had enough voters to "pull off" anything. The man is as phony as a four-dollar bill. He's a liar and a cancer in the Republican Party. And you morons who continue to worship that charlatan have only him to blame if you don't like the fact that Governor Romney won the GOP nomination. because Wrong Paul ran interference for Romney during the primaries and caucuses. He ran vicious attack ads against Newt Gingrich in Iowa, but ran none against Governor Romney until everyone else had dropped out of the race and Governor Romney's victory was a foregone conclusion. Wrong Paul personally attacked Rick Santorum 39 times during the televised candidate forums, but never once attacked Governor Romney. Wrong Paul made insulting and demeaning remarks about Michele Bachmann on Jay Leno's TV show, but never had an unkind word about Governor Romney. I ...

The RNC for Life and FRC Action's event, "Treasure Life," honors the pro-life contributions of Rep. Louie Gohmert and former presidential candidates Sen. Rick Santorum, Rep. Michele Bachmann and Gov. Rick Perry for their consistent advocacy for every stage of life, from conception to natural death.

Obviously, the GOP needs to turn toward those who can "save" it from itself. At a time such as this, the party must turn to its leadership, people like Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann... ROTFL!

Throughout the year, each candidate made comments that proved just how out of touch, ignorant, and dangerous the right wing has truly become. It's hard to choose which quotes to list but here are just 25, brought to you by Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Herman Cain, Ron Paul, Rick Santorum, Rick Pe...

Michele Bachmann's words this week provoked this, it's a long read; While debating Christ's death and resurrection with one of the prominent heretics of the day, Tertullian (an early Christian apologist from North Africa and a notable theological polemicist) rather famously stated, "Certum est quia impossibile est." "It is certain because it is impossible." Rick Santorum told supporters of his dread of the possibility of Iran's gaining a nuclear-weapons capability. He spoke briefly of how it might ignite a general arms race in the area of the world that least needs one. Then he claimed that a nuclear-armed Iran would be a direct threat to the United States. As we know, any attempt by Iran to use a nuclear weapon against the United States would result in Iran's future as a glass parking lot. Santorum thereupon made a case that the ENTIRE Iranian government was open to the idea of national suicide because it would bring about the return of the Twelfth Imam, a messianic figure of Shiite Islam whose arrival w ...

I’m not the biggest Mitt Romney fan. I was pretty much in the anyone-but-Romney camp during the GOP primaries. I was for Michele Bachmann, then Rick Perry, then Herman Cain, then Newt, then Rick Santorum. I just don’t think Mitt is much of a conservative, if he’s even conservative at all. How ca...

True Blood's just-begun Season 5 has its roots in the Republican primaries. No, there weren't any known vampires running for office—but the policies of Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum... Entertainment News Summaries. | Newser

“True Blood” creator Alan Ball has already mentioned that one former White House hopeful – Rep. Michele Bachmann — influenced the direction of the show. And now he tells The Wrap that former Sen. Rick Santorum inspired him, too: How did you map out this season? For me the jumping off point was watch...

Can't wait for CPAC-Chicago Friday June 8, Gov. Bobby Jindal, Joe Walsh, Richard Mourdock, Sen. Johnson. Sen. Paul. Rick Santorum, Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain and more, can't wait to see who all I get to interview while I'm there.

Remember Newt Gingrich calling Mitt Romney a liar? Michele Bachmann saying Romney's unelectable? Rick Santorum calling Romney "the worst Republican in the country" to run against President Barack Obama?. Yea me too. good times..

I rank the candidates in the following way: number one Newt Gingrich, two Rick Santorum, three Michele Bachmann (hard to keep her as number three in the way she attacked other qualified candidates), four Rick Perry, five Herman Cain… To the end of the list, the flies on Obama's butt, and last and very least Barack Obama

Following His early endorsement of an unprecedented four candidates this election season, God has failed to bring home the Republican nomination for any of His preferred GOP contenders. Rick Santorum, Herman Cain, Michele Bachmann, and Rick Perry have all been defeated by likely Republican nominee Mitt Romney, despite receiving strong endorsements from the Lord earlier in the electoral process. One has to wonder whether God’s decision to offer these endorsements via private messages delivered directly into each of the candidates’ brains rather than the more customary public announcement contributed to the candidates’ inability to gain traction in the primary. (from a political satire magazine)

When Mitt Romney ran for the senate against Ted Kennedy, he tried to run to the left of Ted Kennedy, which ticked off conservatives -- flash forward to 2012 and Romney tried to run to the right of Rick Santorum and Michele Bachmann -- now he's trying to run to the middle now that he's the presumptive GOP presidential nominee -- he has 50 opinions on every issue -- he has no morals and no spine (which is an asset when you Mittflip) ...

My revised essay on why I will vote for Romney. This may be published elsewhere later: Why a Principled Conservative (Reaganite), Bible-Believing Evangelical, Counter-cult Expert Will Vote and Support Mitt Romney for President. Many conservatives (Christian or otherwise), me included, are disappointed that Mitt Romney will be the Republican candidate for President. They lament that a more principled conservative (such as Michele Bachmann, or, to a lesser degree, Rick Santorum) was not selected. Perhaps they stand for the libertarian principles of Ron Paul. Whatever the case, many will be tempted to not vote at all or to make a protest vote. This is a deep mistake, based on faulty ideas about politics and the meaning of a political vote. In this short essay, I will labor to convince fellow conservatives, whether Christians or not, to vote and support for Mitt Romney for President. I have waited to endorse Romney until all the other competitors have been eliminated, since I did not support Romney from the b ...

According to the National Association for Gun Rights (NAGR) latest post: they sent their Presidential Gun Rights Survey to the announced Republican Candidates. This survey lets the citizens know where the candidate stands on the issue of Gun Rights or gun control. Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, and Ron Paul answered 100% pro-gun. Newt Gingrich, Jon Huntsman, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, and Rick Perry refused to respond. Can anyone confirm this by what the candidates said in the past?

Here's a perfect illustration of the atavistic social conservative movement's death grip on the Republican Party, as even the "moderate" Mitt Romney joins Rick Santorum and Michele Bachmann to sign a bigoted pledge from the fundamentalist group "National Organization for ...

One thing that I am frustrated about is that right now, I think more because of Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum, and maybe some of the other Republicans, it has become fashionable with conservatives but also with more liberal people to feel like you have to say, "Oh, how wonderful. How much you love children" when someone has a large family or is thinking of having a lot of children. Well, I want to be counted out. I don't want to feel pressured into the current fad. I'm not saying I'm 100% against all people with a lot of children. But I don't want to be pressured into this current fad. I am very disturbed by the fact that Mitt Romney gets away with saying he will get rid of Planned Parenthood, but when I say I 100% support Planned Parenthood, I'm considered an extremist and radical, and what I'm saying is about as popular as Ozzie Guillen saying he likes Fidel Castro (which by the way he had the right to say). A lot of people aren't telling the truth in Pennsylvania, because Patrick ...

When names are kicked around as to who would make a good running mate for former Gov. Mitt Romney, I can think of many great Americans for the job. Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, John Thune, Paul Ryan, Mike Rogers, Rand Paul, Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Darrell Issa, Louie G...

You know the Republicans remind me of the cast of a popular 60's TV show... Mitt Romney: Thurston Howell III (thinks he can buy anything) Anne Romney: Lovey (she doesn't feel rich) Rick Santorum: Gilligan (always in hot water) Newt Gingrich: The Skipper (of a sinking boat) Ron Paul: The Professor (educated but scatter-brained) Michele Bachmann: Ginger (loves the spotlight, but not a shining star) Sarah Palin: Mary Ann (cute, but not the brightest bulb) I could see it after the elections as a sitcom on Fox. :)

Best of the Web: Evolution is not something you can “not believe in”. If you don’t believe in it, you don’t understand it. - abaldwin360 I refuse to believe in a god who is the primary cause of conflict in the world, preaches racism, sexism, homophobia, and ignorance, and then sends me to *** if I’m ‘bad’. - Mike Fuhrman Remember when Ann Coulter apologized for her liberal-bashing books Godless, Treason, and Demonic? Or when Jonah Goldberg apologized for Liberal Fascism? Or when Michele Bachmann apologized for suggesting that the media investigate liberal members of Congress for their anti-Americanism? Or when Rick Santorum apologized for comparing same-sex couples who want to marry to Islamist terrorists who want to kill Americans? Yeah, me neither. Conservatives beat up, impugn, and slam liberals all the time. And conservatives make their attacks personal because their policies are unpopular and they’ll always have an easier time running on “Who you’d wanna have a beer with?” So t ...