Posts Tagged GOP debate

By zerlina • 12 years ago

Top 5 Most Ridiculous Parts of the GOP Debate

So I’m sure all of you took two hours our of your life that you will never get back to check out the Republican debate last night! Oh wait…you didn’t? Is it because you were out having a life and also because you probably think the GOP candidates are all anti-woman, anti-government, and anti-science? Oh.

Well, don’t fret because I watched the entire thing, live tweeted it, and have selected my Top 5 most ridiculous moments so you can continue on living your awesome life!

Let’s get started.

1. Governor Rick Perry claims Social Security is a Ponzi scheme….again.

In what could go down as the moment that either won or lost Perry the GOP nomination, Perry calls social security a Ponzi ...

So I’m sure all of you took two hours our of your life that you will never get back to check out the Republican debate last night! Oh wait…you didn’t? Is it because you were out ...
By Chloe Angyal • 12 years ago

GOP candidates on same sex marriage rights

Last night in Ames, Iowa, several of the GOP candidates got together for a debate in advance of the weekend’s largely meaningless but apparently highly newsworthy Iowa Straw Poll.

Think Progress has put together this handy short video, and transcript, of all of last night’s candidates – Mitt Romney, Michele Bachmann, Tim Pawlenty, Ron Paul and Jon Huntsman – stating their positions on marriage equality. Unsurprisingly, they all think that we should continue discriminating against same sex couples! With the exception of Jon Huntsman, none of them is even down with civil unions.

Two big GOP figures, Sarah Palin and Rick Perry, were not present last night, which is a shame because you know that if they had been there, ...

Last night in Ames, Iowa, several of the GOP candidates got together for a debate in advance of the weekend’s largely meaningless but apparently highly newsworthy Iowa Straw Poll.

Think Progress has put together this handy short ...
By Vanessa • 12 years ago

Why there is no way in hell Michele Bachmann can become America’s first woman president


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I turn to my wise friend and Feministing alumna Ann Friedman, who said in response to John McCain’s pick of Sarah Palin as his VP in the 2008 election: “A woman candidate is not the same thing as a woman’s candidate.”

Sure, we could say it’s unlikely Michele Bachmann will get a presidential nomination — after all, just 5 percent of Republicans in a recent poll they would consider her their candidate. But considering the high marks she got across the board after Monday’s GOP debate, you just never know where the direction of this electoral circus will go. So let’s remind ourselves of exactly ...


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I turn to my wise friend and Feministing alumna Ann Friedman, who said in response to John McCain’s pick of Sarah Palin as his VP in the 2008 election: ...
By Vanessa • 12 years ago

More Santorum audacity: “I’ve taken bullets” on abortion

This weekend, he said abortion providers should be criminally charged. Then he made this gem of a comment Monday night at the GOP debate. While the potential candidates fought over who’s the most “pro-life”, Rick Santorum responded:

“Not only have I been consistently pro-life, I have not just taken the pledge but I’ve taken the bullets to go out there and fight for this and lead on those issues.”

Hence the best response to this on Twitter:

What an asshole.

This weekend, he said abortion providers should be criminally charged. Then he made this gem of a comment Monday night at the GOP debate. While the potential candidates fought over who’s the most “pro-life”,