Topic: politics

Todd Akin’s Last-Ditch Effort: Getting Endorsed By A ‘Legitimate Rape’ Victim Who Had An Abortion

Todd Akin's Last-Ditch Effort: Getting Endorsed By A 'Legitimate Rape' Victim Who Had An Abortion

Polls show Rep. Todd Akin behind Claire McCaskill in the race for Missourri Senate, and election day is coming fast. So to sway voters, he’s pulling out the big guns: a Russian immigrant, and a rape victim who had an abortion. These are the women featured in his latest ad, which has the two women explaining their backgrounds and gushing over their warm feelings for the Senator. Is it enough to balance out his “legitimate rape” comments? I don’t think so. More »

Friday Night Lights Actress Connie Britton Doesn’t Want Romney Using “Clear Eyes, Full Hearts” Either

Friday Night Lights Actress Connie Britton Doesn't Want Romney Using "Clear Eyes, Full Hearts" Either

Friday Night Lights creator Peter Berg is pissed at Mitt Romney for stealing his show’s catchphrase–”Clear eyes, full hearts”–and using it as part of his campaign. But Berg isn’t the only one who’s pissed; actress Connie Britton (who played Tami Taylor on FNL) took to an editorial in USA Today to condemn Romney for wrongly using the phrase–partly because it’s basically plagiarism, but mostly because she thinks it goes against the interest of women, particularly the type whose spirit it’s meant to embody. More »

Tina Fey Wins For Best Todd Akin ‘Legitimate Rape’ Joke

Tina Fey Wins For Best Todd Akin 'Legitimate Rape' Joke

Tina Fey spoke at the Center for Reproductive Rights Inaugural Gala in New York last night, and while the actress/comedia/writer/producer/mother has been quieter throughout this campaign season than the last, she still managed to get in the best jab at Todd Akin we’ve heard, since the Republican Senate candidate dropped the “legitimate rape” bomb in August this year. More »

Study, CNN Say Women Vote Based On Ovulation, Not Information

Study, CNN Say Women Vote Based On Ovulation, Not Information

Remember how everything from the way you dress to the foods you eat to the men you date can all be traced back to what’s going on with your ovaries? According to a soon-to-be-published study, ovulation is also one of the driving factors behind how you vote. Because apparently ovulation is better at understanding foreign policy, economic plans, reproductive health issues, and voting record? Yeah, I’m going to go ahead and call BS on this. More »

Saddest Presidential Debate 2012 Trend: Fat-Shaming Candy Crowley

Saddest Presidential Debate 2012 Trend: Fat-Shaming Candy Crowley

I was nervous for last night’s Presidential debate. Partially because debates make me nervous in general…and partially because I was pretty sure that Twitter would become flooded with fat jokes about moderator Candy Crowley, who is a plus-size woman. And, sure enough, it did. Because heaven forbid a woman who isn’t thin be allowed to do anything in this country without her weight being brought up by rude, fat-shaming jerks. More »

Pizza Hut Will Reward Someone For Asking ‘Sausage Or Pepperoni?’ At Town Hall Debate

Pizza Hut Will Reward Someone For Asking 'Sausage Or Pepperoni?' At Town Hall Debate

I no longer hate Pizza Hut for making really crappy food; I hate them for undermining U.S. politics with probably the most inane PR stunt I’ve ever seen: Offering pizza for life to anyone who will ask whether the candidates prefer “sausage or pepperoni” at the Town Hall debate on October 16. In a press release sent out yesterday, the company encouraged the “Pizza Party” to speak up at next week’s debates. Ugh. More »

Sarah Palin Says She’s Writing A Fitness Book; I Liked Her Better In Runner’s World

Sarah Palin Says She's Writing A Fitness Book; I Liked Her Better In Runner's World

Sarah Palin told People magazine that she’s writing a fitness book, shortly after getting scrutinized by the media for her appearance shopping with her daughter in L.A., in what looked like a complete Hollywood makeover. The announcement has spurred jokes about moose stew, but mostly it just sounds like kind of a sad grab for attention and money from a former politician whose kids are currently getting more air time than she is. More »

Mitt Romney’s Newest Health Care Plan: Saving Virginia From Lyme Disease?

Mitt Romney's Newest Health Care Plan: Saving Virginia From Lyme Disease?

Mitt Romney has gone in all kinds of directions when asked about his position on health care, but we weren’t aware that he was campaigning so hard against Lyme Disease. Apparently, that’s his campaign’s tactic for winning over concerned moms in suburban Virginia, where deer and other wildlife contribute to the spread of Lyme. The news only picked up on it this week, and Mother Jones (of course) shared the above photo of one of his campaign mailers advertising the issue this morning. But even if this isn’t a last-ditch effort, it just seems Romney has bigger fish to fry (like coming up with a consistent story about where he stands on health care) than ticks. More »

Todd Akin, Of ‘Legitimate Rape’ Fame, Says Senator Claire McCaskill Wasn’t ‘Ladylike’ In Debates

Todd Akin, Of 'Legitimate Rape' Fame, Says Senator Claire McCaskill Wasn't 'Ladylike' In Debates

Todd Akin said such stupid and hurtful things about rape that the Republican party wanted him to drop out of the race for Senate; one might expect that he’d be extremely sensitive when talking about women. But in comments about his most recent debate with his opponent, Senator Claire McCaskill, he managed to give the public yet another taste of his misogyny More »

Romney Tells ‘Meet The Press’ What He Likes About Obamacare; His Campaign Says He’ll Still Oppose It

Romney Tells 'Meet The Press' What He Likes About Obamacare; His Campaign Says He'll Still Oppose It

Mitt Romney went on Meet The Press yesterday, where he told David Gregory that there are a “number of things” he “likes” about Obamacare–chiefly, the fact that it guarantees coverage for pre-existing conditions, and allows young adults to remain on their parents’ insurance policies. He even made it sound like he would keep those policies in place should he be voted into office. But his campaign quickly clarified to other media sources that his policies wouldn’t uphold any of the provisions he mentioned. More »

The GOP Doesn’t Just Want Your Birth Control, They Want Your Porn, Too

The GOP Doesn't Just Want Your Birth Control, They Want Your Porn, Too

This year’s GOP platform is just full of interesting information, isn’t it folks? We’ve learned that it includes a section on creating a Federal Personhood law that would outlaw all abortion, many popular forms of contraception, and severely limit access to in vitro fertilization. We’ve seen that its immigration plank rests on a concept that was introduced as a joke and parody, “self deportation.” And now, we know that it’s coming after porn of all kinds. More »

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