2016 Election

Veterans Groups To Trump: Keep Your Money

CNN reports: Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America founder Paul Rieckhoff tweeted Wednesday that he would decline any contributions that came from the event, which Trump has proposed in place of his attending Fox News’ debate this week. “If offered, @IAVA will decline donations from Trump’s event. We need strong policies from candidates, not to be used for political stunts,” …

Read More »

Brian Brown: Trump Has Abandoned Marriage

“The controvertible record demonstrates that Ted Cruz will be a champion for marriage while Donald Trump has abandoned the fight to preserve marriage as the union of one man and one woman. It’s just as simple as that. It’s very easy for skilled politicians to create an impression on the stump that they are with you and agree with your …

Read More »

IOWA: Protester Charged With Disorderly Conduct After Hurling Tomatoes At Donald Trump [VIDEO]

CBS News reports: An Iowa man has been arrested on charges that he threw tomatoes at Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a campaign stop at the University of Iowa. Hayley Bruce, a University of Iowa spokeswoman, says 28-year-old Andrew Joseph Alemao was charged Tuesday with disorderly conduct after officers say they saw him throwing two tomatoes toward Trump during …

Read More »

Dr. Stabby Turns On His Allegedly Closeted Adviser: Armstrong Williams Isn’t The “Epitome Of Truth”

As his campaign continues to come of the rails, Ben Carson today turned on his longtime adviser Armstrong Williams. Via the Wall Street Journal: Ben Carson said his top outside adviser and longtime friend Armstrong Williams is dishonest – a failing he also attributed to political opponents and the media that has covered his campaign. “Armstrong is not necessarily the …

Read More »

EMI Music Takes Down Trump’s Freedom Girls

The surreal Hitler Youth-esque tribute to Donald Trump recently performed by a trio of young girl at a Trump rally has been removed from YouTube due to a copyright infringement claim filed by EMI Music. The melody to Ameritude (ugh) had been lifted from George M. Cohan’s World War I anthem Over There and publishing rights to the tune are …

Read More »

Huckabee Fails With Lame Adele Parody [VIDEO]

Oh, good grief. The Week mocks: Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s campaign took a turn for the utterly bizarre Wednesday when he released a music video parody of “Hello” by Adele. As if that wasn’t ill-advised enough, it seems from the lyrics that Huckabee is trying to win over Iowa — where he won the caucuses in 2008 but is …

Read More »

Sanders Visits Obama At White House, Says President Isn’t Trying To Tip The Scales In Either Direction

President Obama appeared to give his tacit endorsement to Hillary Clinton in a Politico interview published on Monday. Perhaps to tamp down that impression, the president today met privately with Bernie Sanders at the White House, after which Sanders said he’s confident that Obama is remaining impartial during the primary season. The Hill reports: “There was some discussion the other …

Read More »

Monmouth Poll: Trump +7 Over Cruz In Iowa

Via Politico: Donald Trump holds a seven-point edge over Ted Cruz among likely Iowa Republican caucus-goers, according to the results of the latest Monmouth University poll released Wednesday afternoon. In the survey, conducted largely before Trump announced his boycott of Thursday’s debate on Fox News, he surged 11 points from last month in the same poll to 30 percent, while …

Read More »

California Hate Group Leader Randy Thomasson: Don’t Vote For LGBT Rights Supporter Donald Trump

Randy Thomasson, head of the viciously anti-LGBT group Save California, today issued a press release in which he urges fellow crackpots not to support fake conservative Donald Trump, whose love for LGBT rights proves that he hates White Jesus. He writes: Talk is cheap and campaign promises are a little better. But what you’ve done in the past is the …

Read More »

Hillary Clinton: SCOTUS Justice Obama Is A Great Idea

At a campaign event yesterday in Iowa, Hillary Clinton acted as if nobody had ever suggested naming President Obama to the Supreme Court. ABC News reports: A second Clinton administration could mean a future Justice Barack Obama. At a campaign event in Deocorah, Iowa on Tuesday, Hillary Clinton lit up when a voter asked her if she would consider appointing …

Read More »

Donald Trump Slams “Nasty & Dumb” Fox News

Donald Trump this morning continued his attack on Fox News with the above hilariously oblivious tweet. After Trump announced his boycott of tomorrow’s Fox debate, Ted Cruz challenged him to a one-on-one debate to take place before the Iowa Caucus on Monday. Stand by on that. Below is the Trump campaign’s official statement on the boycott.

Read More »

Rep. Steve King: Trump Is Buying Endorsements

Nutjob Rep. Steve King took GOP infighting to a new level yesterday. Politico reports: Ted Cruz’s most influential backers, stunned by Donald Trump’s commanding lead and growing list of endorsements, opened a new line of attack against the GOP front-runner on Tuesday – suggesting the New Yorker is buying support. One of Cruz’s most important surrogates in Iowa, Rep. Steve …

Read More »

Tony Perkins Endorses Ted Cruz

Surprising absolutely no one, tonight hate group leader Tony Perkins “exclusively” appeared on Megyn Kelly’s Fox News show to endorse Ted Cruz. Perkins carefully stipulated that his is a personal endorsement and not one from the “non-profit groups I run.” That leaves the door open for the Family Research Council to endorse Trump should he win the GOP nomination. Perkins …

Read More »

Former PA Governor Oopsies His Clinton Endorsement

Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell briefly endured a Twitter snarkfest this afternoon when he typo’d his endorsement of Hillary Clinton. Rendell, a Democrat, became a paid shill for the fracking industry a couple of years after being term-limited out of office in 2010.

Read More »

Dr. Stabby Will Save You From ISIS [VIDEO]

In his latest campaign clip, Dr. Stabby assures a nervous America that his years as a brain surgeon qualifies him above all others to protect the nation and “make the right decisions when a crisis erupts.” Watch below.

Read More »

Jerry Falwell Jr. Endorses Donald Trump

Via the Washington Post: Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr., the son of the late televangelist, endorsed Donald Trump on Tuesday, giving Republican front-runner the blessing of one of the evangelical community’s biggest names just days before the Iowa caucuses. In a statement announcing his endorsement, Falwell called Trump “a successful executive and entrepreneur, a wonderful father and a man …

Read More »

KENTUCKY: Openly Gay Lexington Mayor Jim Gray To Challenge Rand Paul For US Senate [VIDEO]

The Lexington Herald-Leader reports: Lexington Mayor Jim Gray will file to run for the U.S. Senate Tuesday morning as a Democrat, declaring his candidacy to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Rand Paul on the day of Kentucky’s filing deadline. Gray, 62, told the Herald-Leader Monday night that he decided to challenge Paul last week, and he “absolutely” believes he can win …

Read More »

George Pataki Endorses Marco Rubio

Former New York Gov. George Pataki, who suspended his own presidential bid late last month, this morning appeared on Fox News to announce his endorsement of Marco Rubio. Which is as game-changing as yesterday’s endorsement of Ted Cruz by Rick Perry. For his part, Donald Trump has yet to win the endorsement of any sitting governor or member of Congress, …

Read More »

TUTORIAL: What Is A Caucus? [VIDEO]

The Iowa Caucus is Monday. Here’s a very simple 90-second tutorial on how caucuses work, where they happen, and how they began. Watch below.

Read More »

Catholic League Demands Apology From Trump Spox

Catholic League blowhard Bill Donohue is furious with Trump campaign spokeswoman Katrina Pierson. He rants: “No one makes a comment like this without harboring an animus against Catholicism. It would be instructive to learn more about Pierson’s thoughts on the subject. Perhaps she can share them with us. In the meantime, Pierson needs to apologize to Catholics for making such …

Read More »