Tag Archives: 2012 elections

PREVIEW: Sarah Palin’s Alaska

TLC’s eight-week reality show meant to prepare the world for a Palin presidency launches this Sunday.

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HomoConQuotable – Kevin DuJan

“Black voters are racist. Not only will they stick with Obama no matter what he does, but they will punish anyone they think harmed him in any way. Part of why HRC took the Secretary of State job was so she could appear to now be friendly with Obama…that, and so she did not have to be in the Senate …

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Sarah Palin’s First 2012 Ad

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Sarah Palin Vs. Politico.com

Sarah Palin is NOT happy about unsourced reports that the GOP leadership is working behind the scenes to make sure she doesn’t win the 2012 presidential nomination.

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Sarah Palin: I’ll Run For President In 2012 If There’s Nobody Else To Do It

Mama Grizzly + Mary Hart = Double extra seizure!

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Census Result: New York Likely To Lose Two U.S. House Seats, Florida Gains Two

One of most important aspects of the U.S. Census is the resulting reapportionment of seats in the House of Representatives. While many of the changes will go as expected, a just-released new estimate suggests a couple of changes that were not. A new estimate of House reapportionment gains and losses resulting from this year’s Census reveals a larger-than-expected impact on …

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Fred Karger’s First TV Ad

Gay activist Fred Karger is exploring a run for president in 2012 and this week debuts the below ad on New Hampshire television. Clip description: “Fred Karger, the gay activist who started the investigation against the Mormon church and the National Organization for Marriage over Prop 8, introduces himself and his Presidential Exploratory Committee to the people of New Hampshire. …

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HomoQuotable – Dan Savage

“I’ve sort of been in denial about the fact that Rick Santorum is going to run for president. But now I’m going to have to sic my flying monkeys on him. Rick would have prevented me and my partner from being able to adopt my son. If Rick Santorum wants to make a $5 million donation to Freedom to Marry, …

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Backstage At The Jan Brewer Debate

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Hillary 2012 Ad

The below clip began running on New Orleans television this week. A Chicago dentist has launched the 2012 presidential campaign a smidge early by running a pro-Hillary ad on television, reports CNN. The 30-second spot, paid for by William DeJean, says Clinton has “more experience working in and with the White House than most living presidents” and is “one of …

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A Sad And Moldering Strangeness

You’ve got to read Vanity Fair’s just-published profile of Sarah Palin. An excerpt: Palin has often stated that the strokes of luck propelling her political success were divinely ordained: “There are no coincidences” is a favorite maxim. In Going Rogue, Palin casts herself as a reluctant prophet, accepting providential election against her wishes. The reluctant prophet is a character trope …

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Mormon Make-Over

The new PR campaign from the Mormon Church is, of course, intended to sow friendliness for Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign.

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Serial Adulterer Newt Gingrich Inches Closer To Announcing 2012 Prez Bid

Karl Rove thinks Newt is a “visionary and an idea factory.”

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LANDSLIDE: Netroots Nation Attendees Want Sarah Palin As 2012 GOP Nominee

By a huge margin, attendees of Netroots Nation said they’d most like to see Sarah Palin as the GOP 2012 presidential nominee. Heh. An early release of the Netroots Nation straw poll taken from Thursday through Sunday and obtained by TPM shows that attendees of the convention in Las Vegas overwhelmingly want Palin to mount a presidential bid. Respondents were …

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Newt Gingrich: I’m Considering Running For President In 2012

Serial adulterer and defender of marriage Newt Gingrich says he’s seriously considering running for president in 2012. Gingrich, 67, told The Associated Press that he would focus on helping Republican candidates through the midterm elections in November, then decide in February or March whether to seek the GOP nomination. “I’ve never been this serious,” Gingrich said. “It’s fair to say …

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Who Will Host The 2012 Dem Convention?

The finalist cities to host the 2010 Democratic National Convention have been announced. Recognizing that President Barack Obama faces serious challenges in the Midwest he carried not two years ago, the Democratic National Committee on Wednesday picked three heartland cities and just one in the Republican-friendly South to consider for its 2012 nominating convention. The cities are Cleveland, St. Louis, …

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Jeb Bush To Obama: It’s Not Dubya’s Fault

“It’s kind of like a kid coming to school saying, ‘The dog ate my homework.’ It’s childish. This is what children do until they mature. They don’t accept responsibility. This would break his heart, to get advice that applies some of the lessons of leadership my brother learned, because he apparently likes to act like he’s still campaigning, and he …

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Gay PUMA Site Founder Kevin DuJan Wants To Run Sarah Palin’s 2012 Campaign

Kevin DuJan, the founder of HillBuzz, the gay PUMA site that has claimed that Barack Obama and Rahm Emanuel were once regular patrons of a Chicago bathhouse, tells CBS that his dream is to run Sarah Palin’s 2012 presidential campaign. If you close your eyes and think, “Diehard Sarah Palin supporter,” an image of Kevin DuJan is unlikely to come …

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Sarah Palin Increases Income By 100X

Since quitting her job as Alaska governor, Sarah Palin’s income has increased 100-fold to an estimated $12M annually. At least. Since leaving office at the end of July 2009, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee has brought in at least 100 times her old salary – a haul now estimated at more than $12 million — through television and book …

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2010 Prop 8 Repeal Attempt Fails

The controversial attempt to place a repeal of Proposition 8 on the 2010 California ballot has failed to gather the necessary signatures by the deadline. The repeal attempt had been disavowed by most major LGBT and progressive groups as impossible to achieve before 2012 at the earliest. “Our signature collection effort may have fallen short, but we stand tall as …

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