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“When he took over, the country was in very very difficult straits. We were in the one of the worst recessions we had seen in recent times, close to a depression. The fiscal system was collapsing. Wall Street was in chaos, we had 800,000 jobs lost in that first month of the Obama administration and unemployment peaked a few months …

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Despite denials from his campaign, it appears that Mitt Romney does indeed get spray-tanned before major appearances. At least, that’s what Buzzfeed’s “knowledgeable source” is telling them.  You may recall that Romney’s strangely orange complexion was a source of much internet ridicule during a recent interview on Spanish-language television. It has been one of the running mysteries of the 2012 …

According to a BBC poll conducted in 21 countries, respondents who expressed a preference in the American election chose President Obama over Mitt Romney by a more than 5-1 margin. The countries with the largest pro-Obama majorities were France (72 percent for Obama, 2 percent for Romney), Nigeria (66 percent for Obama, 11 percent for Romney), Canada (66 percent for …

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Tonight the LGBT corner of the web is heating up due to a post from Nation blogger Ben Adler, who finds the Log Cabin Republican’s endorsement of Mitt Romney to have a curious sticking point, particularly this passage: We are confident that there will be no retreat from the significant gains we’ve made in recent years, most importantly on repeal …

Today the Boston Globe endorsed homocon GOP House candidate Richard Tisei over eight-term Democratic Rep. John Tierney, whose campaign has been saddled with a financial scandal involving his wife. Over the years, the voters of Massachusetts have generally been reluctant to turn out incumbent members of Congress; the implicit bargain has been that, in exchange for being granted long tenure, …

Donald Trump claims that he’s going to drop a “bombshell” on President Obama tomorrow. “Something very, very big concerning the president of the United States,” he said. “It’s going to be very big. I know one thing — you will cover it in a very big fashion.” Trump, who said he will announce the news on Twitter “sometime probably Wednesday,” …

Tonight’s final presidential debate begins at 9PM Eastern in Boca Raton, Florida. The below stream from ABC News should go live just before things begin. React in the comments as things happen. UPDATE: The live stream has concluded.

The Randy Report tips us to the below unintentionally hilarious clip in which a heavily followed (and apparently heavily augmented) lingerie model tells us why she’s voting for Mitt Romney. Randy notes that she has over 200,000 YouTube subscribers and the clip has now gone viral, approaching two million views.  Her name is Trisha Paytas and she was recently featured …

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The right-wing Daily Caller reports that a CBS affiliate in Arizona ran a lower-screen graphic on Friday that showed the president as having already won the election. Oops. For 17 seconds, Phoenix, Arizona CBS News affiliate KPHO ran a lower third graphic that showed that Obama had won the Nov. 6 election over Gov. Mitt Romney with 99% of the …

“I’m sure that there are a few knuckleheads that will, you know, look at me based on my sexuality as opposed to what I bring to the table. But I’ve got to say, every single person I’ve met so far has made me feel really comfortable. There aren’t very many Northeast Republicans nowadays, and most people recognize that in order …

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