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Twitter had a field day last night with Michele Bachmann’s strange white paramilitary jacket. My take is in this post’s headline, here’s a few more: -Michele Bachmann is rockin’ that strait jacket tonight.-Nice jacket, Bachmann, but you left your twirling baton and the rest of the band back at the hotel.-Michael Jackson is rolling in his mausoleum for Bachmann wearing …

While LGBT-related issues got no overt mention at last night’s debate, at one point Frothy Mix implied that the way to win the Latino vote was to appeal to their love for the “traditional family and marriage.”

Huntsman skipped last night’s debate for a town hall speech in New Hampshire. His daughters clearly enjoyed the onstage slugfest.

Mitt Romney and Rick Perry came thisclose to ripping out a bitch’s weave tonight. Definitely not your standard boring debate. UPDATE: Here’s where it got real.

“I wish I knew that he was willing to listen to my advice, I would have given him some: I would have told him not to impeach Clinton, I would have told his successors not to go to war with Iraq, and I would have told DeLay not to go on the dance show. He’s been having a bad year, …

Just as Rick Santorum did several weeks ago, during last night’s GOP debate Rick Perry quoted legendary gay poet Langston Hughes. Santorum never used the quote again when told of its source.

Openly gay GOP presidential candidate Fred Karger says that even when he qualifies for one of the Republican debates, the organizers change the rules to block him out.

(Via – Think Progress)

“Only eight Republicans in the entire U.S. Senate supported eliminating Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. It’s safe to assume that no one on the stage supported this sexualization of the military, except maybe one of the nut candidates polling at 3 percent. This is not an anti-gay position; it’s a pro-military position. The basic idea is that sexual bonds are disruptive …

Better than you’d think.

From voiceover artist DC Douglas.

“I mean has anybody been watching the debates lately? You’ve got a governor whose state is on fire denying climate change. It’s true. You’ve got audiences cheering at the prospect of somebody dying because they don’t have healthcare. And booing a service member in Iraq because they’re gay. That’s not reflective of who we are.” – Barack Obama, speaking at …

Former New Mexico governor and 2012 presidential candidate Gary Johnson has joined former Sen. Rick Santorum in condemning the audience members who booed an openly gay soldier at this week’s GOP debate. “If I have one regret from last evening, it’s that I didn’t stand up and say, you know, you’re booing a U.S. serviceman who is denied being able …

“I condemn the people who booed that gay soldier. That soldier is serving our country, I thank him for his service to our country. I’m sure he’s doing an excellent job. I hope he is safe, and I hope he returns safely, and does his mission well. I have to admit, I seriously did not hear those boos. Had I …