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Tagg Romney: I Wanted to ‘Take a Swing’ at Pres. Obama after He Called Mitt Out for Lying

Ahh You know, ah, Jump out of your seat and rush down to the debate stage and take a swing at him. But you know you can’t do that because, well, first because there’s a lot of secret service agents between you and him but also because this is the nature of the process.

- Tagg Romney, speaking on a right-wing radio show, when asked, “What is it like for you to hear the President of the United States call your dad a liar?”

Unemployment Drops to 7.8% – Lowest Since Bush Era Economic Crash

7.8%

Unemployment rate for September 2012, the lowest rate since the economy crashed at the end of the Bush administration. According to Atlantic Wire, “In addition, the Bureau of Labor Statistics made big revisions to data from previous months, showing huge increases in the number of jobs being created over the last three months. Total employment from the “household survey” also showed an increase of 873,000 jobs last month, the biggest one-month jump since June of 1983.”

Liz Cheney Panders to Half Wits on Twitter

Rarely do I disagree with the best VP ever but @SarahPalinUSA more qualified than Obama and Biden combined. Huge respect 4 all she’s done 4 GOP.

- Prospective Wyoming U.S. Senate candidate (and Maryland resident) Liz Cheney, daring to disagree with her father’s correct assessment that John McCain’s choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate in 2008 was a “mistake.” Liz is either pandering to Palin’s half-wit followers or she’s off her meds.

Fred Willard Was Arrested in a Theatre for Doing What Hannity Did to George Zimmerman on Fox

Fred Willard was arrested in a theater for doing what Sean Hannity was doing to George Zimmerman on TV.

- @JohnFugelsang on Twitter

A Trip to Washington

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CCOKC: Kirk Cameron Is a Dick
Pay to Play: After Meat Industry Donation, Tea Party Rep. Steve King Defends Pink Slime

I’m on the phone today and throughout the weekend and into last week trying to establish a congressional hearing before the Ag Committee for Beef Products, Incorporated, so that we can put into the congressional record the nutritional value and the safety and the tastiness of their product which is an enhancement to hamburger. I’m working with Governor Branstad on that. At this point, there will be a decision made today I think on whether we’re able to get a hearing.

– Rep. Steve King, GOPT-Iowa, after taking donations from meat industry trade associations and meat producers, promising to have a hearing in Congress on the benefits of pink slime, which he calls “lean finely textured beef.”

Santorum: ‘Friends Don’t Let Friends Use Pink Balls’

Friends don’t let friends use pink balls.

- Republican anti-gay activist and presidential candidate, Rick Santorum, addressing a young male stranger at a bowling alley.

For Mormons, Baptizing the Dead Is Like Putting Them on a Guest List

Mormons think of baptisms for the dead as a service to others, almost like adding family members’ names to a guest list.

- Forrest Wickman in article for Slate Magazine titled, “Can I Get on the Mormon “Do Not Baptize” List?” and subtitled, “How to avoid being baptized after you’re dead.”

Protest against SOPA and PIPA