A new poll shows Newt Gingrich is now the head GOP clown, for now. The latest data shows the disgraced former speaker at 24%, most of which seemed to have come from Herman Cain’s precipitous drop. How funny is that for the family values crowd? [Read more…]
Our FTB Overlords had to do some tweaking on the server over the last few hours, in case you didn’t notice. It will probably be a lightish day. In the meantime, here’s some news tidbits. [Read more…]
"Oh gosh, who could it be ..... SATAN?!"
The guy who fired at the White House may have held a deep hatred for Obama and reportedly thought the US President was in league with Satan. Gosh, where could he have gotten that idea? I bet it wasn’t the Church Lady: [Read more…]
Follow up to the earlier post about bullets being found at the WH. CNN reports the suspect in that event has been caught:
Lt. Brad Shields of the Pennsylvania State Police said a tip came in Wednesday morning that the man sought by federal authorities in the Washington shooting was at a Hampton Inn in Indiana, Pennsylvania.
The Secret Service has released a report of two bullets found at the WH, although it’s unclear where they came from or even if that building was their intended target: [Read more…]
Newt Gingrich is rising in the polls for GOP presidential nominee and he’s understandably thrilled, but not for the reason you might think.
(CBS News) — Gingrich was widely written off several months ago after an exodus of advisers from his campaign, but he has soldiered ahead on a shoestring budget compared with his rivals. A new CNN/ORC International poll shows him in a statistical tie with Romney, with 22 percent to the former Massachusetts governor’s 24 percent.
The leading GOP candidates: Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, and Herman Cain. Photo credit AP
That’s what the GOP field boils down to for the fundamentalist base of the Republican Party. Bible thumping dominionists, associated neoconfederate racists, and a handful of reptilian corporate overlords have to choose between a serial adulterer, a flip-flopping heretic, and a controversial hustler. Right now the hustler leads by a hair, but insiders say the heretic is favored by the big money boyz and will thus probably prevail in the end. No one is giving the cheater much of a chance right now: [Read more…]
Via Daily Kos, a new poll conducted by TIME/ABT SRBI has a ton of great info. But the most surprising was it shows Obama with a solid lead over Mitt Romney, and the President leaving GOP primary contenders Herman Cain and Rick Perry in the dust: [Read more…]