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SATIRE: The Price of Herman Cain's Endorsement of Newt Gingrich

BS News Service - (Atlanta) Dec 5 A top campaign advisor to Herman Cain, on condition of anonymity, has told the BS News Service that Herman Cain has asked for, and received, a number of promises from Newt Gingrich in return for Cain's endorsement of Gingrich for the Republican  …

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Is Grover Norquist Effectively "Blackmailing" Members of Congress?

Many Members of Congress who signed Grover Norquist's anti-tax pledge are now realizing what some us have known for a long time: that signing a pledge which "trumps" their oath of office is becoming politically untenable.

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POLL: Romney Campaign Raffles Off Chance To Fly With Pawlenty For Only $3.00! If You Were Tim Pawlenty, Would You Be Insulted?

Over the weekend, I received an email invitation from the Romney campaign to win a chance to fly with Tim Pawlenty to this week's GOP presidential debate for only three dollars.

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SATIRE: The REAL Message to the American People from the Failed "Super Committee' on Deficit Reduction

"After months of hardly working under the pretense of serious deliberations, we have come to the conclusion today that many of you came to when this committee was formed: that it will not be possible to reach any bipartisan agreement before the committee’s deadline. "Despit …

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VOTE: Does Anyone Really Believe That Newt Gingrich Was Hired By Freddie Mac As A Historian??

Come on, Newt. Do you really expect us to believe that Freddie Mac hired you for over a million dollars to provide services as a "historian?" Would you care to make your contract with Freddie Mac public so we can see for ourselves what you were hired to do for them?

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Occupy Wall Street: A Lesson from Physics and History about Pendulums, Critical Mass and Majorities

Just what is it that the "Occupy Wall Street" crowd wants? What are their goals? There are plenty of serious and thoughtful people who are trying to figure out just what the "Occupy Wall Streeters" are really attempting to achieve.

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SATIRE: WARNING! WATCHING DICK CHENEY LIVE INTERVIEW TONIGHT COULD CAUSE NIGHTMARES, INSOMNIA, NAUSEA, AND WORSE

Doctors around the country warned today that people who watch NBC's interview with former Vice President Dick Cheney at 10pm EDT tonight could suffer from recurring and severe nightmares, insomnia and violent nausea.

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VOTE: Should Tobacco Products Be Made Illegal?

The newly introduced, graphic pictorial warnings about the dangers of cigarette smoking have prompted the tobacco industry to sue the federal government in an attempt to force Uncle Sam to remove these warnings from the packages of tobacco products. Since the 1950's when Surgeon …

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Mitt Romney's need to recover from his "corporations are people, folks" gaffe.

There are myriad ways Mitt Romney could have attempted to recover from his unfortunate gaffe, if that's what it was.

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VOTE: Does anyone else think the huge swings in the stock market are the result of opportunistic programmed trading by large institutional investors?

What do you think? Is it the 1) "average Joe"/mom and pop" investor or 2) opportunistic "programmed trading" by large institutions that is driving the huge swings in the stock market?

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VOTE: "Washington" Demonstrates That it Can't Govern: What We Need Is A Pledge Not To Run Again

The latest breakdown in talks between the Obama Administration and Speaker of the House John Boehner is yet one more clarion call to the rest of us that our elected leaders can't lead, and won't.

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SATIRE: Blago Says Biggest Mistake Was Not Becoming An Investment Banker

Former Illinois Governor, now convict, Rod Blagojevich says that he believes his biggest mistake was becoming Governor.

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A History Lesson About Israel

In an attempt to appease the Palestinians and, presumably, knowing full well that he would enrage the Israelis, President Obama seems to have forgotten, or chosen to ignore, several important facts: 1.

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SATIRE: Donald Trump Takes Full Credit For Influencing His Own Decision Not To Seek Presidency -- VOTE

Former would-be presidential candidate Donald Trump announced today that he would not run for president, and in doing so, took full credit for influencing his own decision.

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Newt Gingrich All But Predicts Civil War Following Next Presidential Election

In a speech delivered to the Georgia Republican Party's Convention in Macon, GA on Friday, Newt Gingrich offered this warm and fuzzy prediction of our country's future by harkening back over one hundred years, as conservatives are generally prone to do:  “This will be …

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"Big Oil" Cries Discrimination. VOTE

  Executives of the five largest oil companies charged discrimination today while testifying that proposed congressional legislation that would end their lucrative tax breaks unfairly singles them out.

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SATIRE: Gingrich Announces ... That He's Running From His Past

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich announced today that he was running from his past, and that in order to distract the electorate from his sorry record of philandering, serial divorces and marriages, and virtual expulsion from the House of Representatives for morals infr …

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SATIRE: Donald Trump Denies Osama bin Laden Was Hiding In His Hair

Soon to be ex-presidential aspirant Donald Trump today denied that Osama bin Laden had been hiding in Trump's hair for the past few years.  In spite of Trump's denial, rumors have been running rampant, with many doubters insisting on proof that bin Laden was not, in fact, p …

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SATIRE: Donald Trump Not Convinced Osama Bin Laden Dead; Thinks Death Certificate Is Forgery And Bullet Hole In Head Is Fake

Future ex-presidential candidate Donald Trump announced tonight that he does not believe that Osama bin Laden is dead.  "I have not seen bin Laden's death certificate.

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Opening One Liberal's Mind to an Examination of the New World; Now, How About the Rest of You Liberals and Conservatives?

We Americans are an interesting lot. By some measures and on various "litmus test" issues, we are a country divided into roughly two equal, if disagreeable populations. There are some strong, common philosophical veins that run deeply through our national psyche, however.

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Bush II's Plagiarized Book - Read My Book: No New Text

Always trying to one-up his old man, W has taken things to a new level, if one is to believe the plagiarism charges swirling around today about his new book.

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Caveat Emptor: The Fallacy of the GOP's Claim to Support Limited Government, Job Creation and Deficit Reduction

I'll be the first to concede that congressional Democrats did a poor job of reforming Congress in the last term, and failed to earn--let alone deserve -- the confidence of the American people. To that extent, Democrats in Congress got what they had coming to them.

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SATIRE: Mel Gibson to Host Talk Show on Fox News Channel

Fox News Channel and forcibly retired former actor Mel Gibson today announced that the controversial whack-job will begin hosting a live one hour television talk show on the network this fall.

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