Is he drunk or stupid?

What’s wrong with Rick? Bizarre video shows a ‘rambling, incoherent’ Governor Perry Rick Perry has got people talking – but for all the wrong reasons. The GOP presidential candidate gave a speech in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Friday night which has prompted concerns from his fans and criticism from his opponents. In it, he appears [...]

That’s it?

Cain details gesture that led to sex accusation Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain for the first time has offered a detailed recollection of what led an employee of the National Restaurant Association to lodge a sexual harassment charge against him when he was CEO of the organization. Cain spoke in response to detailed questioning from [...]

ZOMG – Dogwhistling!!!

Herman Cain Just Broke Into Song At The National Press Club Herman Cain may be the only presidential candidate in history to actually benefit from a sex scandal. Just hours after Politico broke a story about accusations of sexual harassment against Cain, the former Godfather’s Pizza CEO killed it during a luncheon speech at the [...]

Cain: “I was falsely accused”

Hot Air: “I have never sexually harassed anyone, but yes, I was falsely accused while I was at the National Restaurant Association,” he said. He added that he does not know that a settlement was paid out against the two complainants, and said “If more allegations come, I assure you that people will simply make [...]

Are Women Safe at Occupy Protests?

It’s a fair question to ask, considering the continuous reports of rape and sexual assault, as well as sexual harassment coming from the Occupy protests. And it’s a shame that women have to worry first about becoming crime victims when all they want to do is help make the world a better place. I’ve been [...]

Speaking of smelly hippies . . .

Comedy gold: But while officers may be in a no-win situation, at the mercy of orders carried on shifting political winds and locked into conflict with a so-far almost entirely non-violent protest movement eager to frame the force as a symbol of the oppressive system they’re fighting, the NYPD seems to have crossed a line [...]

Feeding Frenzy

In the next few days and weeks we’re gonna find out more about Herman Cain than we ever wanted to know. I have no idea how this will turn out. Actually I have several ideas but I don’t know which one will turn out to be correct. But let’s start by taking a closer look [...]

Let the games begin!

Exclusive: Two women accused Herman Cain of inappropriate behavior During Herman Cain’s tenure as the head of the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s, at least two female employees complained to colleagues and senior association officials about inappropriate behavior by Cain, ultimately leaving their jobs at the trade group, multiple sources confirm to POLITICO. The [...]

All Hallows Eve Eve Open Thread

Tomorrow is Halloween. It’s also a Monday. Are you gonna dress up? Decorate? Abuse your pets by making them wear costumes? What else is happening?

She Who Shall Not Be Tamed

The media and the entrenched wing of the Republican Party have decided that Mitt Romney will be the nominee for 2012. No others need apply. This may be part of the “it’s his turn” sentiment of the party, but that could apply to Sarah Palin as well. That rule gets confusing, too. Mitt lost the [...]

The right to peaceably assemble is not freedom to rape

NY Post: Wall Street protesters in Zuccotti Park battened down the hatches yesterday as the early October snow turned their tents into igloos, but the close quarters also made easy pickings for one predator. A sex fiend barged into a woman’s tent and sexually assaulted her at around 6 a.m., said protesters, who chased him [...]

False Identity

Marco Rubio, Sarah Palin and Herman Cain have something in common besides being conservative Republicans. Their existence threatens what Joseph Cannon calls the “unrelenting scourge of liberalism: Identity politics.” Recently we have seen Operation Get Rubio, a “systematic collusion of media and other left-leaning organizations intent on the impeachment of Marco Rubio’s Hispanic authenticity.” For [...]

Breaking – Occupy Denver vs. Police

Occupy Denver, law enforcement clash; more arrests underway Denver police have ordered protesters to disperse this evening and are arresting more protesters in Civic Center. At about 6 p.m., they are standing in riot gear with their gas masks down. Earlier today, police confirmed they used pepper spray and either rubber bullets or pepper balls [...]

Jonathan Alter channels Sgt. Schultz

Via Legal Insurrection: Obama Miracle is White House Free of Scandal: Jonathan Alter President Barack Obama goes into the 2012 with a weak economy that may doom his reelection. But he has one asset that hasn’t received much attention: He’s honest. The sight of Texas Governor Rick Perry tumbling out of the clown car recently [...]

Coming unglued

Seriously. Via Hot Air: MSNBC Analyst: GOP Sees Herman Cain as a ‘Black Man Who Knows His Place’ “One of the things about Herman Cain is, I think that he makes that white Republican base of the party feel okay, feel like they are not racist because they can like this guy,” Finney said. “I [...]

Who is Joseph Stiglitz?

I really wanted to stop doing Occupy posts, but this is just too bothersome to me. Last week, I was reading an old blog post of mine from April and poster turned Occupy drone ralphb had the following comment on my debt ceiling post. It goes to the Joe Stiglitz Maxim: a government of the [...]

YouTopia

NY Observer: Meanwhile Security group member Brendan Burke, a tall bad-ass looking dude who has been volunteering at the park since the second week, told The New York Observer that there have been “three or four” incidents of sexual assault in Zuccotti Park. But since Security — now working with a group called Community Alliance [...]

Who started it?

Corrente: In all the Oakland footage I’ve looked at, I’ve seen no evidence of rock throwing at police. Cannonfire: To look at this headline from CNN, you wouldn’t know that the violence was caused by the police Back to reality – here’s what a protester who was there told Lawrence O’Donnell: Oakland Interim Chief of [...]

Overnight open thread

Carrie Underwood has sure growed up since American Idol.

Game 7 Drunk-Blog/Open Thread

What makes a great championship game? Some would say the two best teams slugging it out for number one. Those games are fun but often don’t live up to their billing. I think the best championship games are the ones that aren’t supposed to be close. One team heavily favored and the other team seemingly [...]