Bachmann: It 'Would Be Absurd' to Get Waterboarded to Prove It's Not Torture

In an extensive interview with the Des Moines Register's editorial board, Michele Bachmann defended the practice of waterboarding. But would she herself ever get waterboarded, so that she could more knowledgeably speak about it? Don't be absurd.
Herman Cain: 'I Am the Koch Brothers' Brother from Another Mother!'
Americans for Prosperity, the conservative group f(o)unded by that cartoonish industrial tycoon tandem known as the Koch brothers, is having a little conference in Washington this weekend called "Defending the American Dream." Herman Cain, whose campaign is essentially a wing of Americans for Prosperity, gave a big…
Crazy Heckler Calls Elizabeth Warren 'Socialist Whore'
Just as Massachusetts Senate candidate and liberal deity Elizabeth Warren was getting into a meeting with volunteers in Brockton last night, a decidedly unfriendly heckler rose up and started hurling accusations — and what experts are calling a "gender-based epithet"!
Herman Cain's Singing Melts Cynical Reporters' Hearts
Herman Cain's big appearance at the National Press Club today went... well who knows! Questions still linger about his alleged sexy talk with employees back in the day. But what do serious allegations of sexual harassment from multiple women who were eventually paid off really mean, when you've got a solid singing…
Herman Cain Admits He Has Been 'Falsely Accused' of Sexual Harassment
Good news for Herman Cain: He's come up with a better response to that question about whether he's ever been accused of sexual harassment than asking the reporter the same question! Bad news: His new answer is yes.
Herman Cain Is Tired, Will 'Slow Down'
We're at the point in the presidential campaign where Herman Cain was supposed to be dropping out and having a nice, leisurely tour to promote his latest motivational book. And yet here he is having to give, and screw up, all of these national media interviews all the time, as the frontrunner. Some "supporters" those…
Mitt Romney Remembers That He Hates Unions
The sturdy foundation of Mitt Romney is rattling more and more, as he prepares to explode. He is making 2008-style unforced errors with some regularity now!
Hopeless Gary Johnson Now Just Talking to Pagans
Tenth-tier preisdential candidate Gary Johnson is now working the Pagan vote as he tries to surpass 0% in polls. Maybe if he links the Pagans with the online poker players and makes another dogshit joke, he could hit 0.4%?
Michele Bachmann Warns of Hezbollah Parking Missiles in Cuba
Where does Michele Bachmann stand on normalizing trade relations with Cuba? Well. It's not particularly high on her priority list, let's say! Not merely because they're dirty commies. But also, apparently, because Cuba is working with Hezbollah to potentially set up missile sites on the island. Perhaps you might…
Michele Bachmann Unfazed by Bad Cougar Joke
Outrage at the University of Iowa Twitter Command Center! Because yesterday, after reports of mountain lion or cougar sightings near the Iowa City campus, the school's politics account tweeted, "I didn't know Bachmann was in town. Bah-dum-bum." Golly, what do those two things have to do with each other? According to…
Rick Santorum Complains of Gay 'Jihad' Against Him
So a full eight years ago, then-Sen. Rick Santorum made an offensive slippery-slope argument with regards to legalizing gay marriage and how it would lead to constant bestiality everywhere. Some folks on the Internet responded by pulling a Google prank that forever links his name to frothy anal discharge. But this…
Mitt Romney Does That Funny Thing Where He Gets Angry
For a whole second time in a matter of weeks, we have footage of robotic old Northeastern Rockefeller Republican Mitt Romney raising his voice, in a public forum. This is not how your governess trained you to behave, Mittens.
