“Some people think Barack Obama’s economy is a disaster. My feeling is that it would have to make an enormous improvement in order to be considered a disaster.” That’s actually one of the more genuinely funny lines from any of the debates.
Rick Santorum deftly turns a question about Social Security into an answer about his electability.
Other than everyone’s hair, of course (that’s Mitt Romney with Newt Gingrich’s salad up top), you, loyal friends of Decoder, will want to know what to be looking for in tonight’s GOP debate. Follow all of our live coverage with Shortformblog beginning at 8 p.m. at Tumblr Tag “Tea Party…
Alright folks, we’re getting ready for this one as we speak, but we wanted to point out Newt Romney’s wig. Check out more on the debate from DC Decoder.
Want some comic relief during the debate tonight? Every time Rick Perry speaks, imagine him with Michele Bachmann’s coif (a close second goes to Rick Santorum with Herman Cain’s close-cut ‘do.)
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We didn’t know Fabio was in this debate! We’re definitely gonna liveblog the heck out of this now!
Romney delivers a jobs-focused response to a question on immigration, arguing that lax hiring enforcement attracts illegal immigrants. This keeps jobs—his perceived strong suit—in the picture.
“That individual:” Rick Perry just refused to refer to Rick Santorum by name. Ouch.
This is officially our new favorite video. In it, Rick Santorum (speaking to a group of students at Penn State on Tuesday night) makes a strong argument why he’s not a bigot for thinking gay marriage is wrong, and a student tears into him, basically shutting down his argument. This is arguably more damaging than his Piers Morgan interview, where the bigotry charge came up. Rick Santorum, you just got shut down by a college student. source
The deepthroat primary.
It’s official, politicians should stop eating food.
(Source: waitingonoblivion)
Just because he’s mostly wrong doesn’t mean he’s always wrong.Rick Santorum, taking another broad swipe at Ron Paul.
Rick Santorum got a question! Watch him gasp for airtime! The santorum isn’t being spread very much tonight.
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Tumblr this morning. [h/t anne]
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Dan Savage wants to “Santorum” Rick, too: In case you missed this little bit of magic, Dan Savage’s second-greatest claim to fame — his Google-bombing of Rick Santorum’s last name — could have a follow-up, according to this amazing Funny or Die clip. It made Rick Fox cry. It won’t get better for you, Rick, if you fool with gay rights.
Rick Santorum would pick Leno, wouldn’t he. (Though he says he doesn’t watch either, because he probably watches HGTV instead.) Everyone knows you suck if you’re a Leno fan.
Pick Rick? Former Republican senator Rick Santorum has officially announced his candidacy for President in 2012. We’ll admit, we were surprised when we long ago heard he might run, as we figured any candidate whose name can’t be safely Googled would be advised by strategists to sit it out. For perspective on his political stripes, here Santorum brings up gay marriage as an example of Obama devaluing our “moral currency.” The fact that he uses this rhetoric in his announcement speech is telling — that’s what he wants to be talking about, not currency standards. And in a country that seems to care less and less about who wants to fall in love and get married, this could very well be the last stand for one of America’s most strident political culture warriors. source
Game over: Ding ding ding! All of these are correct. Thanks for playing! This piece on Rick Santorum comes a day after another piece on Herman Cain, which was kinda fawny.
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