GOP man-without-a-prayer Rick Santorum has officially joined creepily non-blinking fellow candidate Michele Bachmann in signing a bizarre pledge put together by a right-wing group called THE FAMiLY LEADER.
(They do their name in all caps except the “I” because capitalizing it would mean you’re more important than God, you guys.)
Called “The Marriage Vow,” it starts by making signers commit to being faithful spouses, causing Newt Gingrich to sigh and say, “Guess I’m out then.”
And you thought wearing Ed Hardy would make you look like a douche.
Not to be outdone by walking pharmaceutical counter Rush Limbaugh, who’s announced his own branded teas, perennial weeper Glenn Beck is launching a clothing line.
If this keeps up, she’ll be walking out to stony silence.
After Tom Petty served GOP presidential candidate (and Tea Party darling) Michele Bachmann with a cease and desist order, demanding she quit using his song “American Girl” during campaign stops, Katrina & The Waves had a little something to say as well.
Careful what you say when the cameras are rolling! Time Magazine editor-at-large Mark Halperin has been suspended as MSNBC’s senior political analyst after he called President Obama a “dick” on Morning Joe Thursday.
New York State Congressman Anthony Weiner won’t be TwitPicing anymore photos of his “Barney” as a member of the House of Representatives. In a four-minute press conference at the Brooklyn senior center where he began his political career 20 years ago — with a backtrack provided by a couple of hecklers — the fiery Democrat resigned from his congressional seat after 12 years on Thursday; following a shaming sexting scandal and growing pressure from colleagues on The Hill. Insiders say Weiner reached the decision to step down after having discussions with his wife of one year, Huma Abedin, who returned to The Big Apple Tuesday after a Middle East trip with her boss, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Huma is expecting the couple’s first child.
