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Author Archives: Elissa Schappell
Top GOP Excuses for Romney Being a Loser
Here’s what Elissa Schappell expects to hear from the Republican spin doctors. Continue reading
Mitt-lympics!
A President Romney would run the U S of A in the same way he ran the Olympics. Get ready for some Games! Continue reading
Romdacity
The Church of Latter-Day Saints has posthumously baptized millions of “gentiles,” including Anne Frank, Albert Einstein, Adolph Hitler, and Barack Obama’s mother. Elissa Schappell would like someone to grill Mitt Romney on this. Continue reading
The Wombsday Machine, and Other Alternatives to the V-Word
In which Elissa Schappell proposes some euphemisms Michigan Republicans can use for the word “vagina.” Continue reading
Drink Up / All Apologies
In which Elissa Schappell suggests that Mitt Romney’s pranks are about as funny as an ad for Belvedere vodka. Continue reading
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Tagged Ann Romney, Belvedere vodka, He-Man Women Haters, Mitt Romney, pranks, rape
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Ode to Sex Ed, or, Miss Teen Mom USA Probably Lives in Mississippi
Teen pregnancy rates are at their lowest in thirty years, the lowest they’ve been since 1940 when the CDC started keeping count. So why does the GOP keep pushing “Abstinence-Only” education? Elissa Schappell investigates. Continue reading
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Tagged abstinence only, AIDS, gateway sexual activity, GOP, Mississippi, Planned Parenthood, sex ed, teen pregnancy
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Twit Rombot 2012
In which Elissa Schappell dismantles the GOP cyborg known colloquially as “Mitt Romney.” Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, Corporations are people, George W. Bush, Michele Bachmann, Mission Accomplished, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rombot, The Wizard of Oz
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It is a Truth Universally Acknowledged that a Woman in Possession of a Good Uterus Must be in Want of a Man to Regulate it
In which Elissa Schappell contemplates the latest right-wing salvos in the War Against Women. Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, Jan Brewer, Komen, Michelle Bachmann, moon orphans, Newt Gingrich, pro-choice, pro-life, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, VAWA, War Against Women, women's right to choose
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