WIBX 950 » 2012 presidential race http://wibx950.com Your News Talk and Sports Leader Wed, 22 May 2013 13:42:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Team Romney Mistakenly Leaks Victory Website http://wibx950.com/romney-victory-website/ http://wibx950.com/romney-victory-website/#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:25:52 +0000 Donald Deane http://thefw.com/?p=164667 If, as some pundits claim, gaffes were responsible for Mitt Romney's failed presidential bid, then this surely won't change that assertion. At some point after losing the election to Barack Obama, Romney's camp accidentally leaked a victory website promoting a win that never happened. It's the 'Dewey Defeats Truman' of the digital age.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/romney-victory-website/feed/ 0 Roll Call/Political Wire What Were Americans Really Doing on Election Day? http://wibx950.com/what-americans-really-did-on-election-day/ http://wibx950.com/what-americans-really-did-on-election-day/#comments Wed, 07 Nov 2012 20:50:49 +0000 Cameron Simcik http://thefw.com/?p=164289 After being hit with tons of political memes and autotuned debates, it seems like we'd been waiting forever for Election Day to arrive. There's only so much hilarity we can take, people! But it's already passed us by, and in the case you're just now emerging from a deep slumber, Obama beat out Romney. Although, word has it Morris the Cat fell short by like, 100 votes. Disappointing.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/what-americans-really-did-on-election-day/feed/ 0 Man Dies While Voting, Gets Revived and Asks, 'Did I Vote?' http://wibx950.com/man-dies-while-voting/ http://wibx950.com/man-dies-while-voting/#comments Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:00:45 +0000 Donald Deane http://thefw.com/?p=164329 Confusion and long lines may have made it difficult to vote during the presidential election yesterday, but that all pales in comparison to a Michigan man who died while voting, was resuscitated, then made sure his ballot was complete before being taken to the hospital. Talk about a dedicated voter!

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]]> http://wibx950.com/man-dies-while-voting/feed/ 0 Marc Piscotty, Getty Images Celebrate Election Day with 14 Patriotic Puppies http://wibx950.com/patriotic-puppies/ http://wibx950.com/patriotic-puppies/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:36:17 +0000 Cameron Simcik http://thefw.com/?p=163868 We're huge fans of campaigning season, because America always comes together to create political memes, poke fun at candidates and make boring debates a little more interesting. It's country bonding at its finest! We're a little bummed though, because that season has finally come to an end.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/patriotic-puppies/feed/ 0 YouTube Video Jokes About 2012 Presidential Election http://wibx950.com/youtube-video-jokes-about-2012-presidential-election/ http://wibx950.com/youtube-video-jokes-about-2012-presidential-election/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:32:53 +0000 Gino Geruntino http://wibx950.com/?p=119829 If the constant tedium of election coverage has you crawling out of your skin, YouTube is here to help make the decision a little more fun.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/youtube-video-jokes-about-2012-presidential-election/feed/ 0 YouTube Final Presidential Debate Gets 'Song-ified' http://wibx950.com/final-presidential-debate-gets-song-ified/ http://wibx950.com/final-presidential-debate-gets-song-ified/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:37:26 +0000 Emerald Catron http://thefw.com/?p=161226 While everyone else was sitting around making jokes about horses and bayonets, the 'Autotune the News' folks were working hard to turn Monday night's debate into a song. This is what they came up with.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/final-presidential-debate-gets-song-ified/feed/ 0 YouTube Obama and Romney 'Sing' Katy Perry's 'Hot and Cold' http://wibx950.com/obama-and-romney-sing-katy-perrys-hot-and-cold/ http://wibx950.com/obama-and-romney-sing-katy-perrys-hot-and-cold/#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:15:06 +0000 Emerald Catron http://thefw.com/?p=159556 Last night's presidential debate was a little intense. This video ought to make you feel better. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney coming together to perform Katy Perry's 'Hot and Cold.'

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]]> http://wibx950.com/obama-and-romney-sing-katy-perrys-hot-and-cold/feed/ 0 YouTube Floridians Fall For 'Onion' Article About Obama's 19-Year-Old Son http://wibx950.com/floridians-fall-for-onion-article-about-obamas-19-year-old-son/ http://wibx950.com/floridians-fall-for-onion-article-about-obamas-19-year-old-son/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2012 14:01:47 +0000 Donald Deane http://thefw.com/?p=153980 Most people recognize satire when they see it, but not Floridians. Inboxes and Facebook pages of Florida residents recently received an article by The Onion describing an appearance by President Barack Obama's illegitimate 19-year-old son Luther at the Democratic National Convention. Incredibly, the story sparked a flurry of inquiries as to whether it was real. In case it isn't clear already, no, it's not. Duh. Clearly it's way too hot down there.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/floridians-fall-for-onion-article-about-obamas-19-year-old-son/feed/ 0 The Onion Exuberant Fan Catches Obama In Crushing Bear Hug http://wibx950.com/exuberant-fan-catches-obama-in-crushing-bear-hug/ http://wibx950.com/exuberant-fan-catches-obama-in-crushing-bear-hug/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:20:38 +0000 Donald Deane http://thefw.com/?p=150177 While on the campaign trail in Fort Pierce, Florida, yesterday, President Barack Obama found himself on the receiving end of a monster bear hug courtesy of a 6-foot, 3-inch tall restaurant owner weighing 260 pounds. Where's the Secret Service when you need them?

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]]> http://wibx950.com/exuberant-fan-catches-obama-in-crushing-bear-hug/feed/ 0 CBS Are You Frustrated By the Tone of the Presidential Campaign? — Survey of the Day http://wibx950.com/are-you-frustrated-by-the-tone-of-the-presidential-campaign-survey-of-the-day/ http://wibx950.com/are-you-frustrated-by-the-tone-of-the-presidential-campaign-survey-of-the-day/#comments Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:31:56 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://tsminteractive.com/?p=126923 Ever since Mitt Romney all but wrapped up the GOP nomination earlier this year he and Barack Obama have been firing political salvos at each other. But despite tens of millions of dollars spent on attack ads by the Obama and Romney campaigns and their surrogates, the race appears to be a toss-up.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/are-you-frustrated-by-the-tone-of-the-presidential-campaign-survey-of-the-day/feed/ 0 Election 2012 — President Obama Has the Support of Smartphone Users http://wibx950.com/president-obama-smartphone-users/ http://wibx950.com/president-obama-smartphone-users/#comments Thu, 12 Jul 2012 15:13:10 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=120512 Many national polls show President Obama and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, essentially tied in the upcoming race for the White House. But according to a new survey, there’s at least one segment of the population Obama has mostly locked up: smartphone users.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/president-obama-smartphone-users/feed/ 0 Justin Sullivan, Getty Images Rick Santorum Ends Bid For GOP Presidential Nomination [VIDEO] http://wibx950.com/rick-santorum-ends-his-bid-for-the-gop-presidential-nomination/ http://wibx950.com/rick-santorum-ends-his-bid-for-the-gop-presidential-nomination/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:30:53 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=87672 Sources say Santorum called Romney to let him know before making the announcement at a press conference in Gettysburg, PA.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/rick-santorum-ends-his-bid-for-the-gop-presidential-nomination/feed/ 0 Jeff Swensen, Getty Images Sources Say Perry Dropping Out, Backing Gingrich http://wibx950.com/sources-say-perry-dropping-out-backing-gingrich/ http://wibx950.com/sources-say-perry-dropping-out-backing-gingrich/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:36:08 +0000 WIBX http://wibx950.com/?p=38698 Utica, NY (WIBX) - According to multiple media sources, Texas Governor Rick Perry is ending his presidential bid.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/sources-say-perry-dropping-out-backing-gingrich/feed/ 0 Getty Images Has There Been Too Much Press Coverage of the Upcoming Presidential Election? — Survey of the Day http://wibx950.com/press-coverage-presidential-election-survey-of-the-day/ http://wibx950.com/press-coverage-presidential-election-survey-of-the-day/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:58:01 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://tsminteractive.com/?p=68921 Had enough of Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Herman Cain and Barack Obama?

According to a new survey from Poll Position, a good chunk of Americans, representing all political stripes, think there has been too much press coverage of this elongated election season.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/press-coverage-presidential-election-survey-of-the-day/feed/ 0 Scott Olson Romney Wins Iowa Caucuses by Eight Votes, Perry and Bachmann Head Home http://wibx950.com/romney-wins-iowa-caucuses-by-eight-votes-perry-and-bachmann-head-home/ http://wibx950.com/romney-wins-iowa-caucuses-by-eight-votes-perry-and-bachmann-head-home/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:52:20 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=68594 Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney won the Iowa caucus on Tuesday night by the narrowest of margins, besting former US Senator Rick Santorum by just eight votes in the first primary for the Republican presidential nomination.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/romney-wins-iowa-caucuses-by-eight-votes-perry-and-bachmann-head-home/feed/ 0 Win McNamee, Getty Images Voters Would Be More Opposed to an Atheist Candidate Than a Mormon One — Survey of the Day http://wibx950.com/voters-would-be-more-opposed-to-an-atheist-candidate-than-a-mormon-one-survey-of-the-day/ http://wibx950.com/voters-would-be-more-opposed-to-an-atheist-candidate-than-a-mormon-one-survey-of-the-day/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:09:36 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://tsminteractive.com/?p=68516 If Mitt Romney is able to capture the Republican nomination for president there will be much talk about his Mormon faith and whether voters will be willing to pull the lever for someone who belongs to a religion that only about two percent of Americans practice.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/voters-would-be-more-opposed-to-an-atheist-candidate-than-a-mormon-one-survey-of-the-day/feed/ 0 Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images Will Newt Gingrich Actually Accept Michael Savage's $1 Million to Leave the Presidential Race? http://wibx950.com/newt-gingrich-michael-savage-million-leave-presidential-race/ http://wibx950.com/newt-gingrich-michael-savage-million-leave-presidential-race/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:17:53 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://tsminteractive.com/?p=65625 Conservative talk show host Michael Savage is seemingly so sure of Newt Gingrich’s inability to beat Barack Obama in the general election, that he’s willing to take him out of the race… by any financial means necessary.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/newt-gingrich-michael-savage-million-leave-presidential-race/feed/ 0 MichaelSavage.wnd.com / Kevork Djansezian, Getty Images Ouch! Rick Perry is Now More Hated on YouTube Than Rebecca Black [VIDEOS] http://wibx950.com/rick-perry-ad-more-hated-than-rebecca-black/ http://wibx950.com/rick-perry-ad-more-hated-than-rebecca-black/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:01:35 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://thefw.com/?p=67674 A new Rick Perry ad in which the Texas governor and presidential hopeful laments that gays can serve openly in the military but kids can’t pray in school hasn’t received the YouTube reception his campaign was hoping for.

In fact, in just three days Perry’s “Stronger” spot amassed almost twice as many dislikes on the video sharing site as Rebecca Black‘s spectacularly maligned ‘Friday’ video has since September 16.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/rick-perry-ad-more-hated-than-rebecca-black/feed/ 0 YouTube GOP Debate Recap – President Obama, Waterboarding, Foreign Aid [VIDEO] http://wibx950.com/gop-debate-obama-waterboarding-foreign-aid-video/ http://wibx950.com/gop-debate-obama-waterboarding-foreign-aid-video/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:28:41 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=59939 In the latest of what seems like an endless string of debates, the candidates for the GOP nomination for president in the 2012 election went head-to-head yet again on Saturday night, this time in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Dubbed the ‘Commander-in-Chief Debate’ and sponsored by CBS News and National Journal, it was the first of the cycle to appear on network television and to focus on foreign policy.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/gop-debate-obama-waterboarding-foreign-aid-video/feed/ 0 CBS News 64 Percent Agree With Herman Cain About Media Being 'Dishonest' — Survey of the Day http://wibx950.com/herman-cain-media-dishonest-survey/ http://wibx950.com/herman-cain-media-dishonest-survey/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:42:11 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://tsminteractive.com/?p=59220 Embattled presidential candidate Herman Cain recently stated, “There are too many people in the media who are downright dishonest,” and Mediabistro had to see if people agreed.

The site’s survey asked 1,179 registered voters if they sided with Cain’s view on the media, and 64 percent of respondents did.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/herman-cain-media-dishonest-survey/feed/ 0 Bill Pugliano, Getty Images