Mitt Romney

I was elected to lead, not to read!

I was elected to lead, not to read!

"Surrender now or prepare to bicker and smile passive-aggressively at your opponent!"

Oops, I mean fight.

Willard just can't get a break, can he? In the latest chapter of his litany of gaffes, goofs, and 'I-accidentally-misspoke-lol-deal-with-it's, Mitt Romney joked while campaigning in Michigan early Friday morning that "no one had ever asked to see his birth certificate."

The joke not-so-subtlely invoked the controversy surrounding President Barack Obama and whether or not he was actually born in the United States. The Twitterverse is now abuzz with witty repartee, shooting jokes back at Romney which invoke his status as a wealthy, white bread, tax-dodging fat cat.

Check out the latest here.

Pioneering astronaut Sally Ride revealed in her obituary that she had been with a female partner for many years. Sally Ride is inspiring, and John Darnielle is awesome.

Today, "Americans for Prosperity" (a Koch Brothers group) is paying for the trending hashtag #failingagenda on Twitter. The irony is that that hashtag is being used against them. #FailingHashtag