{"id":678,"date":"2011-10-18T12:04:53","date_gmt":"2011-10-18T19:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/?p=678"},"modified":"2011-10-18T12:04:53","modified_gmt":"2011-10-18T19:04:53","slug":"con-a-thon-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/?p=678","title":{"rendered":"Con-a-thon 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Republican comedy tour continues this fall and now it looks like there is a new front runner. Former pizza magnate Herman Cain, has surged to the top of Republican polls touting his plan 999 from outer space in order to save the planet. Sounds like another flavor of the month to us.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve held off as long as we could, but we&#8217;re going to start our coverage of the upcoming election, <strong>Con-a-thon 2012<\/strong>. Today we present the leading GOP <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">comedians<\/span> candidates: Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann, Rick Perry, Mitt(Spiff) Romney, Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-678 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/?attachment_id=686'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"136\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/palinhunting.gif\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Ms. UBetcha Sarah Palin could be hunting for a Presidential nomination\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-686\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-686'>\n\t\t\t\tI said I&#8217;m not running but my ego is pretty gynormous. Anything can happen. You betcha!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/?attachment_id=687'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"124\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/bachmanncrazyeyes.gif\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Michele &#039;Crazyeyes&#039; Bachman wants to get America ready for the rapture\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-687\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-687'>\n\t\t\t\tGod wants me to be President so I can bring forth the Rapture. Yay!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/?attachment_id=688'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"125\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/rickwperry.gif\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Rick Perry says evolution is a crock but he&#039;s certainly evolved into another George Dubya Bush\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-688\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-688'>\n\t\t\t\tEvolution is a crock, God wants me to be President and I&#8217;m nothing like Dubya.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/?attachment_id=689'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"121\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/romneyflipflop.gif\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Flip Flopper Mitt Romney is for and against everything\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-689\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-689'>\n\t\t\t\tI&#8217;m anti-abortion and pro-choice. Oh and I love sitting on fences in my magic underwear. Yay!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/?attachment_id=690'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"109\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hermancain999.gif\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Herman Cain&#039;s Plan 999 promises a pizza in every pot\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-690\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-690'>\n\t\t\t\tMy plan 999 from outer space promises a pizza in every pot.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/?attachment_id=691'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"110\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/newtreptile.gif\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Newtie Gingrich speaks with forked tongue\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-691\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-691'>\n\t\t\t\tPfffffft! Pfffffft!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Republican comedy tour continues this fall and now it looks like there is a new front runner. Former pizza magnate Herman Cain, has surged to the top of Republican polls touting his plan 999 from outer space in order to save the planet. Sounds like another flavor of the month to us. We&#8217;ve held &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/?p=678\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Con-a-thon 2012&#8221;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,230,8,3],"tags":[234,72,232,69,147,233,9,231,71,98,235,19,150],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=678"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":710,"href":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678\/revisions\/710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}