“Countdown” guest host David Shuster and Michael Musto, Village Voice columnist and author, last week poked fun at a recent study published in Psychological Science showing that participants who had lower IQs as children were more likely to develop prejudiced beliefs and be socially conservative. Musto’s take: “They’re dumb. Yeah, they’re narrow-minded. I mean, they think an innuendo is an Italian suppository.”

Michael Musto comments on a recent study showing that lower IQs lead to conservative views

References:

1. Are Conservatives More Fearful Than Liberals? — The GOP seems to understand a psychological phenomenon that researchers are studying: conservatives appear to be motivated by fear in a way that liberals are not. [ READ MORE ]
2. Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice

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In Other ‘Low IQ’ News
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“Countdown” guest host David Shuster tells of an unusual setting for a lesson in campaign finance — Nevada’s Moonlite Bunny Ranch. According to Shuster, “the working girls at the Moonlite Ranch, who reportedly love a good caucus, met and decided to endorse Paul’s candidacy.” Shuster further relates that the prostitutes attempted to make a direct campaign donation of nearly a thousand dollars to Ron Paul staffers, only to be directed to send the money to Paul’s super PAC.

‘Pimpin’ for Paul’: David Shuster reveals Nevada prostitutes who have the hots for Ron Paul

Hate-Talker Rush Limbaugh Falsely Claims That “There Is A Relationship Between Abortion And Breast Cancer“

“Mr. Syphilis” Sean Hannity Falsifies CBO Data To Make His Case That Obama Re-Election Would Be A “Disaster“ [ READ MORE ]

Juan Williams Deflates Fox News’ Ginned Up Obama War On Catholics: “There’s No War On The Catholic Church“

Fox’s Bill O’Reilly Names “True Causes Of Poverty“: “Poor Education, Addiction, Irresponsible Behavior, And Laziness” — [ READ: BLACK PEOPLE ]

Fox’s Crowder: Obama “Should Go Back To Burning The Taxpayer-Funded Incense To Whatever Pagan, Foreign Deity He’s Worshipping”

Payne Downplays U.S. Poverty: “The Very Poor Suffer From Gout. In The 1920s And ’30s That Was Called The Rich Man’s Disease”

Fox & Friends Hypes Discredited Figure To Downplay Jobs Report

Bill O’Reilly Downplays Planned Parenthood’s Cancer Screening Services

Fox’s John Bolton: “I Don’t Think It’s In Our Interest To Stay Out” Of A War Between Israel, Iran

Neil Cavuto’s Extended Ode To Slime-Bucket Birther — Donald Trump

Fox’s Bolling: Obama’s Homeowner Initiative Is “Class Warfare” That Was “Forged In Marxist Germany” And “Creeping Into America“

Congressman Allen West (R-FL) spoke in West Palm Beach a few days ago where he displayed unhinged hatred for president Obama and the Democratic party.

“We need to let President Obama, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, (audience boos) and my dear friend the chairman of the Democrat National Committee, we need to let them know that Florida ain’t on the table,” West said. “Take your message of equality of achievement, take your message of economic dependency, take your message of enslaving the entrepreneurial will and spirit of the American people somewhere else. You can take it to Europe, you can take it to the bottom of the sea, you can take it to the North Pole, but get the hell out of the United States of America.”

Following cheers, West added, “Yeah I said ‘hell.’”

UNCLE Allen West To Obama ‘Get The Hell Out of The United States of America’

NOTES From MMFA: Defending Rep. Allen West from criticism over recent comments that President Obama and Democratic leaders need to take their message and “get the hell out of the United States of America,” Fox News’ Eric Bolling cited West’s military service and reproached co-host Bob Beckel for not addressing the Florida Republican as “Representative Allen West” or “Lieutenant Colonel Allen West,” because he “risked his life for our freedom.” Bolling’s sudden embrace of formality, however, stands in stark contrast with the way he talks about President Obama. [ READ MORE ]

PLAYLIST: Allen West — A Boot Licking Uncle-Tom

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In Other Republican Hate-News….
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Fox Regularly Uses The “Racial Code Words” Denounced By Fox’s Juan Williams

Limbaugh: Juan Williams “Wouldn’t Have A Job Right Now If It Weren’t For The White Guy, Conservative Who Runs Fox News” [ Loving And Hating The "Race Card" ]

Right-Wing Media Consistently Attempt To Redefine What it Means To Be Poor In America: [ Fox Business Rebukes Poor People For Not Being Ashamed Of Their Poverty ] [ The Poor Christians And The Happy Poor ] [ Fox Cites Ownership Of Appliances To Downplay Hardship Of Poverty In America ]

Hannity: “Poor In America Is Not Poor Like Around The Rest Of The World”

Fox’s Your World Does Segment Highlighting Poor Americans’ Ownership Of Refrigerators, Other “Modern Conveniences”

Fox’s Stuart Varney On The Poor: “Many Of Them Have Things — What They Lack Is The Richness Of Spirit”

Rush Limbaugh Is Not Dismissing Poverty — He’s Only Pointing Out That Poor People Have Things

CNN’s Erick Erickson: “Watching A Hippie Protester Get Tased Just Makes My Day“

Jon Stewart Mocks “Anti-Immigrant Bigot” Lou Dobbs, Fox News On “Daily Show“

Jon Stewart Mocks Barney Frank’s Retirement Coverage On Fox News

Boston Globe: Romney dogged by animal cruelty charge — The white Chevy station wagon with the wood paneling was overstuffed with suitcases, supplies, and sons when Mitt Romney climbed behind the wheel to begin the annual 12-hour family trek from Boston to Ontario … Before beginning the drive, Mitt Romney put Seamus, the family’s hulking Irish setter, in a dog carrier and attached it to the station wagon’s roof rack. He’d built a windshield for the carrier, to make the ride more comfortable for the dog….

…..As the oldest son, Tagg Romney commandeered the way-back of the wagon, keeping his eyes fixed out the rear window, where he glimpsed the first sign of trouble. “Dad!” he yelled. “Gross!” A brown liquid was dripping down the back window, payback from an Irish setter who’d been riding on the roof in the wind for hours. As the rest of the boys joined in the howls of disgust, Romney coolly pulled off the highway and into a service station. There, he borrowed a hose, washed down Seamus and the car, then hopped back onto the highway. It was a tiny preview of a trait he would grow famous for in business: emotion-free crisis management. [ WATCH VIDEO BELOW ]

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Mitt Romney’s cruelty to his own dog…has angered animal rights activists.

During the 12-hour trip, Seamus lost control of his bowels, to which Romney’s response was to stop at a gas station, hose down the poor dog, and return to the highway with the pooch frightened, winded, and now dripping wet.

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Perhaps this explains the man’s pattern of insensitivity and callousness towards the poor:
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At a town hall in Bedford, New Hampshire, Mitt Romney encountered an uninsured voter who pressed him on his opposition to universal healthcare.

The uninsured voter, a woman who seemed desperate for some words of hope regarding her lack of healthcare insurance. Instead of any hint of compassion – or even an actual response to her need for healthcare – Romney brushed the woman off with a grin and what seemed to be a jab at Obamacare before he cast his gaze elsewhere.

“When you signed into law Romneycare, I was excited,” the woman said. “You seemed proud to do that. And then when the country copied you, it just seemed like there was hope for people like me.”

“How have you done since then?” Romney asked flippantly, talking over her.

“I don’t have health care, sir, and I’m scared,” she said.

“That tells you something doesn’t it?” Romney said. “Tells you something.”

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Mitt Romney – I Like Firing People

Will Romney’s ‘I Like Firing People’ & ‘Corporations are People’ Rhetoric Hurt His Campaign?

Romney’s soulless, robot, corporate plan to save America’s soul — Cenk submits Mitt Romney’s winner’s speech in New Hampshire to a “breaking down the news” reality check.

[ YOUTUBE: The Mitt Romney Playlist ]

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Other GOP Nonsense, Lies, Mis-information, Bigotry & Racism
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Bill O’Reilly’s Defense Of His “Angry Woman” Comment About Michelle Obama Falls Flat [ VIDEO: First Lady Michelle Obama Responds To 'Angry Black Woman' Characterizations ]

[ Right-Wing Media Use Kantor's Book To Race Bait About Michelle Obama ]

Hannity: Comments About Michelle Obama’s “Behind” Are “Offensive,” But Hey, People “Ask Me If My Hair Is Real“

Right-Wing Media Lash Out At Michelle Obama For Addressing “Angry Black Woman” Stereotype

Liz Cheney (A War Criminal’s Daughter) Claims Obama Has Done “Something That America’s Enemies” Couldn’t: “Decimate [Our] Fighting Capability”

Bonus Video:

Imus: Fox Colleague Dick Morris Is “Creepy, Don’t You Think?” MacCallum: “No Comment”

References:

1. http://spreadingromney.com/
2. http://http://seamus2012.com/
3. Dogs Against Mitt Romney

From FactCheck.ORG

Truth took a punch or two at the first of two GOP debates before New Hampshire’s critical presidential primary.

•   Romney, talking about taxes, said federal, state and local government consume 37 percent of the economy today compared with only 27 percent when John F. Kennedy was president. In fact, taxes now consume only 27.4 percent of GDP.

•   Paul blasted Gingrich for avoiding the draft during Vietnam, and Gingrich said Paul had a “long history” of inaccuracies. The truth is Gingrich was both a student and a father at the time, and probably would have failed the physical anyway, according to his stepfather, an Army man.

•   Santorum said the term “middle class” implies class warfare and is one “I don’t think we should be using as Republicans.” The fact is his own campaign used it in an Iowa flyer, and he has used it in the past himself.

•   Paul attacked Santorum as a “high-powered lobbyist.” Santorum was never registered as a lobbyist, though he earned more than $200,000 working as a consultant for a lobbying firm and an energy company.

Candidates also recycled some false or doubtful claims we’ve gone over before. Romney repeated his misleading claim that his firm Bain Capital invested in businesses that “have now added over 100,000 jobs.” Huntsman again claimed Utah was “No. 1″ in job creation while he was governor, which isn’t true according to the standard statistical measure for employment. And Santorum again put words in President Obama’s mouth by claiming that the president “supported” the results of a disputed election in Iran.

And finally, Gingrich, Santorum and Romney were all a bit confused about which sports teams were playing an important game on another network. Perhaps they had more important matters on their minds.

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…In Other GOP, Fox — Lies & Nonsense News
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Fox Nation Fabrication: Obama Did Not Call 8.5 Percent Unemployment Rate “A Success”
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Picture of The Week    Newt Gingrich’s ‘Pretty‘ Wife — Callista Gingrich [ Source: FaceBook.com ]

Fox Business Host Eric Bolling Dubs New Jobs Report The “Kardashian Jobs Report” Because There’s “A Really Big ‘But’”

Keeping With Fox Tradition, Hannity Gives Santorum A Platform To Plug Website, Urge Viewers To “Help Us Out”

On MSNBC’s The Ed Show, Schultz Uses 2007 Audio To Highlight Limbaugh’s Enthusiasm For Recess Appointment By Bush

Fox’s Brenda Buttner Says Public Sector Job Loss Is “A Positive” — “We Want Government To Lose Jobs” [ Fox Still Doesn't Know Public Sector Jobs Hit Harder In Recession ]

O’Reilly Adopts Mitt Romney’s “Entitlement Society” Language To Defend Him From MoveOn Ad [ READ MORE ]

Cavuto: Can Obama Be Impeached For Recess Appointments? Fox News Legal Analyst: No

Limbaugh: Obama Has “Visceral Hate For The Military” And “Loves Securing Military Defeat And Humiliation”

Time For Sensitivity Training? Kilmeade Yet Again Calls Women “The Babes, The Skirts”

Media Matters For America: A Tale Of Two Fox & Friends Interviews

Among the many things Fox & Friends does that betrays their “fair and balanced” mantra is how the hosts interview guests of different ideological backgrounds. Their habit of lobbing softball questions to GOP candidates and officials even got so bad that Fox’s own Las Vegas affiliate slammed the show for their kid-glove treatment of then-Senate candidate Sharron Angle. [ READ MORE ]

DNC Chairwoman Wasserman Schultz’s Rough Treatment By Fox & Friend’s ‘Ding-Bat‘ Gretchen Carlson

About 20 minutes later, co-host Steve Doocy lobbed soft-balls at RNC Chairman Preibus:

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Good Riddance: Bye, Bye ‘Retarded’ Psycho-Talker Michelle Bachmann!
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   Pic: Courtessy — Bossip.com

Like Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann is a Sorry Quitter Despite Having ‘God‘ on Her Side

Jon Stewart Compares GOP Candidates To Box of Chocolate

New Hampshire or Bust: Mitt Gets Giddy, Newt Gets Angry & Michelle Gets Lost!

Vendetta: Big Newt Gingrich Vows To Be Nasty in New Hampshire & South Carolina

Stiff, Mirthless John ‘McSAME’ McCain Endorses Former Rival Mitt Romney in New Hampshire

Obama To GOP Bring It On ‘Ding-Bats!’

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Carlson Gives Romney Advice For A “Pretty Compelling Campaign Ad“

Hannity: “2012 — The Year To Defeat Obama And Save America. I’m Saying It Every Day On My Radio Show”

Ding-Bat Sarah Palin: Iowa [91% WHITE] Is “Sort Of A Microcosm Of America” Considering Income And Education, And It Represents General-Election Voters

Hannity Suggests McCain Should Get Romney To Bring Up Wright, Ayers, And Black Liberation Theology In Attacks On Obama

On Fox, Johnson Complains About “Activism,” “Propaganda,” And An “Unfair Portrayal Of The News To The American People“

Osama Bin O’Reilly: If College Students “Don’t Know They Can Vote Absentee, They’re Too Stupid To Vote”

Fox’s Bolling Fearmongers About Chinese Control Of U.S. Debt [ READ MORE ]

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NAACP Slams Santorum for Remarks About Blacks: In response to a voters’ question, Santorum on Monday was discussing the Medicaid program for the poor and disabled when he commented, “That’s what the bottom line is. So I don’t want to make black people’s lives better by giving them somebody else’s money. I want to give them the opportunity to go out and earn the money and provide for themselves and their families.”

In a statement Wednesday, the NAACP President Benjamin Todd Jealous said, “Senator Santorum’s targeting of African Americans is inaccurate and outrageous, and lifts up old race-based stereotypes about public assistance. He conflates welfare recipients with African Americans, though federal benefits are in fact determined by income level. In Iowa for example, only nine percent of food stamp recipients are black, while eighty-four percent of recipients are white.” [ READ MORE ]

Hatemonger Rick Santorum Says Obama is Taking ‘White‘ Money & Giving it To ‘Blacks‘ [ WHY THE BASTARD IS WRONG ]

Rick Santorum, The King of Homophobia!

PLAYLIST: Rick Santorum is a puss-filled, ignorant racist-misogynist. The former Senator with a “Google Problem” is a homophobe extraordinaire, a cruel bone-crunching, merciless hyena of a man.