Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich was born Newton McPherson. His parents’ marriage fell apart as about as soon as it started. He later took on his stepfather’s name.
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Fun Fact: How Camp David Got Its Name
Camp David is named after both Dwight D. Eisenhower’s father and grandson who were both named David.
Fun Fact: When Tony Perkins Got Hit By Karma
The Family Research Council is a lobbying group that is so anti-LGBT that the Southern Poverty Law Center has classified it as a hate group. Since 2003 the Family Research Council has been led by Tony Perkins who was bold enough to claim that natural disasters were a punishment from God to those who areContinue reading “Fun Fact: When Tony Perkins Got Hit By Karma”
Fun Fact: When Barbara Bush Apologized To The Simpsons Cartoon
When The Simpsons made their rise to fame in the early 1990’s, then-First Lady Barbara Bush commented publicly saying “It was the dumbest thing I had ever seen, but it’s a family thing, and I guess it’s clean.” on the matter. Show-writers responded by sending her a letter “written” by Marge Simpson. Barbara Bush respondedContinue reading “Fun Fact: When Barbara Bush Apologized To The Simpsons Cartoon”
(Not So) Fun Fact: Mike Pence Lying on Behalf of the Tobacco Industry
Former Vice President Mike Pence has gone on record several times saying that the effects of cigarette smoking isn’t harmful nor does it kill. He has always voted in-favor of the tobacco industry.
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