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June 30, 2008

How To Pretend You Give A Shit About The Election

Usually, we don't post stuff from The Onion, because who isn't already reading The Onion? But it's been in reruns (or whatever) lately and this is just too great for anyone to miss. The Onion News Network's morning show, "Today Now!", tells you how to fake knowing anything about politics or the election:

Watching this last night I wondered the same thing I always do when watching ONN videos: who are these actors and where have they been until now? They are all so good! ONN videos are consistently excellent, but the actors deserve at least 50% of the credit. Good job, ONN actors.

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hey. on the actors. the guy playing dan is mike torpey. he is a part of the web series net_work on black20.com....just so yous know...cheers

Posted by: david at 06/30/08 8:51 PM | Reply
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That is hysterical. Makes me wish Not Necessarily the News was still around. Stuart Pankin is left hawking products on infomercials. Sad times indeed.

Posted by: TigerMachine profile link at 07/01/08 4:04 AM | Reply
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I thought Stuart Pankin was singing for The Hold Steady?

Posted by: queefersutherland at 07/03/08 11:16 AM | Reply
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