gabe: who is worse for the country
gabe: sarah palin or serena van der woodsen?
lindsay: Well definitely Palin.
gabe: no, i mean as president
gabe: just kidding
gabe: a serena van der woodsen presidency
gabe: though
gabe: would be something special
gabe: i mean, the world would end
gabe: but it would be so boring and cloying first!
lindsay: Blair is like her Cheney
gabe: serena van der woodsen is the worst
gabe: i think you're probably right that sarah palin is worse for the country
lindsay: I love that the fictional character you think is the worst has this really complicated name that you know how to spell by heart.
Like a drunk Republican in her best sparkly clubbin' dress, Triumph The Insult Comic Dog crashed the convention in a plastic elephant costume, but for some reason they allowed him to stay and insult, humiliate, and fondle Republican politicians, delegates, and Karl Rove all week. Last night Conan aired Triumph's report:
On Palin: "She's a heartbeat away from being president and twelve years away from being a Great-Grandmother." They need to send Triumph to the debates.
There was an article on MSNBC yesterday afternoon about how Michael Moore was going to follow in the footsteps of Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails and release his new feature film, Slacker Uprising, on-line, FOR FREE. The article claimed that it was the first time a major motion picture was being distributed in this way. Oh cool. Very hip. I love alternative distribution methods! Except what the article didn't mention was how this movie looks like the worst:
Oh wow, Michael Moore, we can have that movie for free? We don't have to pay 11 dollars to see you glorify yourself before giant crowds of mildly supportive teenagers for an hour and a half? The only thing more clever than your distribution system is your definition of "major motion picture." Nicely done on bringing the word "slacker" back, though. If we can just get all the slackers to register to vote, I'm pretty sure Bill Clinton will beat George Bush! Because it's 1992!
We've been featuring a lot of politics on Videogum this week because that's what's going on out there, but it's obviously not really our strong suit. I can admit that. I have BELIEFS, and I feel STRONGLY about things, but sometimes when I watch the politicians on the TV, even the ones that I don't agree with, I think how annoying it must be to have people like ME acting like a g-damned expert all of a sudden. Blog punditry from The Hills Country, is the political equivalent of when I was watching the diving competition during the Olympics and being like "Oh, good, that was a very clean entry. I give him a 9.5 from the country of my couch." Kind of. Except that the divers never posited their opinions on WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS and the legal ramifications of two human beings just trying to LOVE EACH OTHER.
That being blogged, I knew last night during Sarah Palin's speech that I couldn't be the only one thinking that she looked like someone else. It wasn't even a political viewpoint or a meaningful observation, but I just knew that others had to be thinking the same thing. We are one country (ONE LOVE!), and there are only so many media representations of smart, accomplished sexy librarian-types with an acid tongue out there.
Democrat or Republican, we can all agree that this was the funniest (some say cutest) part of Sarah Palin's speech accepting the nomination for Vice President of the United States of America. The part where her daughter Piper spit in her son Trig's hair:
This is exactly the level of political coverage/analysis we want to bring you here at Videogum.
Yesterday, Diddy took to his blog (YouTube is his blog, he bought it for 3.10 billion dollars so that he could blog there) to rail against John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin for vice president, but he has already learned that when you enter the sphere of political punditry your tough stances on issues like "Alaska, motherfucker?" and "Pfft she be like pfft" can get you into hot water. He's basically the black Robert Novak (he is not the black Robert Novak.) So that's why he's taken his iSight camera indoors and stopped spinning all the fuck around to get serious about how he knows that there are black people in Alaska.
Eugene Mirman heads to Minneapolis-St. Paul for a taste of the Republican National Convention, and while his coverage of the DNC was funny, this is way better. Tucker Carlson is kind of an idiot!
A lot of people are scared by the implications of a Sarah Palin vice presidency, but it is true that the White House will be very well protected from cat burglars and bears that smell food.
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After watching Death Sentence, a terrible movie starring Kevin Bacon as a father in search of vigilante justice directed by Saw's James Wan, Gabe embarked on The Hunt For The Worst Movie of All Time. This is his sad journey.
I'm coming to realize that I've set for myself an impossible task. I'm like Don Quixote facing off against the windmills, except that the windmills are really difficult to watch, and often the windmills have Bruce Willis or Dakota Fanning...
Blogging about TV and movies isn't all fun and videogames. Every week, Lindsay or Gabe will be presented with a physical or mental challenge that tests their bravery, patience, and taste.
The Challenge: Despite being averse to cameras, teamwork, exotic foods, travel, haircuts, and physical exertion, I have to submit an audition tape to Survivor. The Result: As with the Saw marathon challenge, once again I find myself rocking back and...
Even though Lindsay and Gabe are friends, they very rarely agree on anything. Every day, they have a fight about something. On Fridays, we publish one.
Gabe: who is worse for the country Gabe: sarah palin or serena van der woodsen? Lindsay: Well definitely Palin. Gabe: no, i mean as president Gabe: just kidding Gabe: a serena van der woodsen presidency Gabe: though Gabe: would be...
Violin music gently filled the tastefully appointed Tea Room at the Plaza Hotel. Blair Waldorf and Serena Van Der Woodsen sat at a table near the back, along with Nate Archibald, Chuck Bass, and Dan Humphrey. Accompanying them were Heidi...
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