7/11 just rolled out their branded McCain and Obama disposable coffee cups. As this local news report explains, the convenience store does this for every election and keeps track of which cups sell more, and have so far been accurate... CONTINUE READING 7/11 COFFEE CUPS ARE THE ONLY PRESIDENTIAL POLL I TRUST»
Posted on October 2, 2008 in Local News, Politics
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Tags: Barack Obama | John McCain
MTV's Sway put on his Formal Knit Rasta Hat to interview Barack Obama and Joe Biden, because that's something that needed to happen, and eventually touched upon the subject of hip hop. Leave it to Sway to ask the questions... CONTINUE READING THIS IS THE PART OF RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT THAT CANDIDATES EVERYONE HATES»
Posted on October 1, 2008 in Music Related Content, Politics
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Tags: Barack Obama | Election 2008 | Hip Hop | Jim Carrey | Joe Biden | MTV Movie Awards | Sway
It's weird how it's an election year and NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT IT. Did you hear that Sarah Palin said some ridiculous things to Katie Couric on TV the other night? You probably didn't. Barely anyone has. I tried... CONTINUE READING WHOOPS THE VOTE»
Posted on October 1, 2008 in Politics
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Tags: Animal Collective | Ashton Kutcher | Barack Obama | Demi Moore | Election 2008
I know it can be pretty hard to know where I stand politically based on my objective, non-partisan posts on Videogum, but I will admit that I support Barack Obama. Don't get me wrong, if Sarah Palin was running for... CONTINUE READING THE ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE RUNS THROUGH TIM AND ERIC (NO IT DOESN'T)»
Posted on September 30, 2008 in Oh, Yuck!, Politics
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Tags: Barack Obama | Election 2008 | John McCain | Sarah Palin
We all remember the historic Adam/Chu Dance Crew's YouTube dance off with Miley Cyrus and Mandy Jiroux. That noble competition ended, of course, in Miley Cyrus mobilizing the dark forces of her tween army to steal the win at the... CONTINUE READING BARACK OBAMA IS THE ADAM/CHU DANCE CREW AND JOHN MCCAIN IS MILEY AND MANDY»
Posted on September 29, 2008 in Politics, WebJunk
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Tags: Adam Chu Dance Crew | Barack Obama | Dance-Offs | Election 2008 | John McCain
gabe: who do you think is going to win the debate? lindsay: I believe that John McCain is going to win the debate. gabe: no way gabe: david schwimmer gabe: in comedy that's called a call back lindsay: dammit gabe:... CONTINUE READING FRIDAY FIGHT: WHO WILL WIN THE DEBATE?»
Posted on September 26, 2008 in Friday Fight, Politics
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Tags: Barack Obama | Bill Clinton | Debates | George W. Bush | John Kerry | John McCain | Sarah Palin
The lowest common denominator has been found in humans, and it's whatever it is about this video of a drunk, possibly toothless, probably meth-addled woman spouting off about her political views that makes everyone want to send it to everyone... CONTINUE READING THAT'S YOUR FELLOW AMERICAN: THE DRUNK POLITICS LADY»
Posted on September 26, 2008 in Animals On Film, Politics, Viral Video
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Tags: Alpacas | Barack Obama | Drunk | Meth
Last night Stephen called for a suspension of tonight's Presidential debate because it coincides with "the unmissable date with passion" that is the premiere of Nights In Rodanthe. Stephen called on Senator Obama to postpone tonight's political show because "Unless... CONTINUE READING STEPHEN COLBERT'S ALSO OBSESSED WITH NIGHTS IN RODANTHE»
Posted on September 26, 2008 in Chick Flicks, Hate-Watching, Late Night, Politics
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Tags: Barack Obama | Diane Lane | James Franco | Nights In Rodanthe | Richard Gere | Stephen Colbert
This video in which Sarah Silverman urges young Jewish voters to promise or withhold visits to their Floridian grandparents based on whether those grandparents vote for Obama is definitely not Obama-campaign-approved, but if you ignore the word "douchenozzle," it's pretty... CONTINUE READING SARAH SILVERMAN DOES HER SARAH SILVERMAN THING FOR OBAMA»
Posted on September 25, 2008 in Politics, Viral Video
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Tags: Barack Obama | Sarah Silverman
There's an old saying among pop culture bloggers: "Any group of four people can be successfully compared to The Golden Girls." Someone has applied this wisdom to the celebrities of Election 2008 (five people, actually, with no Biden -- but... CONTINUE READING ELECTION '08 STARRING THE GOLDEN GIRLS»
Posted on September 16, 2008 in Nostalgia, Parodies, Politics
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Tags: Barack Obama | George W. Bush | Hillary Clinton | John McCain | Sarah Palin | The Golden Girls
Barack Obama's new campaign ad is weird, you guys: "John McCain still enjoys the California Raisins." "John McCain hasn't seen a comedy since Cool Runnings." "John McCain voted AGAINST Crystal Pepsi." I'm not saying that these aren't perfectly valid criticisms... CONTINUE READING JOHN MCCAIN CAN'T USE A RUBIK'S CUBE»
Posted on September 12, 2008 in Politics
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Tags: Barack Obama | Campaign Ads | Election 2008 | John McCain | Nine Inch Nails
Earlier in the summer, Boy George released a song "for" Obama called "Yes, We Can." Nobody really noticed, but now there's an official video for the song, which is so weird and animated and nonsensical. It's mostly Boy George Boy... CONTINUE READING JUST WHAT OBAMA NEEDS: A WEIRD BOY GEORGE VIDEO »
Posted on September 9, 2008 in Music Related Content, Politics
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Tags: Amy Winehouse | Barack Obama | Boy George | David Bowie | Robyn
It has been rough around here for the past couple of weeks because the biggest news in the world is the 2008 presidential election. That makes things problematic on two counts: It's hard to care about chimpanzees farting in a... CONTINUE READING GEORGE BUSH TOOK A NICE, BIG, SHARP MACHETE AND STUCK IT INTO AMERICA»
Posted on September 9, 2008 in Everyone's A Critic, Politics, Sexman
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Tags: Barack Obama | Election 2008 | Girls | John McCain
The same (Australian) guy who made the Barack Roll video a few weeks ago has taken it to another meta level over the weekend: John McCain gets Barack-Rolled. Best use of McCain's blue/green screen challenge so far.... CONTINUE READING JOHN MCCAIN GETS BARACK-ROLLED»
Posted on September 8, 2008 in Politics
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Tags: Barack Obama | John McCain
With the Democratic National Convention being held in Denver this week, we're going to be hearing a lot about Barack Obama and the importance of voting and which candidate where's the pants in the American family. Why not hear some... CONTINUE READING EUGENE MIRMAN IS BIGGER THAN ANDERSON COOPER»
Posted on August 26, 2008 in Politics
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Tags: Barack Obama | Election 2008 | Eugene Mirman | John McCain | Rachel Bilson
This is Stuart Shepard from Focus on the Family. He's encouraging people to pray for rain during Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention. He is your boyfriend. I know it was probably rhetorical, Stuart, but I'd like to take... CONTINUE READING THAT'S YOUR BOYFRIEND: GUY WHO PRAYS FOR RAIN DURING OBAMA SPEECH»
Posted on August 13, 2008 in Politics, That's Your Boyfriend
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Tags: Barack Obama | Election 2008 | Focus On The Family | John McCain
It took me seeing this link approximately 18 times to click on it, but when I did I was rewarded with something that obviously took someone a great deal of time and should be appreciated: The Barack Roll (the appreciation... CONTINUE READING HEY, HAVE YOU SEEN THE "BARACK ROLL" VIDEO?»
Posted on August 11, 2008 in Politics, Viral Video
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Tags: Barack Obama | Rick Roll
I made one more sweep of the apartment to make sure everything was as it should be. The ice cube trays in the freezer were full. There was beer and rosé chilling in the fridge. On the candle-lit table, I'd... CONTINUE READING YOU CAN MAKE IT UP: ME AND MY BEST FRIEND, PARIS HILTON, TALK POLITICS»
Posted on August 7, 2008 in Politics, You Can Make It Up
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Tags: Barack Obama | Election 2008 | John McCain | Paris Hilton | Tila Tequila
On last night's episode of Last Comic Standing, the show that makes doing a Hunt for the Worst Show of All Time egregiously unecessary, something outrageous and unbelievable happened. No, no one told a funny joke. (God, that show is... CONTINUE READING THE 2008 ELECTION IS NOW A CHOICE BETWEEN THE LESSER OF TWO UNFUNNY EVILS»
Posted on August 6, 2008 in Oh, Yuck!, Politics
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Tags: Academy Awards | Barack Obama | Election 2008 | John McCain | Last Comic Standing | Mickey Rourke | National Failures | Robert Pattinson | Tina Fey | Whoops Ocean
Whoops, Republican National Committee, you made this. (via Daily Intelligencer) I know that you just graduated from the Ashanti School of Parody, but WHOOPSERS. Be careful you guys, money is tight. Next time that you're going to make an ad,... CONTINUE READING THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE RESPONDS TO VOTER CONCERNS OVER EUROTRASH?»
Posted on July 29, 2008 in Politics
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Tags: Barack Obama | Election 2008 | John McCain
The only possible reaction one could have from watching this McCain ad (via Buzzfeed and everywhere) is "Wow, that Obama guy sure must be great. If he has this effect on hardened journalists, maybe he could convince the rest of... CONTINUE READING MCCAIN'S NEW AD WAS SUPPOSED TO COME OUT ON OPPOSITE DAY»
Posted on July 23, 2008 in Commercials, Politics
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Tags: Barack Obama | John McCain
With all the high-minded talk this election season about who can bring more change to Washington, or who has more experience with intractable warfare, it's time that someone, I don't care who, but preferably Jon Glaser, got stone cold stupid... CONTINUE READING DETROIT OCEAN SMOOTH ROCKS THE VOTE»
Posted on July 22, 2008 in Politics
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Tags: Barack Obama | Election 2008 | John McCain
Brendan Fraser, the star of Bedazzled, was silent throughout the primary campaign, leading some to wonder (no one wondered this) whether he'd ever wield his powerful influence to help voters make their choice at the ballot box. Well, the bad... CONTINUE READING THE LONG AWAITED BRENDAN FRASER POLITICAL ENDORSEMENT»
Posted on July 10, 2008 in Politics
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Tags: Barack Obama | Brendan Fraser | Election 2008 | John McCain | Journey To The Center Of The Earth 3D
Dennis Haysbert, who played David Palmer on 24 and more notably the Allstate guy in the Allstate commericals, told an interviewer that he thinks his role as a black president on the show might have played a significant part in... CONTINUE READING DENNIS HAYSBERT BETTER RECOGNIZE»
Posted on July 2, 2008 in Politics
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Tags: 24 | Barack Obama | Bernie Mack | Chris Rock | Deep Impact | Dennis Haysbert | Election 2008 | Head of State
George Lucas was in Washington this week to talk to congress about an alternate internet service reserved for educational purposes. Fair enough. That is acceptable. It was his answers to questions posed by Examiner that was unacceptable: Lucas, who was... CONTINUE READING GEORGE LUCAS IS ENDORSING HIMSELF FOR PRESIDENT OF STUPIDISTAN»
Posted on June 26, 2008 in Oh, Yuck!, Politics
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Tags: Barack Obama | Election 2008 | George Lucas
Carrie Prejean turned the video camera off, put on some clothes, and stepped out of her house. It was a beautiful day outside. The air smelled like apples, and the late morning light hit the world in just such a...
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If you are a sassy and sarcastic young man in an American sitcom who represents the sitcom writer's desire that a nerdy Jewish teenager can somehow be the desirable romantic hero in this world, then eventually you will get a...
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I shouldn't even be here right now. I SHOULD BE GETTING INTO MY COSTUME! If I don't hurry, my facepaint won't be dry before I get to the MOONVIE theater, and everyone will be like "hahah, you look like you're...
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The Challenge: I had to go on a 3.5 hour bus tour of totally random TV and film locations in New York City. Alone, and wearing a specific ridiculous tshirt. And I had to find someone to take my picture...
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Uh. OK. Well, first let's address what this movie did well, like the disappointed parents we are (or at least that I am), recognizing that the negative feedback won't be useful or constructive if it isn't preceded by something positive....
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