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Obama Step To Any Motherfucker, Omar, Barksdale, (McCain,) Whoever

The cast of The Wire will be campaigning for Obama in North Carolina tomorrow. We have no idea how that will help anything, but we have some idea of how awesome it is (very awesome.)...  CONTINUE READING OBAMA STEP TO ANY MOTHERFUCKER, OMAR, BARKSDALE, (MCCAIN,) WHOEVER»

Posted on October 27, 2008 in (3 comments)
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These Kids Rapping About The Election To T.I.'s "Whatever You Like" Continue To Be The Best

They're on CNN now. They're basically the most famous. I think we know who's going to be the next cabinet-level Secretary Of Being The Best. "We're gonna need a bigger cabinet."...  CONTINUE READING THESE KIDS RAPPING ABOUT THE ELECTION TO T.I.'S "WHATEVER YOU LIKE" CONTINUE TO BE THE BEST»

Posted on October 27, 2008 in (7 comments)
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Cindy McCain Claims She's 'Just Like Any Other Female Human'

This Onion video about how Cindy McCain is a dangerous alien intent on taking over Earth is funny because it's true. ...  CONTINUE READING CINDY MCCAIN CLAIMS SHE'S 'JUST LIKE ANY OTHER FEMALE HUMAN'»

Posted on October 27, 2008 in , (0 comments)
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Damon Weaver Is Going To Be Famous

Ten years from now, hopefully, nobody will remember Sarah Palin or Joe The Plumber, but fifth-grader Damon Weaver, who interviewed Joe Biden for Palm Beach County's KEC News, will be a household name. This kid is awesome: "Senator Biden is...  CONTINUE READING DAMON WEAVER IS GOING TO BE FAMOUS»

Posted on October 27, 2008 in , (4 comments)
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The Wassup Guys Made A Get Out The Vote Ad

True. Spuds Mackenzie, on the other hand, total McCainiac. And the Budweiser frogs are still holding out hope that Ron Paul can, if not win, at the very least prove to the American people that the two party system is...  CONTINUE READING THE WASSUP GUYS MADE A GET OUT THE VOTE AD»

Posted on October 24, 2008 in , (4 comments)
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Eddie Murphy Talks About The First Black President (1983)

Topical! From Delirious, via Byron Crawford: Depending on how things go on November 4th, this clip is either Coming to America funny or Norbit funny. Now we wait....  CONTINUE READING EDDIE MURPHY TALKS ABOUT THE FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT (1983)»

Posted on October 23, 2008 in , (2 comments)
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And The Best Celebrity Get Out The Vote Ad Is...Ron Howard's?

This ad is probably aimed more at older people, but since we younger people had something called "Nick At Nite" growing up, we'll get it too. Ron Howard does some things he said he would never do, just to draw...  CONTINUE READING AND THE BEST CELEBRITY GET OUT THE VOTE AD IS...RON HOWARD'S?»

Posted on October 23, 2008 in (6 comments)
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A Quick Note On The Outcome Of The 2008 Election

Sorry about that, guys....  CONTINUE READING A QUICK NOTE ON THE OUTCOME OF THE 2008 ELECTION»

Posted on October 23, 2008 in (6 comments)
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Where Are This Generation's Parody-able Directors?

These John McCain attack ads that mimic big name Hollywood directors (John Woo, Kevin Smith, Wes Anderson) were all the blog rage yesterday: Cute! Kind of funny! But the real question is, really? John Woo? And even the Kevin Smith...  CONTINUE READING WHERE ARE THIS GENERATION'S PARODY-ABLE DIRECTORS?»

Posted on October 23, 2008 in , , (5 comments)
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These Kids Rapping About The Election To T.I.'s "Whatever You Like" Are The Best

As you know, the campaign to end fake rap is needed more badly than ever before. Not only have the Ed McMahon advertisements for FreeCreditReport emerged as a major new threat to our desire to see this embarrassing trend put...  CONTINUE READING THESE KIDS RAPPING ABOUT THE ELECTION TO T.I.'S "WHATEVER YOU LIKE" ARE THE BEST»

Posted on October 23, 2008 in (8 comments)
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Duh Aficionado Magazine: Heidi And Spencer Are Idiots When It Comes To Politics

Just Jared has some CRAMAZING photos of Heidi and Spencer today. They did a staged photoshoot up in the Hollywood hills to let the world know their political beliefs, because they have political beliefs. The thing is, once you get...  CONTINUE READING DUH AFICIONADO MAGAZINE: HEIDI AND SPENCER ARE IDIOTS WHEN IT COMES TO POLITICS»

Posted on October 23, 2008 in , (11 comments)
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Jon Stewart Calls The Palins: "A Family Of Grifters"

On last night's Daily Show, Jon Stewart figured out the real plan behind Sarah Palin's run for VP and outrageous clothing, travel, and housing expenses: the Palins are a family of grifters! (That part starts at the 3-minute mark, but...  CONTINUE READING JON STEWART CALLS THE PALINS: "A FAMILY OF GRIFTERS"»

Posted on October 23, 2008 in (0 comments)
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The Computers John McCain Doesn't Understand Make Him Dance Like A Prince!

In late September, Adam Chu released a call to action to the Adam/Chu Dance Crew members to express their political positions through dance. It would be, he claimed, the biggest presidential election dance off in history. Well that is true....  CONTINUE READING THE COMPUTERS JOHN MCCAIN DOESN'T UNDERSTAND MAKE HIM DANCE LIKE A PRINCE!»

Posted on October 22, 2008 in , (2 comments)
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Random Kid Cringes As John McCain Gets Confused Again

Okay, here we go with another "fellow prisoners" McCain senior moment caught on tape. Yesterday at a campaign rally, John McCain got all his words done mixed up in his head, and said them wrong as many ways as he...  CONTINUE READING RANDOM KID CRINGES AS JOHN MCCAIN GETS CONFUSED AGAIN»

Posted on October 22, 2008 in , (2 comments)
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Is It Possible To Get Kitten-Rolled?

I clicked on this video, I swear, because it was titled "Kittens For Obama": The kittens are apparently bipartisan and/or undecided and/or non-human animals, but those sure were good kittens. Not even new kittens -- to paraphrase Marge Simpson: "Those...  CONTINUE READING IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET KITTEN-ROLLED?»

Posted on October 22, 2008 in , (4 comments)
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Don't Let Them Turn Kentucky Into A Hippie Museum

This attack ad is airing in Kentucky, where someone is hoping that the scariest and most ridiculous thing anyone could possibly imagine is...a hippie museum! A hippie museum?: 1. Whose dad posed for the hippie photo? 2. I would like...  CONTINUE READING DON'T LET THEM TURN KENTUCKY INTO A HIPPIE MUSEUM»

Posted on October 21, 2008 in , (4 comments)
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Homophobia Is So Chill (NOT!)

Radar dug up some pretty sweet videos, bro. They're all about California's ballot measure for a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman. And that's fresh. The thing is, though, a lot of people might not...  CONTINUE READING HOMOPHOBIA IS SO CHILL (NOT!)»

Posted on October 21, 2008 in (72 comments)
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Emile Hirsch's Voting Ad Shows Us Where Depression Hurts

It's another celeb get-out-the-vote ad, this time starring Into The Wild's Emile Hirsch as a lonely young man you either want to slap or hug (let's call him "Alexander Superbored"). I'm finding it hard to make fun of this one...  CONTINUE READING EMILE HIRSCH'S VOTING AD SHOWS US WHERE DEPRESSION HURTS»

Posted on October 21, 2008 in , (10 comments)
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Only Two More Weeks Of Swift Boat Meme Parody Videos Until 2012

Jon Benjamin and 2/36 present Swift Jews for Truth: Racist McCain-leaning Jews are your grandparents....  CONTINUE READING ONLY TWO MORE WEEKS OF SWIFT BOAT MEME PARODY VIDEOS UNTIL 2012»

Posted on October 20, 2008 in , (1 comments)
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"You Better Vote, Or [Unintelligible] Vote! WOOOOH!"

FINALLY, a get out the vote campaign ad that isn't the worst! Hahaha. I could post Terry Tate flying tackle videos all day. And apparently I might....  CONTINUE READING "YOU BETTER VOTE, OR [UNINTELLIGIBLE] VOTE! WOOOOH!"»

Posted on October 20, 2008 in (6 comments)
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"How's That For Drill, Baby, Drill?"

This video is a couple of days old. But the expression "so what!" is even older. (via Mark Lisanti) I would just like to make it very clear that the reason this is funny has nothing to do with the...  CONTINUE READING "HOW'S THAT FOR DRILL, BABY, DRILL?"»

Posted on October 20, 2008 in , (2 comments)
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I've Got 99 Problems But Suspicious Interference With My Right To Place A Non-Provisional Ballot Ain't One

Whoa. When did Jay-Z become Professor of Voting Rights at Know-It-All U? Also is that MGMT's "Time to Pretend" playing really faintly near the end? (EASTER EGG FOR THE SUPERFANS!)...  CONTINUE READING I'VE GOT 99 PROBLEMS BUT SUSPICIOUS INTERFERENCE WITH MY RIGHT TO PLACE A NON-PROVISIONAL BALLOT AIN'T ONE»

Posted on October 17, 2008 in , (2 comments)
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Duh Aficionado Magazine: Holy Shit, America Is Fucking Racist

This is amazing. (Thanks for the tip, Matthew). Racism isn't funny, but stupid old racists are. "Who says fried chicken and watermelon are racist stereotypes? Those are just foods. Just a selection of totally random foods that we selected from...  CONTINUE READING DUH AFICIONADO MAGAZINE: HOLY SHIT, AMERICA IS FUCKING RACIST»

Posted on October 17, 2008 in , (15 comments)
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Is The Crazy McCain Rally Lady Funny?

On last night's pre-election Thursday night special edition of Saturday Night Live, Kristin Wiig pretended to be the "crazy lady" from the McCain rally. She wandered in with a ratted out blonde wig, a pair of Bruce Villanch pharmacy glasses,...  CONTINUE READING IS THE CRAZY MCCAIN RALLY LADY FUNNY?»

Posted on October 17, 2008 in , (18 comments)
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The Road To The White House Actually Might Run Through Letterman

In an attempt to make up for skipping out on Letterman a couple weeks ago, John McCain finally appeared on the show last night. BARELY! From the AP: Not willing to risk the wrath of Letterman again, the Republican presidential...  CONTINUE READING THE ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE ACTUALLY MIGHT RUN THROUGH LETTERMAN»

Posted on October 17, 2008 in , , (3 comments)
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