The celebrity sat in his extravagant backyard, next to the empty swimming pool that no one ever used, and flipped through a magazine he subscribed to but didn't actually read. One of his servants approached with a glass of protein-infused... CONTINUE READING YOU CAN MAKE IT UP: A CELEBRITY DECIDES NOT TO MAKE HIS OWN POLITICAL ENDORSEMENT VIDEO»
Posted on October 16, 2008 in
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Tags: Barack Obama | Celebrities | Election 2008 | John McCain | Political Ads | Politics
John Taylor, founding member and bass player for the band Duran Duran, is a British citizen and incapable of voting in the US presidential election. BUT THAT HASN'T STOPPED HIM FROM EXPRESSING HIS OPINION IN A YOUTUBE VIDEO (thanks for... CONTINUE READING DURAN DURAN'S JOHN TAYLOR FINALLY BREAKS HIS LEGENDARY SILENCE ON THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION»
Posted on October 16, 2008 in ,
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Tags: Barack Obama | Coachella | Duran Duran | Election 2008
Our campaign promise to you is that after November 4th, no more of these unbearable celebrity get out the vote ads. CHANGE YOU CAN BARF ON. See what he did there? You give your girlfriend the box and inside is... CONTINUE READING JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE IS ABOUT AS UNCLEVER AS YOU MIGHT THINK»
Posted on October 15, 2008 in
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Tags: Barack Obama | Coachella | Election 2008 | Jessica Biel | Justin Timberlake
Let's be very clear about something: the internet is not an OK place. When legislators debate over internet regulation and on-line legalities they often compare it to the wild west, but I don't remember the wild west being this retarded... CONTINUE READING THAT'LL NOT DO, INTERNET, THAT'LL NOT DO»
Posted on October 15, 2008 in ,
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Tags: Burn The Internet To The Ground | Coachella | Election 2008 | La Pequeña | Sarah Palin
OK, well this is just silly. From Gigaom (via BuzzFeed): Last week we noted unconfirmed sightings of an "Obama for President" billboard in the Xbox 360 racing game Burnout Paradise. Today we're able to report that it is, in fact,... CONTINUE READING BARACK OBAMA IS THE CANDIDATE MORE VOTERS WOULD LIKE TO PLAY GUITAR HERO WITH»
Posted on October 15, 2008 in ,
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Tags: Barack Obama | Burnout | Election 2008
Last week's campaign ad for Jim Slattery's Kansas Senate race in which a giant businessman peed gasoline in a bunch of tiny faces was kind of crazy, but this ad for Don Zimmerman's campaign to be elected Travis County Assessor-Collector... CONTINUE READING I AM INSANE, AND I APPROVE THIS MESSAGE»
Posted on October 15, 2008 in
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Tags: Don Zimmerman | Election 2008 | Kidney Theft
Another day, another misguided get out the vote campaign. This time, it's Penn Badgley and Blake Lively, along with a bunch of people I don't recognize, playing the old "parents, we need to have a talk" game. First of all,... CONTINUE READING BLAKE LIVELY AND PENN BADGLEY NEED TO CHILL WITH THE THINKING THEY KNOW STUFF»
Posted on October 14, 2008 in
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Tags: Barack Obama | Blake Lively | Election 2008 | Gossip Girl | John McCain | Penn Badgley
Last night was the first of three SNL's Prime Time Election specials, and it was just eh. The first half was a very long parody of Tuesday night's debate that basically had three jokes: Dan Rather Tom Brokaw cutting the... CONTINUE READING SNL'S FIRST PRIME TIME SPECIAL: AT LEAST THEY HAD BILL MURRAY»
Posted on October 10, 2008 in ,
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Tags: Bill Murray | Chris Parnell | Coachella | Darrell Hammond | Election 2008 | Paris Hilton | Saturday Night Live
Barack Obama is buying 30 minute slots on CBS and NBC that will pre-empt Jay Mohr's new show, Gary Unmarried. We predict a landslide on November 4th.... CONTINUE READING BARACK OBAMA JUST WON ALL THE UNDECIDED VOTERS»
Posted on October 10, 2008 in
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Tags: Barack Obama | Coachella | Election 2008 | Gary Unmarried | Jay Mohr
"My friends" (Get it? John McCain says that, so now it's like a joke!) at 23/6 have put together this video explaining how you can use Sarah Palin's stumbling rhetorical style to rocket to success in your own life. I... CONTINUE READING HARNESS THE POWER OF SARAH PALIN IN YOUR MOUTH»
Posted on October 10, 2008 in ,
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Tags: Coachella | Election 2008 | Jon Benjamin | Sarah Palin
Democratic Congressman Jim Slattery is running for a Kansan Senate seat this year. This is his latest campaign ad, "Hosed," and it is nuts: (thanks for the tip, Max) OH NO, THAT GIANT IS PEEING ON ALL OF THE PEOPLE.... CONTINUE READING JIM SLATTERY WANTS AMERICA TO BE THAT GOLDEN SHOWER ON THE HILL AGAIN»
Posted on October 8, 2008 in
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Tags: Beastie Boys | Bonnaroo | Coachella | Election 2008 | Jim Slattery
One thing that the Republican party has traditionally done much better than the Democratic party is to distill their policies into simplistic, easy to understand (and repeat) soundbites. Sometimes the soundbites aren't even representative of actual policies, but they're definitely... CONTINUE READING IT DOESN'T TAKE A ROCKET SCIENTIST TO EXPLAIN SHOOTIN STUFF UP SPACE'S BUTT»
Posted on October 8, 2008 in
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Tags: Barack Obama | Beastie Boys | Bonnaroo | Coachella | Election 2008 | John McCain | Superchunk
Tonight the two candidates for President of the United States will meet in the second televised debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, DUH. The debate will be held in a town hall style format, where the candidates will answer... CONTINUE READING A QUESTION FOR THE CANDIDATES»
Posted on October 7, 2008 in ,
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Tags: Barack Obama | Coachella | Election 2008 | John McCain
Remember a couple of weeks ago when John McCain didn't show up to the Late Show with David Letterman and Letterman spent all that time on the air making fun of him? Shrug. From the New York Post: McCain representatives... CONTINUE READING SNOOZETOWN: JOHN MCCAIN TO APPEAR ON LETTERMAN AFTER ALL»
Posted on October 7, 2008 in ,
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Tags: Coachella | David Letterman | Election 2008 | John McCain
gabe: what celebrity would you listen to gabe: to vote lindsay: Alan Alda. gabe: alan alda? lindsay: that is my answer gabe: just what the world has been waiting for, the alan alda get out the vote campaign gabe: you... CONTINUE READING FRIDAY FIGHT: WHO WOULD MAKE THE MOST EFFECTIVE GET OUT THE VOTE AD?»
Posted on October 3, 2008 in ,
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Tags: Election 2008 | Vote
I really think your girlfriend summed up just about everything that's going on in this election during last night's post-vice-presidential debate CNN focus group. Yup and also yup.... CONTINUE READING THAT'S YOUR GIRLFRIEND: SARAH PALIN SUPPORTER»
Posted on October 3, 2008 in ,
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Tags: Barack Obama | Debates | Election 2008 | Joe Biden | John McCain | Sarah Palin
Yesterday, I posited that a print ad featuring Jessica Alba in a Hannibal Lecter mask in an effort to encourage voter registration was the scientifically proven least effective means of political activism. I WAS SO WRONG. This VIDEO featuring Jessica... CONTINUE READING JESSICA ALBA WANTS YOU TO VOTE, SUPPOSEDLY, MAYBE, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO TELL»
Posted on October 3, 2008 in ,
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Tags: Election 2008 | Hayden Panettiere | Jessica Alba | Tristan Wilds
Diddy blog! Diddy blog! He is hiding! From Sarah Palin? Under the covers! But also he's an adult? Diddy blog! He does have a point. I mean, as much of a point as a narcissistic man-child self-proclaimed entrepreneur who's completely... CONTINUE READING SARAH PALIN SCARES DIDDY, ALSO NORMAL PEOPLE»
Posted on October 2, 2008 in ,
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Tags: Diddy | Election 2008 | Sarah Palin
"Hello. We've gathered you all here today because you are some of the most intelligent minds in your respective fields. We have scientists from all of the major disciplines: space and chemistry and physics and nuclear and brain. All of... CONTINUE READING SCIENTISTS DISCOVER POLITICAL ACTIVISM ANTI-MATTER»
Posted on October 2, 2008 in
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Tags: Election 2008 | Genius Bar
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 ,
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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
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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 ,
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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 ,
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Tags: Adam Chu Dance Crew | Barack Obama | Dance-Offs | Election 2008 | John McCain
Sometimes the internet works really hard to deliver something weird and exciting and new. And sometimes is just like, "Fuck it, we know where this is going." That'll do, internet. That'll do. ... CONTINUE READING LIKE SHOOTING VIRAL VIDEOS IN A BARREL»
Posted on September 26, 2008 in ,
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Tags: Beauty Pageant | Election 2008 | Miss South Carolina | Sarah Palin
David Letterman spent another 9 minutes last night complaining about John McCain. It's almost as repetitive as Sarah Palin's insistence that she opposed the bridge to nowhere, except without all the fucking lying.... CONTINUE READING DAVID LETTERMAN'S STUMP SPEECH»
Posted on September 26, 2008 in , ,
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Tags: David Letterman | Election 2008 | John McCain | Sarah Palin
