New York, 2 Nov 08, 2am:
A man learns that the US election isn’t about the “Big”things:
Let me make it clear: I’m pretty conservative. I grew up in the suburbs. I voted for George H.W. Bush twice, and his son once.
I encouraged my son to join the military. I was proud of him in [...]
Our daily wrap of the best videos from the campaign trail and beyond.
First up, a McCain-Palin supporter refuses to give candy to the kids of Obama supporters on Halloween. Crying ensues:
Comedian Rich Kraus polls World of Warcraft players about the election. Verdict: Obama pwns McCain:
Dick Cheney endorses McCain (and bears cr*p in the woods, yeah we [...]
With only two days until the US election, the US Sunday morning talk shows had their favourite analysts and talking heads in to crunch the numbers and bicker over the details in anticipation of the big event.
Fox News Sunday brought together McCain’s campaign maganer Rick Davis and Obama’s campaign manager David Plouffe. Davis latched on to [...]
Today’s wrap-up of the best video clips from the campaign trail and beyond.
Up first is the talk of the day, with McCain getting stood-up by ‘Joe the Plumber’ at a rally in Ohio:
Things get even worse for McCain when one of his reps gets caught out in a CNN interview:
What if Diablo Cody, David Lynch and [...]
New York, Thurs 30 Oct 08, 7:30am
You know the end is nigh when the comics come in carrying knives.
The angriest man on US TV isn’t Bill O’Reilly — a blowhard so reliably turned up to 11 on the volume knob that he’s both unwatchable and beyond registering. That is to say, he’s recognisably phoney, and [...]
New York, 29 Oct 08, 1:05am
Three items noted:
1. In yuppie Chelsea: balding chubby man, leaning towards hip, if not groovy, loudly into his cellphone: “Where’s my door? Pedro, it’s been four months…”
2. In Greenwich Village: Blur of motion on sidewalk. A tall bearded man in tree-hugger fashionware pivots on one lanky leg and punts his [...]
Our daily round-up of the best video clips from the campaign trail and beyond.
First up, Obama hits back at comments that he is a “socialist” at a rally in North Carolina:
David Letterman and Bill O’Reilly discuss Sarah Palin:
The Republican reaction to Palin’s remarks that she intends to remain a national political figure:
And Indecision2008 looks at the key [...]
New York, 29 Oct 08, 9.35pm:
Earlier today on Fifth Avenue:
New York, 20 Oct 08, 9:30pm:
Yes I watched it on FOX and, no, they didn’t censor any of it — not the segment with the mother struggling to feed her family, not the old couple whose manfolk had to come out of retirement to earn money for the wife’s medications, not the bit where Mark, [...]
Our daily round-up of the best video clips from the campaign trail and beyond.
First up is Michelle Obama on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno:
John McCain and Sarah Palin’s joint interview on CNBC:
Sarah Palin looks surprisingly uncomfortable while trying to dance and sing along to the song “Redneck Woman”:
And for your daily dose of cheese, here are [...]
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