McCain: A 3:00 am Email

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

Ballotvoxregular, former Democratic Senate staffer, and Nevada novelist Jed Lewison adds to the pile of spoofs of Hillary Clinton's 3:00 am ad -- in this case to chide McCain for his lack of web savvy (thanks, Ann Raber): Will McCain's staff pull this one up to show him?

Ludacris’s Endorsement Backfires

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

Obama praised rapper Ludacris as a great talent recently (though he wished he didn't have to worry about his daughters "getting bad images of themselves" should they listen to his music). Last week, Ludacris presumably thought he returned the favor with Politics As Usual, his endorsement of Barack. The ...

Charging McCain as Elitist

Monday, July 28th, 2008

Jed Lewison, a former Democratic Senate staffer turned Nevada novelist, apparently decided to counter charges that Obama is "elitist" with this video. He says he was "inspired by the McCains' recent tax default...to go on a little Google Earth tour of their many homes across the nation." It's difficult to ...

Say No to Diplomacy with Iran

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

Here, again, is satirist Paul from the DC area. He works in business and finance and considers himself a blessed man. In this video he explains -- keeping a poker face -- that we don't want to make the same mistake with Iran that Nixon made with China; we don't ...

Immigration: Minutemen v. Kindergarteners

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

In California, immigration was a top concern for Republican primary voters. It's a top concern, too, for 30-year-old Naui, who documents the state's border issues tirelessly. He appears to consider himself part of the Mexica movement, which aims to reclaim North and Central America for indigenous people. In this clip ...

More Criticism of PA Democratic Debate

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

These two videos found by Sue Salinger make it worth revisiting last week's ABC Democratic debate -- a debate that has been thoroughly trashed (by Democrats, anyway) for it near-total irrelevance. In this vein, up first: New York hip-hop vlogger Jay Smooth's mashup of debate footage and Soulja Boy: And next: ...