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Election 2008
Keeping track of the trends as we wend our weary way to November 2, 2008. Primaries, conventions, elections, oh my! This is shaping up to be one of the most interesting elections in years.
The Best Buzz
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Obama’s Berlin Speech
Politics Buzz Barack Obama addresses a crowd of 200,000 in Germany's capital. The moment was the high water mark of his European tour, and sounded like the ambitious, inclusive foreign policy speech many Europeans (and Americans) have been hoping for.
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Image: McCain and Obama in 2012
Photos of McCain and Obama doctored to predict what they might look like by re-election time.
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Video: McCain: 894th Out Of 899 At School
Watch as John McCain admits to being 5th from the bottom of his graduating class; also, he's computer-illiterate.
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The Obama Workout Plan
Sports Buzz Barack Obama's gym routine from this morning has leaked onto the internet. Obama's follows a strict one-hour routine with his workout buddy slash "body-man" Reggie Love. Now we can all train like Obama!
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Is McCain Eligible?
Politics Buzz The NY Times revived an issue that got buried months ago: John McCain was born in the Panama Canal, making him ineligible for the Presidency. Doh! The Republicans are truly f*cked if this is the case. However, John McCain has survived this long, I doubt that this tiny stipulation would keep him down.
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Image: The New Yorker’s Obama Cover
Burning flags, Osama Bin Laden, Turbans, AK-47's and Obama's terrorist fist jab are all featured in this sure-to-be-controversial cover of The New Yorker.
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Cynthia McKinney
Politics Buzz The Green Party met in Chicago this weekend to choose a presidential candidate, and former Congressperson Cynthia McKinney clinched the nomination. She had previously represented an Atlanta suburb as a Democrat, but left the party after losing primary battles in 2002 and 2006. McKinney has been party to several controversies during her career and though fervently admired by some on the left is considered a divisive, racist, antisemitic, and occasionally violent politician by many others.
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McCain’s Wifebeating Joke
Politics Buzz Said McCain, chuckling, "And I stopped beating my wife just a couple of weeks ago." Click here for the context. Oh man. Is that why Cindy McCain is on crutches?
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Video: Gray Ambition
As part of Stephen Colbert's "Make McCain Exciting" contest, one YouTube user has masterfully mashed-up sound bytes and close-ups of McCain with Madonna's "Vogue," making the presidential nominee not only exciting, but really, really gay.
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Boobs for Barack
Politics Buzz A website of user-submitted photos of women who draw messages in support of Barack Obama on their boobs. Even if Obama doesn't win the election, he can at least look back on the past year and think to himself, "It's been a really good campaign."
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Obama “Wants to Talk White”
Politics Buzz Ralph Nader is getting into hot water after making some racially charged comments about Barack Obama. He seems to have outed himself as an essentialist, or at least someone who thinks that black politicians need to heed to a certain ideology that would be considered "more natural." I am a little shocked.
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Bama Babies
Politics Buzz The babies who love 'Bama! Aren't they cute? And so political! There's an endless sea of baby Obama voters out there.
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Charlie Black: FAIL
Politics Buzz One of John McCain's campaign advisers has apologized after telling Fortune that another terrorist attack on America would be "advantageous" to his boss's presidential run. Yikes. McCain has distanced himself from Black, saying he "can't imagine" why such comments would be made. In the case that McCain is, in fact, voted into office, Black has already been banished to the "loser table" in the White House cafeteria.
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Obama Cornspiracy
Politics Buzz Although he doesn't take their cash, Obama is surrounding himself with ethanol backers and has flown on jets subsidized by Archer Daniels Midland, the largest domestic producer. In the U.S., ethanol comes from corn, and corn comes from Iowa, Obama's first caucus win. Did he ride Big Corn to a Democratic victory?
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Video: Michelle Obama On “The View”
Obama's main squeeze appeared on The View and successfully dodged prodding from Barbara Walters.
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Baracknophobia
Politics Buzz Coined by Jon Stewart, "Baracknophobia" is the media's willingness to peddle insane rumors about Barack Obama — and their tendency to blame the rumor-mongering on internet sites. Merriam-Webster, take note: will Baracknophobia be this year's truthiness?
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Claire McCaskill
Politics Buzz Another speculative female vice presidential nominee for Barack Obama. Missouri SILF (Senator I'd like to...) Claire McCaskill joins Obama's harem of Veepstakes hopefuls.
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Fight the Smears
Politics Buzz Barack Obama campaign has a new website dedicated to dispelling the many false rumors surrounding the Presidential candidate. I wish I had had one of these websites when I was in high school to dispel all those nasty rumors....
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