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With 60,000 dead, Mexicans wonder why drug war doesn’t rate in presidential debate
With 60,000 dead, Mexicans wonder why drug war doesn't rate in presidential debate Mitt Romney’s single mention of Latin America last night, calling it a “huge opportunity” for the United States, generated immediate glee from Latin Americanists across Twitter – but the hemisphere got no nod from President Obama, and…
Animaniacs remixes every country mentioned in presidential debate
The comedy website Jest mixed the tune “Yakko’s World” from Animaniacs with every country mentioned in the third 2012 presidential debate into a convenient video that runs less than 2 minutes. Watch this video from Jest, broadcast Oct. 23, 2012.…
Romney on drones: ‘Use any and all means necessary to take out’ enemies
During the third 2012 presidential debate, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney praised President Barack Obama for his use of unmanned aerial drones to fight terrorism. “I believe we should use any and all means necessary to take out people who pose a threat to us and our friends around the…
SNL: Romney vows to legalize mass bird killing at presidential debate
Continuing his anti-bird policies, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney vowed to allow the mass killing of birds to lower gas prices in Saturday Night Live‘s version of the second presidential debate. During the debate, Romney and Obama nearly came to blows on multiple occasions — and Romney’s oldest son, Tagg,…
The 2nd Presidential Debate: Obama and Romney Cut a Very Red Rug
The two Presidential candidates danced around in front of an audience this Tuesday last on an extremely red carpet at New York’s Hofstra University. In High Definition television that carpet really wasn’t too easy on the eyeballs, now, was it? Literally, they danced around, all but circling one another, walking…
Conservative publication smears woman who asked debate question about equal pay
The conservative publication Free Beacon on Wednesday published an article smearing the 24-year-old woman who asked about equal pay for women at the presidential debate. The article, published anonymously, alleged that Katherine Fenton’s Twitter account “reveals that purple Joose is her choice to get blackout drunk and she has a…
Phoning it in: Obama-Romney-Crowley debate boring as f*ck
I grew up in Los Angeles. So, I’m going to do a “company town” thing on you. Tonight’s much-anticipated presidential debate was THIS: …meets THIS: I’m hard-pressed to recall a more lazy, impotent and disingenuous exchange on the problems confronting our country and our world today. I felt like I…
Green Party candidate Jill Stein arrested outside debate
In an act of civil disobedience to protest their exclusion from the presidential debates, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein and her running mate Cheri Honkala were arrested outside the site of the second debate on Tuesday. Stein and Honkala attempted to enter the debate hall at Hofstra University, but…
More than 1 in 10 Americans watching debate and social media at the same time
More than one in 10 of the Americans who watched last week’s presidential debate were “dual screeners” — watching on television while following on a computer or mobile device. Television remained the top source for debate watchers but some used multiple screens to get more information during the debate or…
Mark Hamill: Romney looks presidential, ‘but I cannot believe a word he says’
Actor Mark Hamill, best known for his role as Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars series, on Wednesday explained how he had suddenly found himself pulled into the political arena. The reclusive star opened a Twitter account at the urging of his daughter. Hamill had been sending out innocuous tweets…
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