Obama Debate

The debate, as seen from the parking lot of Hofstra, where 23/6 held court

October 17, 2008 - The last debate is over, and now, as the New York Times says, it's a "sprint to the finish." McCain starts off the sprint with an appearance on Letterman, Obama with a fundraiser with Bruce Springsteen. And Joe the...

Barack Obama wants to point-counterpoint the bejesus out of you

October 15, 2008 - You tried your hand at going up against John McCain using the very same special embeddable Debate Bot software that Barack Obama uses to prepare for the presidential debates. But despite John McCain's general co...

Test your debate skills against Old Man McCain- he's online now!

October 15, 2008 - Few events require more advance preparation on behalf of a presidential candidate than a national debate. Tonight, Barack Obama and John McCain take to the stage at Hofstra University for the last of their three face-offs. So as a candidate, what can you do to get ready for the...

From The Room: What to Look for in Tonight's Debate

October 15, 2008 - Is McCain still old? Is Obama still black? Did Obama look at me personally, or was he looking at the camera? Did McCain's left ear just fall off? Did Obama just make a secret terrorist hand gesture that would signal his terrorist friends to hop in the Obama Time...

From The Room: The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy: What I Need to Hear Tonight, Part Two

October 15, 2008 - Before the last great debate I gave some free advice to John McCain. My father always used to say that free advice is worth what you paid for it and maybe that's why I was ignored. However I am fairly hardheaded and my thirty years in show business has...

Barack Obama, please put this horse out of its misery

October 15, 2008 - Tonight's debate is Barack Obama's last chance to completely screw up and hand the election to McCain. Of course, McCain doesn't want the election, as evidenced by every decision he's made starting with Sarah Palin. Still, the constitution dictates that we endure this charade until the...

From The Feed: Washed up magician attempts grand illusion by making your televisions disappear

October 15, 2008 - Penn Jillette takes off his magic hat to put on a political one and implores the YouTube public not to watch the debates. Don't worry, he can still pull a rabbit out of that one too...

From The Room: McCain Campaign Advances Possibility of Using "Yo Momma" Insults in Debate

October 15, 2008 - With an unrepentant economy and Sarah Palin satires dominating the news, several new tracking polls show Barack Obama widening his lead over John McCain anywhere from 14 points at the NYT/CBS Polls to 101 points at MSNBC, taken between the Countdown and Rachel Maddow Shows. Only at Fox News...

From The Room: A Night at the Movies with John McCain

September 29, 2008 - While I was watching the debates last Friday I kept seeing movies flash before my eyes. It hit me that I've been getting John McCain all wrong: He isn't Tom Cruise's Maverick in Top Gun...

23/6 Video: Watch: The First Presidential Debate, in a Minute

September 28, 2008 - So, you had something else to do on Friday night, but you need to fake a political conversation at work? Our Presidential Debate in a Minute will take you through lunch. Posted by: Kevin Allocca...

From The Room: Presidential Nominees Gone Wild (Part I)

September 28, 2008 - You Never Forget Your First Debate, but in case you do forget it, or like, never watched it in the first place, here are the undebatably top 10 best moments from Friday Night's debate. 1) Host Jim Lehrer tries to...

From The Room: The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy: The Debate, Cole Porter Was Right

September 28, 2008 - I sat down to write about the big debate last night. The only thing I could think to say was that maybe John McCain had the best idea when he echoed the famous Cole Porter lyric, "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off". I know we all have our favorites...

From The Room: McCain Touts Relationships with Foreign Leaders During Debate; Includes Napoleon

September 28, 2008 - In a spiraling gaffe that many supporters feared showed his age, Senator McCain included Napoleon Bonaparte in a flurry of name dropping during Friday night's debate. "Senator Obama doesn't understand what it takes to forge ties with foreign regimes like I do," McCain said, with increasing agitation...

From The Room: Outtakes from the Presidential Debate

September 27, 2008 - Not everything that Barack Obama and John McCain said during Friday's snooze-fest made it onto the airwaves. Here's a transcript of the flubs and gaffes that got edited out: Jim Lehrer: Sen. McCain, how can you label yourself a maverick when you voted to support President Bush...

From The Room: Liveblogging the First Presidential Debate

September 27, 2008 - 9:04p OH MY GOD I am so excited! 9:05p Obama's eyebrows are exciting. 9:08p Who the fuck picked out McCain's tie? Japanese Anime Animators? Am I right here? 9:09p "This is the end of the beginning" Finally! We can get to the middl...