Obama the One

If They IM'd: Paris Hilton and John McCain

August 6, 2008 - It's official—the transformation of the election into a reality show is finally complete with the entrance of Paris Hilton into the process. McCain's ad comparing Obama to Paris gave H...

McCain vs. Obama: Attack of the Attack Ads!

August 4, 2008 - Last week saw what will hopefully be only a sampling of the extremely odd McCain oeuvre of attack advertising, in which McCain h...

From The Room: McCain Confides to Anonymous Campaign Source: "I'm Voting for Obama"

July 24, 2008 - According to a campaign source intimately close with the Republican presumptive nominee, John McCain is weary from the many months of campaigning and privately admits that he'd rather just give up and vote for Obama. According to the well-placed source, McCain confided: "I give up. I can't...

Is Barack Obama Jewish? Shocking new evidence!

July 24, 2008 - IS BARACK OBAMA A JEW??? It's the internet rumor that the Obama campaign has been unable to quash (because we just started it). Recent photos of Senator Obama wearing traditional Jewish garb have raised a lot of questions about the candidate's religious background. Most obvious, of course, is...

Obama visits the Wailing Wall: now even holier!

July 24, 2008 - Democratic presidential hopeful (get it?) Barack Obama visited one of the holiest sites of Judaism early Thursday morning in Jerusalem, The Wailing Wall. He showed up before dawn wearing a yarmulke (an unfortunately sorta Muslim-y looking skullcap) and, as many visitors do, placed...

If they IM'd: Barack Obama and the media that totally want to have his babies

July 24, 2008 - The McCain campaign thinks the media is waaay too in love with Barack Obama, and they're whining about it with a bitterness usually found in a church-going gun clinger. They even made a...

Is Obama "The One"? And what's his stance on the War on Machines?

July 22, 2008 - McCain's staff is apparently getting a little impatient with the media's crush on Obama. They are reportedly referring to Obama sarcastically as "The One." Staffer Mark Salter commented to the "New York Times...