23/6 - Election 2008

HISTORIC! 47th white man sworn in as vice-president

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:55:44 -0500

As the nation rejoices that Barack Obama has become America's first African-American president, let us not forget that Joe Biden is its 47th white, male vice-president. (OK, there a few duplicates, but you know what we mean. Don't make us count backwards.) The white man's impressive ethnic and gende

Yes, you can skip your 12 PM spin class today

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:32:37 -0500

Last night, Rachel Maddow called Tuesday's inauguration a "where were you when" moment. Personally, we call it a "where are you pretending you were when you were actually sitting on your ass watching MSNBC" moment. But maybe you're different. So tell us:

23/6 Video: Our Negro President

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:47:52 -0500

With Obama as our next president, what will it mean for the country? How will it affect our day-to-day lives? Does the color of our president's skin infringe on the inalienable rights that have been the bedrock of our nation since its birth? Yeah, of course. But this video will let reassure you

Tito the Builder...We're gonna miss you, buddy

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:24:46 -0500

As the year comes to a close, 23/6 takes a moment to say goodbye to all the bit players and historical footnotes who helped make 2008's news extra special. We'll probably never see them again, so before they go we'd like to say... "We're gonna miss you buddy."

Okay, so Joe the Plumber did

From The Feed: Facty, sassy Shira Toeplitz

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:32:27 -0500

Roll Call's Shira Topelitz, who looks like Natalie Portman from The Professional, i.e. 12, surprised anchor/mispronouncer David Shuster by providing not only answers, "it's "tup-litz, actually," but also segues, "but it's good to be here David, thanks for having me."

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From The Feed: Nothin'-left-to-lose McCain cracks on newly-minted loser Blagojevich

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:30:17 -0500

Watch McCain try to remind America about vintage McCain on former(?) arch-nemesis David Letterman's little talky jokey program.

From The Feed: The McCain attack ad deemed too sexy for television

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:14:10 -0500

For the few people who still care about election season, here's a previously unaired McCain attack ad for people to get mildly worked up about.

First Lady-elect, we want to dress you, slowly

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:45:56 -0500

Women's Wear Daily asked major designers to

From The Feed: Suck it Barbara Walters, Damon Weaver has a sweeter interview for Obama

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:23:30 -0500

Wunderkind, 10 year old journalist Damon Weaver invites Barack Obama to sit down with him for an interview in return for lifelong homeboy status. All I want for Christmas is for this to happen. Watch below as Weaver makes his case.

From The Feed: The Prop 8 musical every college student and their "grand big" will have seen by end of day

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:04:32 -0500

From The Feed: Puppies and pot: the Obama Promise

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:19:13 -0500

Replete with jams that would get the Anastasio stamp of approval, the Marijuana Policy Project has just released a video imploring Obama to toke up their cause for legal weed. Because, well, apparently he promised. The specifics of this promise? Well you'll just have to eat the magic brownies availa

From The Feed: Lest we forget the biggest loser of 2008: Maverick McCain

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:42:17 -0500

In one of his first of what promises to be a long series of press conferences no one cares about, John McCain is still forced to half-assedly support his injection of Palin-mania into the American media noise. Oh and also field some throwaway softballs like: McCain 2012?

From The Room: Thanksgiving Is Not Just for Leftovers

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:00:41 -0500

I don't need a holiday or a feast to feel grateful for my children, the sun, the moon, the roof over my head, music, and laughter, but I like to take this time to take the path of thanks less traveled.

Taking the long view, I'm thankful that we're no longer hunter gatherers, which has certainly fre

From The Feed: Somebody tell this guy laughing at Sarah Palin is SO pre-election

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:56:01 -0500

The Sarah Palin/ Republican Party saga has more relationship drama than _______ (fill in the name of MTV/CW soap opera here). Watch as North Carolina gov. snickers at the idea of Palin being a viable new leader of the GOP. Repubz can be so catty.

From The Feed: Um, so why should we care about Tom Daschle?

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:48:54 -0500

Why, you ask? Hit it Associated Press!!!