Articles tagged with: Election
The View: Elisabeth Hasselbeck’s Concession Speech Unites America
On The View yesterday, bets were on as to exactly when Elisabeth Hasselbeck would spontaneously combust and/or claw wildly at her own face. Because, judging by her fervent campaigning for the Republican party, Tuesday's election win for Barack Obama seemed like literally the worst thing that could possibly ever happen to Elisabeth Hasselbeck in her entire life. But on The View yesterday, something strange happened. On The View yesterday, Elisabeth Hasselbeck gracefully admitted defeat and declared her support for the president-elect. And, thanks to Elisabeth Hasselbeck's elegant speech, the partisan schisms that threatened to tear America apart were instantly healed. Well, in the parts of America that watch The View, anyway. So the chronically old and unemployed parts that can't find their remote control to change channel. Isn't that enough?
On The View yesterday, bets were on as to exactly when Elisabeth Hasselbeck would spontaneously combust and/or claw wildly at her own face. Because, judging by her fervent campaigning for the Republican party, Tuesday's election win for Barack Obama seemed like literally the worst thing that could possibly ever happen to Elisabeth Hasselbeck in her entire life. But on The View yesterday, something strange happened. On The View yesterday, Elisabeth Hasselbeck gracefully admitted defeat and declared her support for the president-elect. And, thanks to Elisabeth Hasselbeck's elegant speech, the partisan schisms that threatened to tear America apart were instantly healed. Well, in the parts of America that watch The View, anyway. So the chronically old and unemployed parts that can't find their remote control to change channel. Isn't that enough?
WEBTHUMP! Tuesday 4 November 2008
10 - One of these cats is Barack Obama, the other is John McCain. The third one is us... 9 - Jordan & Peter Andre not splitting up any more, for now. Warning - images not safe for anything - Popsugar 8 - Come to think of it, we have always ...
WEBTHUMP! Tuesday 28 October 2008
10 - More election crap. It'll be over soon, promise... 9 - Is it just us, or is Kanye West's new album not very good? - Pitchfork 8 - Why Stu's beard rocked, despite popular opinion - Biggerbetterbeard 7 - A song about Paris Hilton being president, performed by Paris Hilton. We're so tired ...
Foo Fighters Get Their Knickers In A Twist Over John McCain
We'd be honoured to have John McCain use any of of our songs - like Look At My Stubby Little Arms or Eghhh (EGHHH) - in his election campaign. But sadly John McCain isn't having any of it. Instead, he'd rather use My Hero by Foo Fighters which - while probably a better election song that Eghhh (EGHHH) because it doesn't have a seven-minute death-jazz intermission played on a contraceptive diaphragm - has annoyed Foo Fighters no end. John McCain's use of My Hero has enraged Foo Fighters so much that they've launched a furious rock n roll riposte - they've written a really bloody strongly worded letter about it. In fact, Foo Fighters have really laid the law down - if John McCain plays My Hero one more time, they're going to call the flipping council about it or something. Just you watch them!
We'd be honoured to have John McCain use any of of our songs - like Look At My Stubby Little Arms or Eghhh (EGHHH) - in his election campaign. But sadly John McCain isn't having any of it. Instead, he'd rather use My Hero by Foo Fighters which - while probably a better election song that Eghhh (EGHHH) because it doesn't have a seven-minute death-jazz intermission played on a contraceptive diaphragm - has annoyed Foo Fighters no end. John McCain's use of My Hero has enraged Foo Fighters so much that they've launched a furious rock n roll riposte - they've written a really bloody strongly worded letter about it. In fact, Foo Fighters have really laid the law down - if John McCain plays My Hero one more time, they're going to call the flipping council about it or something. Just you watch them!
Barack Obama Really Doesn’t Want Lindsay Lohan’s Help, Thanks
Think what you will, but you all know deep down that the upcoming presidential election will be won and lost on the say-so of one person - Lindsay Lohan. You might not realise it, but it's true. Look at Lindsay Lohan - she definitely thinks so. Earlier this week Lindsay was blogging her little freckles off about mean old Sarah Palin, and now she's decided to host a number of events for her candidate of choice, Barack Obama. Trouble is, Barack Obama would rather dip his balls in acid than let Lindsay Lohan even begin to help him out, and his people have turned all of her offers down. But don't worry, because Lindsay Lohan has put the snub behind her and moved onto bigger and better things. Well, maybe not bigger. And better's a slight exaggeration. But things. Definitely things. Staring into the middle distance and cultivating a staggering lack of self-awareness still counts as a thing, doesn't it? Good.
Think what you will, but you all know deep down that the upcoming presidential election will be won and lost on the say-so of one person - Lindsay Lohan. You might not realise it, but it's true. Look at Lindsay Lohan - she definitely thinks so. Earlier this week Lindsay was blogging her little freckles off about mean old Sarah Palin, and now she's decided to host a number of events for her candidate of choice, Barack Obama. Trouble is, Barack Obama would rather dip his balls in acid than let Lindsay Lohan even begin to help him out, and his people have turned all of her offers down. But don't worry, because Lindsay Lohan has put the snub behind her and moved onto bigger and better things. Well, maybe not bigger. And better's a slight exaggeration. But things. Definitely things. Staring into the middle distance and cultivating a staggering lack of self-awareness still counts as a thing, doesn't it? Good.
Diddy Offers His Thundering Political Insight Into Sarah Palin
Diddy's not so much of a rapper these days, more a godawful barely-watched lowest common denominator MTV reality show in waiting. But until the day when he inevitably ends up fronting that show - working title Diddy: It's Both Oblivious And Obnoxious - we all have to put up with him spouting off endlessly about whatever subjects happen to be ambiently passing through his brain all the time like some sort of dreary old pensionable pub bore, but gangsta. This time, Diddy has turned his sights on newly-named Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Diddy's not a fan of Sarah Palin, you see - it's all because Sarah Palin is the Governor of Alaska and "there aren't even any crackheads in Alaska." We're not joking. We wish we were. Oh, there's video after the jump, too.
Diddy's not so much of a rapper these days, more a godawful barely-watched lowest common denominator MTV reality show in waiting. But until the day when he inevitably ends up fronting that show - working title Diddy: It's Both Oblivious And Obnoxious - we all have to put up with him spouting off endlessly about whatever subjects happen to be ambiently passing through his brain all the time like some sort of dreary old pensionable pub bore, but gangsta. This time, Diddy has turned his sights on newly-named Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Diddy's not a fan of Sarah Palin, you see - it's all because Sarah Palin is the Governor of Alaska and "there aren't even any crackheads in Alaska." We're not joking. We wish we were. Oh, there's video after the jump, too.
Paris Hilton Makes a New Video. One That Doesn’t Involve Sex.
Okay, so maybe we're just reacting to Paris Hilton's new advert as many of our readers react to the sarcasm on these pages - by taking things at face value. But it would appear that Paris Hilton is indeed running for the presidency of the United States of America. In a video statement released to political hardline site Funny or Die, Hilton responded to the recent campaign ad from John McCain and the Republican party with her own brand of politics. In the original ad, Paris was likened to Democratic Senator Barack Obama - popular, but ultimately vacuous and easily forgotten (or maybe it was the other way round). It would seem that young miss Hilton didn't take too kindly to these words and has launched something of a war on the Republican Party, vowing to bring them down if it's the last thing she does. Okay, so maybe we're going a bit overboard - even told a couple of porkie pies. She isn't trying to bring down the Republican Party. She isn't actually running for presidency. And Funny or Die isn't technically a political hardline site. But she has been involved in a video response, so it's not all bad news laced with lies.
Okay, so maybe we're just reacting to Paris Hilton's new advert as many of our readers react to the sarcasm on these pages - by taking things at face value. But it would appear that Paris Hilton is indeed running for the presidency of the United States of America. In a video statement released to political hardline site Funny or Die, Hilton responded to the recent campaign ad from John McCain and the Republican party with her own brand of politics. In the original ad, Paris was likened to Democratic Senator Barack Obama - popular, but ultimately vacuous and easily forgotten (or maybe it was the other way round). It would seem that young miss Hilton didn't take too kindly to these words and has launched something of a war on the Republican Party, vowing to bring them down if it's the last thing she does. Okay, so maybe we're going a bit overboard - even told a couple of porkie pies. She isn't trying to bring down the Republican Party. She isn't actually running for presidency. And Funny or Die isn't technically a political hardline site. But she has been involved in a video response, so it's not all bad news laced with lies.
Barack Obama is a Hybrid of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, Apparently
The race for US presidency isn't something we're likely to cover very much on these pages - it's too divisive even for us. Plus we're British-based, so we're legally not allowed an opinion. Non-partisan as hecklerspray may be though (you vote for who you actually want to vote for), we can't help but feel something of an affinity with Barack Obama after his presidential rival John McCain compared the Democrat to both Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. That's the kind of politician we could get on board with!
The race for US presidency isn't something we're likely to cover very much on these pages - it's too divisive even for us. Plus we're British-based, so we're legally not allowed an opinion. Non-partisan as hecklerspray may be though (you vote for who you actually want to vote for), we can't help but feel something of an affinity with Barack Obama after his presidential rival John McCain compared the Democrat to both Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. That's the kind of politician we could get on board with!
