The terrific Target Women feminist video series on CurrentTV looks at the way products are targeted at women. This episode considers women's consumer role in the presidential election--and how the candidates are being sold.
John McCain and Barack Obama try to attract agitated Hillary supporters. Their cable TV plugs and sensitive language are meant to win women's votes and make them feel respected and understood at the same time.
Sexy, funny, underpants. Political humor
In a reversal of the previous national polls, John McCain now has a 12% lead among white women (up 20% from before). But ABC assures us that Barack Obama hasn't given up on the XX factor in this presidential campaign. He's been smacking down Sarah Palin in his advertisements and campaign speeches. OH SNAP!
Fierce political news. Check out Hillary's appearance near the end
The Red State Update has exclusive, never-before-seen footage from Barack Obama's now infamous interview with George Stephanopoulos this Sunday. What does "my Muslim faith" mean in context?
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In BarelyPolitical's newest video, Obama Girl talks to Don't Tax Me Turtle about civic responsibilities--very appropriate for today, New York State's primary election day. Make sure to get informed, and don't forget to vote!
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Here's another video from LisaNova--two interns in a lively debate about cocaine, racism, sexism, experience, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. With Sarah Palin running as the Republican vice presidential candidate, people are making these same points again.
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From Bill Clinton to the 2004 presidential debates to Barack Obama, whether you've inhaled has become a part of our culture and our candidate vetting? Obama gives a witty response when asked about his own marijuana use as a kid at 59 seconds in.
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has been doing a really funny series of YouTube videos about Sarah Palin. In "Palin vs Obama - A Dark Comedy," LisaNova asks what would happen if Sarah Palin and Barack Obama met if in a dark stairway after her Republican convention speech this week
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To follow is the email Barack Obama personally sent to me to announce that he has picked Joe Biden to be his vice president.
Devon --
I have some important news that I want to make official.
I've chosen Joe Biden to be my running mate.
Joe and I will appear for the first time as running mates this afternoon in Springfield, Illinois -- the same place this campaign began more than 19 months ago.
I'm excited about hitting the campaign trail with Joe, but the two of us can't do this alone. We need...
A race between surrogate cockroaches for John McCain and Barack Obama shows one candidate sleeping before, and one during the race. I saw these roaches on the morning news; they have an 86% accuracy in predicting the the winner.
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The tune to this NObama Girl music video from unclejohnthomason sounds very familiar to us at BarelyPolitical. But the message is to vote for McCain, not to crush on Obama. Hmmm . . .
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