election-2012
Jimmy Fallon Offers a Slightly Exaggerated Look at Romney and Obama Disrespecting Jim Lehrer
Louis Peitzman · 10/04/12 10:23PMPBS, Sesame Workshop Blast Romney Over Big Bird Comments: Sesame Street Won't Go Away
Neetzan Zimmerman · 10/04/12 12:20PMIn its official statement following last night's presidential debate, Sesame Workshop responded to Mitt Romney's remark that he "likes Big Bird" but will cut PBS funding anyway by reiterating its policy as a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization not to comment on campaigns, quipping that at least "we can all agree that everyone likes Big Bird."
Jim Lehrer's Stuttering Was the Star of Last Night's Presidential Debate
Kate Bennert · 10/04/12 10:35AMPoor Jim Lehrer could not keep up with the pace of the presidential debate last night. Here he is, stuttering is way through his moderating gig.
Romney's Incoherent Tax Plan Is Giving Me a Headache
John Cook · 10/04/12 10:30AMSo amid the barrage of very, very substantive numbers and equations we heard last night was this: Mitt Romney wants to cut marginal tax rates by 20% across the board. Most people agree that this action, taken on its own, would reduce federal receipts by $4.8 trillion over ten years. But! Romney says he will make up for that lost revenue by eliminating loopholes to the tune of $4.8 trillion over the next decade, so there won't really be a tax cut. Which raises the question: Why the fuck are you cutting taxes, then?
ICYMI: Chris Matthews in Full-On Meltdown Mode, Shouts 'Where Was Obama Tonight?'
Neetzan Zimmerman · 10/04/12 08:45AMMany in the left-leaning media were extremely unhappy with Obama's performance during last night's presidential debate, but none made it clearer than MSNBC's Chris Matthews, who wailed like a Truth Siren at the president's feckless, listless first round.
Neil deGrasse Tyson Wrote the Only Thing You Need to Read About Mitt Romney's Vow to Cut Funding for PBS
Neetzan Zimmerman · 10/04/12 08:15AMThis Is Pretty Much the Only Good Thing to Come Out of Last Night's Debate
Neetzan Zimmerman · 10/04/12 07:15AMTodd Akin Doubles Down on His Claim That Doctors Give Abortions to Women 'Who Are Not Actually Pregnant'
Taylor Berman · 10/03/12 08:14PMLast night, a 2008 speech surfaced of Todd Akin saying, among other ludicrous statements, that doctors perform abortions on women "who are not actually pregnant." Today, Buzzfeed's Rebecca Berg contacted Rep. Akin's campaign for comment and, guess what, they're standing by the comments, if not Akin's exact phrasing.
A Nation Zinged: The Gawker 2012 Presidential Debate Liveblog
John Cook · 10/03/12 07:50PMThe first debate of the 2012 general election season—the one that will fundamentally alter the direction of this race even though both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama are terrible debaters who will lose to each other—is upon us. So settle in to your couch, open a beer, review your debate drinking game rules, and let Max Read and I "liveblog"—that's a dead technology from the days before Twitter—the action for you. Let the zingers fly! (No seriously you can watch the ball game and just check in here; we'll keep you updated.)
Mitt Romney Might Fall Asleep During Tonight's Debate
Taylor Berman · 10/03/12 06:54PMIf Mitt Romney, who never makes any mistakes, gives a subpar performance at tonight's debate, we'll all know why: he, like Rick Perry before him, was just too tired. According to a report from Buzzfeed, Mitt got almost no sleep Monday night. The cause? A loud train near the candidate's Denver hotel:
Butt-Chugging the Election: Your 2012 Presidential Debate Drinking Games
Mobutu Sese Seko · 10/03/12 03:20PMJetBlue: If Your Candidate Loses, We Can Help You Leave the Country for Free
Neetzan Zimmerman · 10/03/12 03:05PMThe Art of the Code-Switch: Obama Morphs for His Audience Just Like You Do
Cord Jefferson · 10/03/12 01:00PMWhen I was a young boy my father's best friend, Art, lived in Alabama, and every now and again my family and I would travel from Arizona to spend a week visiting him at his lake house. On one of those trips, on the way back from an errand to buy ice, my dad and I pulled over for a quick bite at a roadside shack advertising catfish fritters. At that point, most of my life had been spent in Saudi Arabia and Arizona, where I could count the number of black children in my elementary school on one hand, and without using my thumb. Alabama was different. Black people were everywhere, though not in Art's neighborhood, and on that day, on the back patio of that fish shack, I recognized code-switching for the very first time.
President Obama Has Already Clinched the Election — According to 7-Eleven
Neetzan Zimmerman · 10/03/12 12:06PMChipotle Manager Who Photobombed Mitt Romney Speaks: 'It’s a Facial Expression I Do When I’m Excited'
Neetzan Zimmerman · 10/03/12 10:35AMHere Are the Worst Moments From Fox's Attempt to Stir Up Controversy with Five-Year-Old Obama Video
Kate Bennert · 10/03/12 01:15AMAs expected, Fox News aired the 5-year-old video of Obama's speech at Hampton University that conservative bloggers—namely Tucker Carlson—tried (and failed) to make an issue of in 2008. Though there may have been a few previously unreleased segments in tonight's footage, the right-wing discussion was the same old thing: "He sure does talk funny," "But what about white people?," and "Why is he so angry?"