On days like this, I'm eternally grateful for C-SPAN.

Watch Florida's very own Sen. Bill Nelson, and giggle like a middle schooler.

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OK, ignore the political issues behind this clip -- you're not going to get much political wisdom on cable news anyways -- and just enjoy what passes for an "interview" on this CNBC show. Whether or not you agree with Frank's politics, you've got to admit that the interviewer comes across as a rude blowhard.

By the same token, Frank should know better what to expect on these types of shows.

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President Obama got big laughs last night at the White House Correspondents' dinner. Here's his speech in its entirety.

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Another fine video tweeted by my colleague Geo Rodriguez -- you ought to just get on Twitter and follow him yourself @georodriguez.

This one comes courtesy of WNBC in New York, which shot video of the mayor at an event in East Harlem.

I'd be more impressed with Hizzoner's drum skills if he stopped looking around and giving people thumbs-up. Focus, Mayor Bloomberg, focus!

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Hey, um, Congress? We here at Watch This Now really like "The Office" too. Never miss an episode.

But let's all agree you leave the Michael Scott impressions at home, at least during committee meetings that happen to be broadcast on C-SPAN (and aired again on CNN).

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MSNBC's Keith Olbermann takes a shot at Sen. Larcenia Bullard, D-Miami, for getting confused during a committee meeting this week, where during a discussion on a bestiality bill she asked the meaning of animal husbandry.

The Bullard part comes at the 1:30 mark in the video.

Shout out to Miami New Times for linking to this video on their Riptide 2.0 blog, which is where I first saw this.

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This happened during a Medina, Ohio, City Council meeting.

So did someone really have gas or did some prankster use the iFart application for the iPhone?

Yup, the iPhone even acts as a whoopee cushion.

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So Bobby Jindal's recent speech was panned as a disaster by both sides of the aisle, largely on style points. Let's face it, dude sounded goofy as hell.

They may not yet know it, but it was likely because he sounded just like Kenneth Parcell, the corn-fed, country bumpkin page on NBC's 30 Rock.

First up:
Jindal channeling Kenneth

And Kenneth channeling Jindal:

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Surely by now you've seen the viral video sensation that is "kittens inspired by kittens," where the little girl opens up a book about kittens and just starts talking about them at random.

Now some truly excellent person has mashed that clip up with snippets of speeches (and some PG-13 books-on-CD narration) by President Obama.

This is why I love the Internet.

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Sadly, this does not feature any actual rapping presidents, but it is a clever rhyme to help kids memorize the presidents.

I can't name all the presidents, but I can name all 50 states in alphabetical order, thanks to the "50 Nifty United States" song that I learned in the fifth grade.

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Everyone is making viral videos these days, including Maryland state comptroller Peter Franchot.

This is a take-off of Bud Lite's clever "Real Men of Genius" campaign.

New rule: Comptrollers are officially banned from making viral videos.

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This is a painful, painful video to watch. Blago may have completely lost it by trying to make his case on Letterman's show and he doesn't do a very convincing job of defending himself.

Sure, dude, makes perfect sense that the feds would want to take you down because... you wanted to lower taxes? WTF?

I'm still convinced Blago looks a little like Stephen King. Anyone else agree? Poor, poor Stephen King.

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Wow, Newsweek is making viral videos now. This is a great send-off of MTV's Laguna Beach, The Hills, The City, etc.

Hopefully Spencer and his flesh-colored beard don't show up.

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Bill Clinton says he can't.

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An interactive and patriotic way to waste time on YouTube. Also a new twist on Rock, Paper, Scissors, but you probably guessed that from the title.

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I read over the weekend that, during all the inauguration festivities, President Obama told Beyonce Knowles that he was learning the "Single Ladies" dance. It must be so he can post a video response to this.

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Our favorite fifth-grade reporter from Palm Beach County is back from Washington, D.C., and posted all his celebrity interviews from his trip on his school's YouTube channel.

Nothing with Barack Obama, but he did get a one-on-one with Oprah Winfrey:

More highlights after the jump.

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Almost Twins, the duo behind the High-Five videos on Funny or Die, go to Washington, D.C., for the inauguration. Many high-five montages featuring famous people ensue.

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Spoiler alert: It's a Men In Black reference!

Such good sports, those White House press secretaries.

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The whole Obama Girl thing got old quick during the election and appears she isn't going anywhere.

Then again, we could be stuck with the "It's Raining McCain" ladies.

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It's a pretty common practice in the days before a major sporting event: Political types representing the areas represented in said sporting event make a silly bet. One side puts forth, say, a crate of Florida oranges. The other side bets whatever food product is popular in their region. Press releases are sent out, and after the game there's a photo op of the winner receiving his or her prize.

Apparently in the Senate, they favor humiliation bets.

That's why, after last week's college football national championship game, we now have this video clip of Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma singing "Rocket Man" with Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida.

What I don't get is, if Nelson won, why on earth does he take part in the singing? Shouldn't he just laugh and point or something?

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Now it seems all politicans have embraced the online video movement. This political video comes directly from Speaker Nancy Pelosi and shows her cats hanging out in her office. I apologize in advance for what happens at the :40 mark.

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Former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin reminisces about how she was covered by the media during the election, including the Tina Fey impressions, the Katie Couric interview and coverage of her family.

Check out the nine-minute video below:

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There are no more new Daily Shows for the rest of the year (booo).
But here's a compilation of clips with McCain they put up on their blog.

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Paris Hilton. Dog droppings. A hippie. An evil corporate giant. A lame dance party.

What do they all have in common?

Each was featured in an election ad this past campaign season.

The Watch This Now team now proudly presents the Top 5 Worst (or Awesomely Bad) Political Ads of the Year. And with each clip, we will answer the question: Did the candidate win?

5. No mention of Angelina Jolie?

John McCain caused a stir with his "Celebrity" ad comparing Barack Obama to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. Paris Hilton then responded with a biting video clip that ended up getting more media attention than McCain's commercial.

It's not a good sign when you are running for president and Paris Hilton upstages you.

Here's the original ad:

And here's Hilton's response:

So did McCain win? You know the answer.

4. Arrogant hippie

Sen. Mitchell McConnell (R-Ky.) had an ad attempting to link Democratic challenger Bruce Lunsford to New York Sen. Chuck Schumer.

The narrator sounds like he's been playing the horses all day at a New York racetrack. But my favorite part is the hippie. He has such a smug look on his face.

So did McConnell win? Yes, he beat Lunsford by 6 percent.

3. How about a political ad prominently featuring dog poop?

For some reason, Diane Benson, a congressional candidate in Alaska, thought it was a good idea.

So did Benson win?: Ummmm...no. Maybe she could use the ad if she ever runs for county dog catcher.

2. The lamest dance party ever.

Incumbent Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) went after Democratic challenger Kay Barnes by claiming she had "San Francisco-style values." When I heard the phrase "San Francisco-style values," I immediately thought, "She likes Rice-a-Roni?"

I would be mad if I was Kay Barnes. She was supposed to get a ritzy California shindig and the only people who showed up were three unenthusiastic dancers.

So did Graves win? Yup, he crushed Barnes.

1. This ad is just wrong. In his bid for a Kansas senatorial seat, Democrat Jim Slattery's team came up with the grossest political ad of the year.

It features an evil corporate giant who appears to be relieving himself on little people.

I can't believe I just wrote that sentence.

So did Slattery win: Nope. Incumbent Pat Roberts kept his job.

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Great. Now reporters will have to remove their shoes before walking into presidential press conferences.

What's up with Secret Service? I thought they were supposed to take a bullet for the Commander in Chief. But here they are, watching as someone hurls shoes and the president, and not one of them dives in the way.

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Amy Poehler, shouldn't you be sleeping when the baby is sleeping?

Poehler's SNL run was supposed to wrap once she had her baby, but she and her excellent Hillary impression -- complete with crazy laugh -- were back Saturday. Hopefully, Poehler will take a note from Tina Fey's playbook and continue to stop by as she works on that new NBC sitcom.

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American politics can certainly get ugly. This year's presidential election at times was petty, snarky, rude and downright nasty. But our elections and political machinations pale in comparison with the rest of the world, where politicians don't think twice about throwing a punch, a chair or a shoe to get their points across. Or a microphone stand. Or other politicians.

Regardless. In the interest of broadening WTN's horizons and culturalizing our readers to other... uh... cultures, I present to you the top 10 best political brawls from across the world.

We begin with...

#10 Ukraine is a wee-young country, compared to most of the others on this list. And as such, it has a little catching up to do on its political striking and grappling abilities. Still, this is a good first effort and I think I see some real promise. Kid's a contendah.

Hit the jump for the rest and the best!

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I know a lot of people who are suffering from election news withdrawal. Where are the constant updates, the gaffe counters, the inspiring new campaign videos? It's time to move on now that the election is over. So what's left for the severely obsessed? Satire site ONN gives the scoop:

Obama Win Causes Obsessive Supporters To Realize How Empty Their Lives Are

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I just found out last night that WD-40 has over 2,000 uses. Where have I been?

The best election-related use of WD-40 would have to be the removal of bumper stickers from cars.

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Darn that constitutional amendment limiting presidents to two terms!

Do you think this guy is serious or just messing with the videographer?

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I know the election was Tuesday, but I got this clip early Thursday morning from a WTN devotee and decided it was worth posting. After all, there are municipal elections in just a few months, so just consider this an early get-out-the-vote message.

And thanks for the video, Stephanie!

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Yeah, I know, you want us to move on from the campaign to cats on treadmills, but we're not ready yet. Maybe Thursday.

Meantime, check out 23/6's take on the entire campaign:

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Memories... of an election that is thankfully over much faster than I thought it would be.

Do you think that the SNL writers are a bit panicked? Where will they get their material now?

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Hey remember when the presidential campaigns began TWO FREAKING YEARS AGO?! Yeah, that was crazy. For those mentally ill enough among us to become wistful at the conclusion of the never-ending election campaigning, this song is for you.

Ok, it's also for those of us who like a little keytar jamming as well. Count me IN!

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It's come to this: politics has killed Halloween.

From my home state of Michigan in the ultra-rich Grosse Pointe Farms comes this lady (witch?) who refused to give candy to any kids of Obama supporters. This fully supports my theory that this election is making people mentally ill.

In the interest of fairness, if anyone has any video of Obama supporters denying candy to McCain kids, I'll gladly post it.

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Their solution to our nation's economic woes was ingenious: puppies. Here they kick the rhetoric up a notch with this eloquent argument for the right choice this election. Yes, kitties.

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Yup, it's real. Vote today and get a free cup of Starbucks coffee. Pretty sweet deal if you ask me, even if I'm not really a coffee person. Unfortunately, you're likely to be waiting in some soul-crushing lines today.

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Here is the presidential candidate's pretty hilarious opening skit on Saturday Night Live. Cindy McCain makes an appearance as does Tina Fey as Sarah Palin. Good stuff. Check it out here.

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At an Ohio rally, John McCain called out Joe the Plumber to take the stage to help him get out the message. Only problem was, the campaign never confirmed the rally details with Joe Wurzelbacher, so he wasn't there. Awkwardness ensues.

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The kids from the Ron Clark Academy performing live "You Can Vote However You Like," a parody to TI's "Whatever You Like."

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Here's a great blast from the past from October 19, 2002. John McCain became the first senator to host Saturday Night Live (if Wikipedia is to be trusted) and showed off his groaningly bad singing skills in this hilarious rip on Babs.

John McCain Sings!

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Remember this Halloween clip from last year's Saturday Night Live? Remember when people thought Hillary Clinton was going to be the Democratic nominee? It seems like an eon ago.

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Turns out, if you saw one debate, you saw them all. Check out this clip from 23/6.

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The clip of fifth-grader Damon Weaver interviewing Sen. Joe Biden is getting all the buzz, but this one is just as good.

The Palm Beach County fifth-grader and his cameraman Amari went to a McCain rally earlier this month. Damon rode the train, met some cheerleaders and saw a lot of television news trucks.

Unfortunately the Secret Service didn't allow Damon to get close enough to ask McCain a question.

Another good job by Damon and Amari.

And be sure to check out the story on Damon in today's Sun Sentinel. Here's the link.

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This video is getting a lot of buzz out there. Are WFTV anchor Barbara West's questions fair or out of line? Are West's husband's well-known GOP ties relevant?

Personally, anytime someone throws around the word "socialism" on the one side, or "fascism" on the other, I assume the person knows the definition of neither.

Regardless of your political affiliation, it's fascinating video that has partisans on both sides up in arms.

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Fifth-grader Damon Weaver of Kathryn E.Cunningham/Canal Point Elementary School could be on the brink of Internet stardom.

His interview with Sen. Joe Biden got more than 200,000 hits this weekend.

Damon- your video is tight! Keep up the good work.

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Who got served? Check out the guest appearance at the end.

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W's back! I miss Ferrell's squinty impression of President George W. Bush. This was the opening for Thursday's SNL edition of Weekend Update (It's been getting killer ratings). In this skit, they have to track down McCain so W can give him his endorsement.

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Wait, John Kerry is still around?

Watch as the 2004 Democratic presidential candidate tells a joke, and then deconstructs it in a way that renders the joke lifeless. He also attempts to blame his joke on the media.

How did this man not get elected president?

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This ad from Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell made me laugh out loud. You'll see why at the :39 mark.

Someone is going to harsh that hippie's buzz when they inform him he's in a political attack ad.

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Remember those Super Bowl commercials featuring Terry Tate, the football player that would tackle people in the office? He's back, and he wants you to remember to vote on Nov. 4. Or he will flatten you.

Let this be a warning.

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This could be really interesting -- the very serious NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS meets YouTube, where videos of cats get millions of hits. I'm curious what kind of material they'll get for this project:

A possible wrinkle for this effort is whether people will be able to videotape themselves voting, or even record what's happening inside the polling place. I've always thought that sort of thing wasn't allowed. In fact, when I voted early in Palm Beach County in 2004, people were asked to put their video cameras away. So we'll see what -- if anything -- they get from Florida.

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This year's presidential election has been ugly at times. Nasty. Desperate. Angry. Whatever.

It's nice to see the candidates put their differences aside for a few minutes and savagely poke fun at each other while dressed like the Penguin.

First: McCain roasts Obama

Part 2:

And Obama roasts McCain

And speaking of the Penguin, hit the jump for a bonus vid...

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Equal dramatic time?

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Move over, prairie dog. There's a new guy on the block with dramatic moves.

via videosift.com

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Remember Justin Timberlake's hilarious SNL skit "**** in a box"? Now he has a new video out -- VOTE in a box.

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Any political parody that somehow incorporates "The Brady Bunch" Hawaii episode is worth posting.

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So Sarah Palin appeared at the home opener of the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday night. Why anyone would willingly brave a Philadelphia sports crowd is beyond me.

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Democrat Jim Slattery is running for a U.S. Senate seat in Kansas. I have no idea who he is or what he stands for, but his new political ad is awesome!

There is a moment in it where you think, "Is that evil corporate giant actually...(I will not complete the thought because it's gross and will offend the delicate sensibilities of the Watch This Now audience). "

Then you see what he is pouring on people.

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From our sister blog up north, What The Blog, comes this awkward clip. At a campaign stop in Tampa, the man introducing Joe Biden mistakeningly says:

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The real Paris Hilton is getting fake advice from America's greatest fake president, Martin Sheen.

Loves it.

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Finally, a candidate we can all agree with. Captain Morgan is apparently running for President of the United States (watch out Joe Six-Pack).

His platform:
Economy: 2-day work week and 5-day weekends.
Environment: Making sure the party is hot, hot, hot.
Transportation: Designated drivers are a good thing.

Some of his supporters:

And...

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To her supporters, Sarah Palin is a homegrown success story, a rugged woman who went from small-town mayor to vice presidential candidate. To detractors, she's an ill-equipped neophyte who is in way over her head.

To Watch This Now, she's a viral video goldmine, a gift that keeps on giving. Flute on, Sarah Palin, flute on.

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VHS tape again! To be fair, if anyone has a clip of Sen. Joe Biden in swim trunks or *shudder* a Speedo, we'll put it up here.

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Hayden Panettiere of "Heroes" fame would like to remind you to cast your ballot on Nov. 4 -- especially you young people who might be doing other things like buying cigarettes or porn once you turn 18:

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This funny lady makes a case for all young Jewish folk to travel to Florida (The Great Schlep) and convince their grandparents to vote for Obama.

Silverman provides talking points and tips such as threatening to not visit the elders again for a year.

There's a Facebook page with almost 5,000 members. Meetings across the country are scheduled for Oct. 10, but as of Friday, no one has signed up to attend the meetings in Fort Lauderdale, Tamarac or Palm Beach. Let's see if that changes once this clip goes viral.

The Great Schlep from The Great Schlep on Vimeo.

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Regardless of your political leanings, Wanda Sykes is a funny woman. She doesn't hold back on the Tonight Show when Jay Leno starts talking politics.

On the Republican Convention: "It was like watching a meeting in Dr. Evil's lair." On Sarah Palin: "I'm a feminist, but I'm sorry, that woman's crazy." On the prospect of being both mother and veep: "Hold on Vladimir (Putin), my baby wants to say 'Hi'. Say 'Hi' to Vladimir."

Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Green -- I don't care what party she's in, I'll vote for Sykes for Secretary of State...*

* You actually can't vote for Secretary of State, so don't try. We don't need any more election problems in Florida.

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You've got to think this clip from Biden's interview with Katie Couric is going to end up in a McCain/Palin ad sometime in the next five weeks:

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Don't bother watching the commercials -- you can get all you need from this handy clip. Now you can just sit back and relax for the next six weeks:

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See if you can guess whether the bad dancing is by a Republican or a Democrat! The winner gets a sense of satisfaction that comes with being right.

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Probably the best "awww" moment of Republican convention came last night during Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's speech. Palin's youngest child, Trig, was being held by Piper when Piper fixed Trig's hair.

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Here's the clip people are talking about: two prominent Republicans off-camera speaking frankly about Sarah Palin as the VP pick-- but with their mic still running.

Pundit no. 1 is Mike Murphy, who worked on Senator McCain's campaign in 2000.
Pundit no. 2 is Peggy Noonan, columnist and former speechwriter for Ronald Reagan. You can read her response/apology here.

Otherwise, here's that clip!

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Please take notes, South Florida political candidates. This guy didn't win, but he got a write-up in The New York Times. He was on "The Soup." And this ad is still circulating nearly two years after he made it.

Just think what you can do with a YouTube video in a semi-major media market!

I challenge you, South Florida political candidates: Produce a campaign ad as entertaining as this one and send it to me at KBushouse@SunSentinel.com. Our panel of viral video "experts" will pick the best ones to post on Watch This Now.

Here's your inspiration:

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Apparently John McCain's staffers spent the weekend hunting down video clips of Barack Obama's newly annointed running mate Joe Biden saying not-nice things about the Democratic presidential nominee:

Oh yeah, and also they gigged Obama for not picking Hillary Clinton as his running mate.

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Check out this campaign ad from Broward County Commission District 7 candidate Bryan Caletka, posted on our friendly neighbor blog, Broward Politics.

Here's the link.

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This clip appears on the Sun-Sentinel's Broward Politics blog. Definitely worth making the trip to our neighbor blog to watch it.

Here's the link. Enjoy!

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I can guess who is not going to be on anyone's ticket this year: John Edwards.

That's my insightful political commentary for the day. For someone else's far more thoughtful (and rhyming) take on the hyperventilating over who will be McCain and Obama's vice presidential picks, watch this clip by James Kotecki of Politico.com:

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Watch as Barack Obama dances (and sings) to Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up". It just hit YouTube on Saturday and already has over 300,000 views.

For more on the RickRolling phenomenon, check out the Wikipedia entry here

P.S. Please stop trying to "BarackRoll" me. Thanks, Kevin.

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You just knew the reporter would get someone to use the phrase "political suicide."

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This definitely will be a big hit on the Internet today -- Paris Hilton addressing McCain's ad comparing Obama to her and Britney Spears.

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That's what John McCain alleges in his new ad.

Until Barack Obama gets arrested for DUI, or gets into a bizarre and bitter custody battle, or starts his own perfume line, I think the comparison might be a bit of a stretch. But watch and judge for yourself:

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I was at a comic book store a few years ago and the conversation went from "Iceman vs. the Human Torch" to "What kind of superhero would George W. Bush be?"

The store owner made a compelling argument for how Bush was Batman. A rich guy with tons of tools at his disposal driven by revenge but seen by most people as a vigilante. But this video also adds the argument that they might have the same dialogue coach.

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You've got to admit... they've got a point.

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"The Daily Show" recently came to South Florida to investigate how state Sen. Jeremy Ring and some Jewish retirees feel about Barack Obama.

It went about how you might expect.

Here's the clip:

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Presidential candidate TV soundbites + drum machine = great video.

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Some fresh (and funny) political parody from JibJab. Republicans and Democrats share in the insults, but what about the other parties? No Libertarian jokes?

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Here at WTN, one of the goals has been to be on top of web memes when they develop. You know, videos like Turtle Boy and Chocolate Rain and Where The Hell is Matt?

Could Taxing Woman be the next? Anyone watching news TV Monday night couldn't escape her. Her tirade against taxes at a McCain event in Denver has apparently earned her a seat on board the Straight Talk Express.

I don't want to get too excited, but I'm salivating over mash-ups with Turtle Boy and Weezer.
Take a look:

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Say it isn't so! Bloggers have feelings, too! This little ditty was second on the viral video top 20 chart on Sunday:

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This is nice, but I think McCain's people need to find a song from this decade to reach the young people. I hear Obama's people are working with Timbaland and Justin Timberlake.

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Should one country be held accountable for the racists stereotypes of another nation? A Japanese cell phone company has created an uproar by airing a commercial using its monkey mascot in a parody of a Barack Obama ad.

The problem here is that the Japanese generally aren't familiar with American racist stereotypes. They absolutely love Obama there. Nevertheless, they've apparently stepped in it.

Take a look:

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Thanks to video, I'm expecting a good six months of cleverly produced, vicious partisan attacks depicting the other party as the one true bastion of greed, incompetence and enslavement to large alien monoliths. (OK, well, maybe not so much on that last point.) So far, I'm not disappointed.

First, Speaking Democrat:

Second, Voting Republican:

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Who says world leaders can't dance? This clip shows otherwise, and demonstrates some pretty impressive animation:

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Brightcove.com, the studio that gave us the wonderful recaps/primers/catchups on the Sopranos and Battlestar Galactica, has created this wonderful little recap for those of you who got lost during the Democratic Primary.

How did we get to this point? What's a super delegate? Why did Aragorn endorse Dennis Kucinich? It's all answered here:

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The latest clip from the McCain Girls, featuring what appears to be a Terminator-esque McCain robot brandishing an American flag.

Obama Girl, your response?

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My dear Sean "Diddy" Combs is quite excited about Barack Obama as the presumptive Democratic nominee for president (presumptive because it's still not official). I imagine he wouldn't be so excited if he were a Hillary supporter, but I digress.

You have to love Diddy putting aside his Diddy-ness for a moment to give a sincere, from-the-heart account of why this is such a big moment for him and many Americans. But then of course he gets a little goofy. And then in the text at the end of the clip, someone -- I'm assuming one of Diddy's Bad Boy people -- mispelled "receive."

I before E except after C, Diddy. Except after C!

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This video is pretty amusing, even if it does kind of lag in the middle with the pretty predictable jokes.

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This is a real political advertisement, not a Saturday Night Live commercial.

The Kay Barnes' dance party looks really lame- just two women and a guy in a tiny cowboy hat.

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Gary, Indiana mayor Rudy Clay wants you to know: "There is no hanky-panky going on here in Lake County, Indiana." And that, folks, was the best line on CNN last night during the election drama that was Indiana.

CNN's Wolf Blitzer, John King and Hammond Indiana mayor Tom McDermott were attempting to find out why Lake County, Indiana had reported only limited primary election results.

The fun starts around the 1:20 mark. The hanky-panky remark is at 3:07. And be sure to catch Clay's explanation on why it took so long to count the machine vote.

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Barack Obama showed off his basketball skills at a three-on-three tournament over the weekend. Here are the highlights.

By the way, if the announcer seems like he's pro-Obama, that's because he is- he's Obama's motorcade coordinator.

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Ok, if nothing else, 2008 will be the YouTube election. We've had our share of Barack vs. Hillary vs. McCain videos, and we can't stop. They just keep getting better and better. Check out "Baracky." We're waiting any day now for McRambo:

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Remember that little vote-counting problem we had here a few years back? Someone wrote a song about it, and a candidate for Broward Supervisor of Elections will feature the singer/songwriter at an upcoming fundraiser.

Read more about it, plus check out the video, at the Broward Politics blog. Here's the link.

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A few of us were wondering how Hillary Clinton managed to raise so much money in the 24 hours after Tuesday's primary.

Now we know:

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Assailed on both the left and the right for his gaffe over smalltown voters, Barack Obama is turning to his secret weapon:

And just because I can't get enough of this little guy, here's the dramatic chipmunk Rick Astley remix:

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Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, made a stop on Comedy Central's The Colbert Report Tuesday night.

The highlight of the episode was when host Stephen Colbert asked Michelle: "Do you ever get tired of the campaign slogans? When he comes home do you ever say, you know what, right now you're my husband. I 'hope' you will 'change' the cat litter?"

Check out the entire clip:

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is scheduled to make an appearance on The Colbert Report Thursday.

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Here's Jon Stewart interviewing the President about what's next after his term winds down.

"You've been roasting my tail for seven years now and it's pay back time. Now that I'm gone I cant be busted for fraud or abuse of power."

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Barack Obama has Obama Girl and now John McCain has these three ladies. How come whenever there is a karaoke machine at a party, there's always a trio of women who just have to sing "It's Raining Men"?

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We here on Watch This Now have posted quite a few Obama and Clinton videos, and even a few Huckabee clips, but I can't recall a single McCain-related video we've posted in this election.

I think this one is a good start.

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I'm still partial to Diddy's Super Tuesday get-out-the-vote clip, but I also like this takeoff on the MTV Rock the Vote campaign:

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Who wants to kick a man when he's down? Apparently, just about everybody. What follows is just a small sampling of the videos going viral over the Eliot Spitzer saga.

First up, Love Client #9

Here's a rather clever idea for an Odd Couple remake starring Spitzer and neighboring disgraced governor James McGreevey:

David Letterman has been the quickest out of the gate with quality Spitzer material. He's kept the momentum up with two Spitzer Top 10 lists, including favorite Spitzer phone messages. Here's his monologue on the day the scandal broke:

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In Japanese, obama means "little beach." It's a common place name, and the country is dotted with many small towns and fishing villages named Obama.

But only one has thought to capitalize on the possible next president of the United States. There's Obama rice cakes, Obama buttons, and Obama posters. Obama is really hoping that Obama can bring some tourists to Obama, located in western Japan. (Check out the Wikipedia entry for more details):

First, a short primer:

Next, two videos from a very energetic Obama girl in Obama, Japan:

She's apparently part of a cadre of young Americans (Jerseyites) who are teaching English in Japan. It's really one of the best years abroad a college kid can have these days.

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