election 2012
There's Finally a Documentary About Perpetual Presidential Candidate Vermin Supreme
Director Steve Onderick spent a year on the road with the last absurdist in American politics.
On the Road with Obama and Romney - Reelection
It's a little underwhelming, a re-election. We wake up and, give or take a few Senate seats, we're exactly where we were. Wednesday was a sunny day in Cincinnati, though I slept through most of it. I went out in the afternoon to buy the paper and pack...
Laurence Haim in the White House Press Pool
Canal Plus reporter Laurence Haim discusses the frustration involved in trying to explain the complex electoral college to French people, and why Ohio is so important to that process. Some Ohioans she meets support Romney, some support Obama, and some...
On the Road with Obama and Romney: Ugliness in Ohio
Just when Obama came on stage, a bald white man began shouting from the balcony of the arena. Obama smiled and waved. He spoke again. The man started yelling again. Sheriff's deputies came to remove him. He hung onto the guardrail of the balcony he...
On the Road with Obama and Romney: Ugliness in Ohio
Just when Obama came on stage, a bald white man began shouting from the balcony of the arena. Obama smiled and waved. He spoke again. The man started yelling again. Sheriff's deputies came to remove him. He hung onto the guardrail of the balcony he...
We Were Merely Freshmen: Classmates Recall Mitt Romney’s Year at Stanford
One Friday in the spring of 1966, Mitt Romney, then a freshman at Stanford University, skipped the discussion section of his Western Civilization survey class. A sit-in against the Vietnam War was underway inside President Wallace Sterling's office...
The VICE Guide to Voting - Otherkin
The deciding day of the 2012 election draws near, and as a politically undecided man-dolphin, you're not sure where to cast your vote. Where do the candidates stand on the right to life for demonkin? It's a complicated world, and you may have a fake...
Mitt Romney: Safety Patrol Captain
It’s no PT 109, but the Safety Patrol Team at Vaughan Elementary School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan was where Captain Romney cut his teeth as a leader of men.
VICE Guide to Voting - Who’s Better for Crush Porn Enthusiasts?
Yes, jobs are important and national security has its place, but which of the two candidates will best meet the needs of those pornography fans that can only get off by watching a woman step on something?
Why Do So Many Liberals 'Like' Mitt Romney on Facebook?
A typical election season comment drifted through my Facebook feed the other day: "Just got the shock of seeing how many of my friends 'like' Mitt Romney's page. Wow." I laughed, made a sarcastic remark on the post, and then read the comments that were...
Explaining American Politics to the British
With election season in full bloom, I had to ask an American friend to clear up a few things for me.
The Gregory Brothers Pit Obama And Romney Against Each In An Autotuned 8-bit Anthem
Politics are a lot like old video games… OK, they’re not, but in the context of this video, that statement is totally true.