Live-blogging the debate...

...via Facebook status update (it's the new Twitter.) Thank you to Jen who hosted our debate-watching party and to everyone who commented along!

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Carolyn wants to get in on a hot orgy of spending! 9:39pm

Margaret Dodge at 9:46pm September 26

Me too! A big, hot, buttered, liberal, mixed-race spending orgy.!

Eric Smith at 9:57pm September 26

With McCain? I may have to bleach my brain now!

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Carolyn also refuses to acknowledge that we are "winning" in Iraq. 9:46pm

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Carolyn has a bracelet, too, kid! 10:00pm

Ken Simon at 10:03pm September 26

I want Matt LeBlanc to come out as Joey and yell: "BRACELET BUDDIES!!"

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Carolyn wants to know what the Holocaust and Existentialism have to do with Iraq... 10:04pm

Eric Smith at 10:10pm September 26

McCain trying to undo the Great Schlep effect.

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Carolyn thinks ACKmadinijhad sounds weird. 10:11pm

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Carolyn is impressed with McCain's knowledge of the heights of various Asian peoples. 10:14pm

Jamie Kilstein wrote at 10:17pm

Ha! That mccain status was perfect.

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Carolyn thinks "loose nukes" is a great warm-up for actors. 10:18pm

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Carolyn is walking the walk and talking the talk. 10:24pm

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Carolyn says you really got to the bottom of that whole 9/11 thing, McSlappy. 10:27pm

Anya Garrett at 10:56pm September 26

What's 9/11?

Carolyn Hussein Castiglia at 10:58pm September 26

Sometimes I forget how young you are. It's a day when we hold a moment of silence for Britney Spears and her two sons.

Anya Garrett at 10:59pm September 26

So then - why didn't they talk about that in the debate at all?

Carolyn Hussein Castiglia at 11:02pm September 26

People have forgotten since Brit Brit won the VMAs. Never forget!

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Carolyn HE SAID REAGAN FOR THE 29TH TIME! I CAN'T TAKE IT! Reagan died, honey. Didn't you hear? 10:31pm

Joselyn Hughes at 10:32pm September 26

I love you.

Carolyn Hussein Castiglia at 10:33pm September 26

Backatcha!

Andrew Singer at 10:33pm September 26

How is Reagan his favorite guy? Reagan? Really???

Joselyn Hughes at 10:33pm September 26

REALLY!? I know.

Carolyn Hussein Castiglia at 10:34pm September 26

Ah trickle down now. Ah trickle down now. Poor people suck and drown now. Ah trickle down now...

John Fugelsang at 10:48pm September 26

Isn't that cheating on his Petraeus Man-Crush?

Carolyn Hussein Castiglia at 10:49pm September 26

Petraeus has betrayed us.

Anya Garrett at 10:52pm September 26

Is McCain a veteran? I can't figure it out...

Carolyn Hussein Castiglia at 10:54pm September 26

Hahahaha... he's a french fry. I'm sorry. American fry.

Anya Garrett at 10:55pm September 26

COULD HE BLINK ANY MORE?!?! I'm sorry but that's the sign of a terrible liar... Reagan didn't even blink that much.

Carolyn Hussein Castiglia at 10:56pm September 26

OH! Snip snap snop!

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Carolyn wants everyone to know - both Barack and McCain - that eductaion is not an issue - it's a right, god damn it. 10:37pm

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Carolyn wants to point out that Michelle kissed Barack on the lips while Cindy kissed McCain on the cheek. 10:38pm

Eric Smith at 10:39pm September 26

That's what you get when you call your wife a ____ in public.

Carolyn Hussein Castiglia at 10:40pm September 26

Bitch?

Diana Saez at 10:41pm September 26

C U Next Tuesday!

Carolyn Hussein Castiglia at 10:41pm September 26

NO! Really? I had no idea!!! Send me the footage..............................

Darryl Purvis at 10:44pm September 26

I would like to point out the fact that your comments throughout the debate were actually said before the event happened on my tv, you are faster than my technology, I'm impressed!

Diana Saez at 10:44pm September 26

http://www.drudge.com/archive/106692/author-mccain-called-wife-****-trollop

Carolyn Hussein Castiglia at 10:46pm September 26

Thank you, Darryl. That's my SUNY degree at work.

Carolyn Hussein Castiglia at 10:48pm September 26

Thank you, Diana! You c*nt.

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Carolyn also wants to point out that both David Brooks and Don Gonyea have Sarah Palin glasses. 10:53pm

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Carolyn 's friend Jen said the VP debate is gonna be a "barn burner. What is it the Jews say? A shande.". 10:55pm

DEBATE!

Jesus Lord GD Christ! I'm not sure how much more of this I can take. McCain wants out of the debate because he knows he will lose. You can't agree to race Michael Phelps and then ask to push back the Olympics because there's a problem with the water temperature in the pool. This is sheer insanity. Problem is, Obama is hard-pressed to say "campaign on" because then they can call him unpatriotic and accuse him of not caring about the crisis on Wall Street, which is ridiculous, since average Americans like me - including most Republicans, by the way - think Wall Street should just swallow the losses themselves. I don't have a dime on Wall Street - why should I suffer? Our economy sucks because it's built on funny money. When will this all end?

Here's to hoping it all works out:

Mr. and Mrs. Curry-Leitman, Society Sweethearts

Congrats are in order for Margot Leitman and Dan Curry, who exchanged vows this weekend! Their wedding was a magnificent affair held at LaTourelle Resort and Spa in Ithaca, NY. As you can imagine, given the star power this couple yields, there was extensive paparazzi coverage of the event. It's taken US Magazine (and by US, I really mean me) some time to process the photos, but in the meantime, have a look at their feature in the tabloid rag known in certain circles as The New York Times. There's even a video, and I'm mentioned in it, which means I have officially arrived.



Photo by Anya Garrett.

Smear Camp

What to do when you get an email from a relative totally filled with blatant lies, slander and obvious racism directed at your candidate? Laugh, sign-up to work for him in PA and fill out a survey from the floundering campaign asking, "Hey guys, uh, now that we've built this grassroots movement, how do you think we can win?"

Well, let's see. Get on TV and maybe start exposing Sarah Palin for the extreme voodoo-using right-winger she is:



Via Gawker from the Times Online.

“As I was mayor and Pastor Muthee was here and he was praying over me, and you know how he speaks and he’s so bold. And he was praying “Lord make a way, Lord make a way.”

“And I’m thinking, this guy’s really bold, he doesn’t even know what I’m going to do, he doesn’t know what my plans are. And he’s praying not “oh Lord if it be your will may she become governor,” no, he just prayed for it. He said “Lord make a way and let her do this next step. And that’s exactly what happened.”

She then adds: “So, again, very very powerful, coming from this church.”

She's just another Emperor in the Bush Dynasty, kids. Wake up, rural America! These people want to kill your children in Iraq. These people pretend they are like you but they don't give a shit about you. America is run on the backs of the little guy. Wall Street just collapsed, but who's gonna feel it? Oil prices hit a $91/barrel low, but they're already back up to $93. Joe Schmo trader from Lehman Bros. is safe in his house in Connecticut even tho you lost yours to foreclosure because of the way REPUBLICANS allow the extremely wealthy to get away with murder! Jesus. Literally. I don't know what else to say.

To my sister, my mother, everyone else I know who grew up and still has family in small towns across this country: you don't get it. Sarah Palin and John McCain don't give a shit about this country. That's why they want to kill the polar bears and drill for oil in Alaska. When the environment dies, people die. End of story. How hard is it?

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Here's the email about "Barak," as his name was spelled in the subject line:

*RECEIVED THIS, AND NOW I AM MORE CONFUSED THAN I WAS BEFORE. LET ME SEE IF I HAVE THIS STRAIGHT:

*HIS FATHER WAS A KENYAN, MUSLIM, BLACK AND WE HAVE SEEN PICTURES OF HIS 'AFRICAN FAMILY'.*

*HIS MOTHER IS A KANSAN, ATHEIST, WHITE.*

*WHERE ARE THE PICTURES OF HIS KANSAN, WHITE MOTHER?*

*AND PICTURES OF HIS WHITE GRANDPARENTS WHO RAISED HIM?*

*HIS FATHER DESERTED HIS MOTHER AND HIM WHEN HE WAS VERY YOUNG AND WENT BACK TO HIS FAMILY (WHOSE FAMILY) IN **KENYA?*

*HIS MOTHER MARRIED AN INDONESIAN MUSLIM AND TOOK HIM TO JAKARTA WHERE HE WAS SCHOOLED IN A MUSLIM SCHOOL.*

*HIS MOTHER RETURNED TO **HAWAII AND HE WAS RAISED BY HIS WHITE KANSAN GRANDPARENTS? WHEN?*

*HE LATER WENT TO THE BEST HIGH DOLLAR SCHOOLS. HOW?*

*HE LIVES IN A $1.4 MILLION DOLLAR HOUSE THAT HE ACQUIRED THROUGH A DEAL WITH A WEALTHY FUND RAISER (Who was just found guilty on 16 counts of fraud). HOW?*

*HE 'WORKED' AS A CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST IN CHICAGO AND HAS NEVER HELD A PRODUCTIVE JOB.*

*THE PRESIDENCY IS NOT A CIVIL RIGHTS POST, NOR IS IT SUBJECT TO AFFIRMATIVE ACTION SET ASIDES.*

*HE ENTERED POLITICS AT THE STATE LEVEL AND THEN THE NATIONAL LEVEL, WHERE HE HAS VERY LITTLE EXPERIENCE.*

*HE IS PROUD OF HIS 'AFRICAN HERITAGE'.*

*BUT IT SEEMS THAT HIS ONLY AFRICAN CONNECTION WAS THAT HIS AFRICAN FATHER GOT HIS MOTHER (A WHITE GIRL) PREGNANT AND DESERTED HER.*

*I DIDN'T KNOW THAT SPERM CARRIED A 'CULTURAL' GENE.*

*WHERE IS THE PRIDE IN HIS WHITE CULTURE?*

*HE GOES TO A 'AFROCENTRIC' CHURCH THAT HATES WHITES, HATES JEWS, AND BLAMES AMERICA FOR ALL THE WORLD'S PERCEIVED FAULTS AND THEN REPEATEDLY COVERS UP FOR THE PASTOR AND THE CHURCH.*

*HE CLAIMS THAT HE COULD NOT CONFRONT HIS PASTOR BUT HE WANTS US TO BELIEVE THAT HE CAN CONFRONT **NORTH KOREA AND IRAN.*

*YEAH, RIGHT!*

*I THINK THE HOPE, HIS HOPE IS THAT NO ONE WILL PUT THE PIECES TOGETHER UNTIL AFTER THE 'ELECTION'.*

*LIKE I WROTE AT THE START, 'I AM CONFUSED'!*

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p.s. - I love how passive/aggressive ignorant, stupid people can be. "I am confused!" No, you're not. You're racist, but you don't have enough balls to send out an email that says, "KEEP THE WHITE HOUSE WHITE!" At least when you hear chants of "Keep Harlem Black! Keep Harlem Strong!" you know nobody in the neighborhood is "confused." Blech.

BARACK OBAMA'S BIO.

HIS BIRTH CERTIFICATE.

THE TRUTH ABOUT BARACK'S FAITH AND SCHOOLING IN INDONESIA.

A white man would never have to defend himself like this. Where's McCain's birth certificate? His childhood school chums? McCain has an adopted daughter from Bangladesh - A MUSLIM COUNTRY - for Christ's sake?! How he can stand for this disgusting bullshit is beyond me.

Here's Sara and Diana's latest Palin vlog. Get ready for some girl on girl... prayer:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qUM-ghUTMA

And Elon's vlog about Obama Waffles:




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb87t2Z0plk

Palin Pile-on

Looks like my friends Sara Benincasa and Diana Saez aren't the only ones out there trying to milk bubbly Republy VP candidate Sarah Palin for all she's worth with their excellent vlogs. (TIME says Sara's impression is more accurate and fun than You Tube star Lisa Nova's!) Take a look at these Palin vids from Funny or Die and then VOTE for the one you like best below. (Hey, we can have the illusion of choice, right? This is still a free blog!)

See more funny videos at Funny or Die

http://michaelpalinforpresident.com/index.html

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http://www.phillipwilburn.com/

You only have two choices - let's not give Nader any ideas.

Who gives you a longer-lasting election?

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  Michael Palin for President


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  I Picked a Girl

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And, for those of you keeping track, here are Sara and Diana's most recent vlogs, numbers 7, 8 and 9. (If you pick only one, watch 9. Even GOPsters will ROFL!)

Producer's Party

Kambri threw a party last Friday night in Ochi's Lounge that was a real blast. Here are some cute pics - some of them are a lil' blurry, like many of us after drinking those free pink whatever-they-weres. Yum!



L to R: Me and Ces, Liam and Kambri, Paul and Ann and Fiona.

This one's for my people in Harlem:

New York City's own Black Panther/Abercrombie and Fitch model/IT guy with the funny cap otherwise known as Elon James White is b(l)ack again, trying to define what being obsidian is all about. Check out the first two videos in his new series, "This Week in Blackness."

In his initial effort, EJW covers Diddy and his "buggin' the %$#& out" vlog that hilariously ends, "Come on, Sarah Pa-," as if he can't even get her last name out without choking on a 55 karat diamond.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z4ta2tlsx0

The subsequent vlog (yes, I think he's wearing a different cap) dives into the murky waters of Black Entertainment Television and "African-Americans" in Houston shouting, "Don't taze me, bro!"



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKzlVW9LPr8

Up next, he'll tackle the Rev. Wright infidelity scandal (brought to you by FOX News)! Stay tuned...

UPDATE: Episode 3 is up... and it's the best one so far! Check it:

Small World, Big Britain

Rosie O'Donnell, Vivica A. Fox, Paul Rudd, Sting... sounds like a list of stars littering the latest major fundraising event, right? Rubbish! These are just some of the guests you'll see on HBO's new series, Little Britain USA, premiering Sunday, September 28th at 10:30 pm. Here's a clip:

The show follows its writers and principal actors David Williams and Matt Lucas in a series of character vignettes highlighting the lives of average Americans. It's just like last season's Tracey Ullman's State of the Union, except it's the original.

It's been interesting to watch as the war between HBO and Showtime goes down, especially since so much of the ammunition in the battle for Premium dominance comes to us from Britain. Showtime was wise to pick up cockney siren Billie Piper and her Secret Diary of a Call Girl as HBO simultaneously green-lit production on Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl. State of the Union was successful enough that Sho decided to give it another go, and it seems HBO is now bringing Little Britain across the pond in retaliation. It's unclear whether or not this is meant to rectify Tracey's virtual plagiarism of LB's concept and format, given that it was on the air in the UK before Tracey ever put pen to paper.

I'm not sure Britain will fare any better than Union has, but one thing is for certain: the average viewer is bound to discover just how many of the shows we Americans love including The Office, American Idol, Trading Spaces, Hell's Kitchen (and the list goes on...) have been imported from the British isles.

Please, don't let this happen to us(a)...

This looks pretty photoshopped to me. I bet her legs look better than that. After all, she is a nazi - she's probably pretty hardcore about the thighmaster, too. But still - it gets the point across. And it screams, "DEAR GOD, PLEASE SAVE US FROM THE END OF TIMES!" Amen.

Andy's Going Away

Check out this video from a great prank I pulled on a sweet guy named Andy at his going away party a few weeks ago, courtesy of Divagrams Entertainment. It's honestly pretty hilarious and I think I should be the next Jamie Kennedy. Just putting that out there, Universe.

http://gallery.me.com/marcymcg#100042

Family Hour Tomorrow

Saturday, September 6th, 2008
9:00 PM
Family Hour with Auntie Sara SEASON PREMIERE
Ochi's Lounge (downstairs at Comix) - 353 West 14th St.

Featuring:

Dan Allen (Premium Blend)
Carolyn Castiglia (VH1)
Kambri Crews (LoveDaddy.org)
Anthony DeVito (FX's Rescue Me)
Mara Herron (Maury)
Jamie Kilstein (Live at Gotham)
Tom Shillue (Comedy Central Presents)
Adam Wade (ESPN)

Guest Hosted by Adam Newman (College Humor)

And please get there ahead of time at 7 to check out the LIL SEANY BOY SHOW! starring the men who brought you Don't Touch Me There (but especially Mr. Sean Donnelly!)

And stay after for LITTLE ETHNIC GIRLS AND FRIENDS with Maria Shehata and Helen Hong!

Introducing Gov. Sarah Palin and her Cousin/Stylist Dina

Congrats to Sara Benincasa and Diana Saez for their whirlwind overnight success (what the kids call "going viral") with their Sarah Palin vlogs. Here they are, in order and in one place, so that I can send this to people who don't know how to use the Internet but still enjoy politics (my husband) and/or being gently mocked (my husband and my mom.)

Watch Number 1, and then if you don't have too much time, skip to (my faves) 5 and 6. The whole set will only take you about 20 minutes, tho. It's worth it. This shit is blowin' up, kid! Stay tuned for more...

p.s. - My friend Masi got so worked up about Sarah Palin that she started blogging for the first time! Read her eloquent thoughts on race and gender in America here.