Our Endorsements: SNL Gives Undecided Voters a Voice

* Undecided voters have too much information to sift through.

* Funny or Die found Mitt Romney's actual tax return.

* Come on, Vogue! Act like you belong!

* #MuslimRage is spreading on the internet.

* Ridiculous political assassinations that shouldn't have worked.

* Will the real Joe Biden please stand up (unless he's in a wheelchair)?

* The Disalmanac Podcast talks about everyone's favorite prez, Millard Fillmore.

* Congressional loose canon starts to genuinely freak people out, from The Onion.

Tags: Daily Links, Millard Fillmore, Mitt Romney, SNL, Taxes

Great Moments in History According to the Obama White House

Among presidents and other high-ranking politicians, narcissism isn't so much a hazard as a job requirement. Still, there's being self-centered and then there's… rewriting the history of the United States to include one's own accomplishments within the biographies of past American leaders.

The conservative Heritage Foundation and Commentary Magazine catches the White House doing the latter — enumerating Barack Obama's achievements within the biographical sketches of presidents past. Unfortunately, the President's communication team neglected a few key moments in history…

* When Jefferson assumed the Presidency on March 4, 1801, the crisis in France had passed. Today, President Obama communicates with the President of France entirely through apologies.

* On March 4, 1841 William Henry Harrison became the first president to have his photograph taken. Today, the most dangerous place in America is between President Obama and a live camera.

* Inaugurated on July 10, 1850, Millard Fillmore had a weird name. Today, Barack Obama has a weird name.

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Tags: 14th Amendment, Barack Obama, Franklin Roosevelt, George Bush, Grover Cleveland, History, James Buchanan, Millard Fillmore, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, Woodrow Wilson

Daily Show: Barack Obama Is Not a Magic Negro

On last night's Daily Show, Larry Wilmore gave Jon Stewart a dose of reality by pointing out that President Obama is not a magic negro, and is in fact just a normal fallible human being like every other President we've had (except Fillmore, who was a werewolf.) Well, I'm glad. Partly because I want Americans to have realistic expectations for the President, but mostly because this will help build support for my grassroots campaign to get Kazaam to run in 2012.

The Daily Show airs Monday through Thursday at 11pm / 10c.

Tags: Barack Obama, Jon Stewart, Larry Wilmore, Millard Fillmore, The Daily Show, Video

Who Says Indie Rockers Don't Appreciate Rutherford B. Hayes?

How many times have you told yourself, "I'd gladly learn about all 43 of our nation's presidents — even duds like Millard Fillmore and George H.W. Bush — if only someone would write indie rock songs about them?"

Well get cracking, hipster, because a trio of songwriters have done just that– in the form of their new triple CD "Of Great and Mortal Men"…

While some of the first 43 [presidents] have become larger-than-life figures, others are all but forgotten. But songwriters Christian Kiefer, Jefferson Pitcher and Matthew Gerken, with the help of many stalwarts of indie rock, look to shed light on the lives and quirks of these men. They've composed original songs and music in a new collection called Of Great and Mortal Men, which features 43 songs spanning three CDs and more than 220 years of American history.

Kiefer, Pitcher and Gerken — largely unknown even in indie rock circles– have enlisted the help of slightly more famous musicians to bring their songs to life.

So if you've always wanted to hear Smog's Bill Callahan sing about John Quincy Adams, the band Califone rock out for Andrew Jackson and Jimmy Carter, or Sun Kil Moon's Mark Kozelek croon over Harry Truman… Well now you can. (You'll have to buy the album if you want to know who plays on the Rutherford B. Hayes song.)

That's 43 songs to honor 42 presidents. (Grover Cleveland gets two, one for each useless term he served.) And then don't forget there's one more song to come after Election Day…

As for the 44th, the songwriters say they'll write one more song and post an MP3 sometime after Nov. 4.

Depending on who wins, that might not be necessary. If it's Ron Paul via write-in, his passionate supporters will no doubt be happy to contribute 2 to 400 dozen rousing paeans of their own.

And if John McCain wins, he could make history as the first president on the compilation to personally perform his own theme song.

Tags: Andrew Jackson, Barack Obama, George H.W. Bush, Grover Cleveland, Harry Truman, Jimmy Carter, John McCain, John Quincy Adams, Millard Fillmore, Rutherford B. Hayes