# Barack Obama and John McCain put on the heat in last days of campaign

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 29, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-and-john-mccain-put-on-the-heat-in-last-days-of-campaign/470126 "2008-10-29T18:24:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-and-john-mccain-put-on-the-heat-in-last-days-of-campaign/470126/1 "2008-10-29T18:24:35Z")

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Barack Obama has issued one last meaningful challenge to John McCain in the closing days of the campaign with a third surprise challenger entering the ring.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/wzyT9-9lUyE/hqdefault.jpg "Obama and McCain - Dance Off!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzyT9-9lUyE)

Ba-dunka-dunk!

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**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-and-john-mccain-put-on-the-heat-in-last-days-of-campaign/470126/2 "2008-10-29T21:10:58Z")

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Pretty good. Ill bet, sooner or later, it will wind up on snopes.

Video shows Obama and Mcain participating in a dance off.

FALSE!

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**Author:** ![PetW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@PetW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PetW)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-and-john-mccain-put-on-the-heat-in-last-days-of-campaign/470126/3 "2008-10-30T02:11:34Z")

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That was just… creepy.

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**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-and-john-mccain-put-on-the-heat-in-last-days-of-campaign/470126/4 "2008-10-31T13:53:18Z")

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web video is too laggy on my computer - anyone care to describe what the video is about?

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-and-john-mccain-put-on-the-heat-in-last-days-of-campaign/470126/5 "2008-10-31T14:28:47Z")

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It’s been around for a little while.

The video is a really well-done spoof of a “dance off” (think, uhm…_You Got Served_) that has real dancers with Obama and McCain’s heads superimposed over their real heads. It’s creepy because for the most part, it looks real.

At the end, Palin (real girl, superimposed head) comes in and shows off her moves and the fellas comment on her “ba-donk-a-donk” 🙂

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**Author:** ![PetW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@PetW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PetW)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-and-john-mccain-put-on-the-heat-in-last-days-of-campaign/470126/6 "2008-10-31T14:37:06Z")

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It’s creepy because in the beginning Obama is talking but his shoulders are moving up and down like a gorilla, and the whole time he’s dancing he has this gigantic smile on his face.