Posts Tagged ‘barack obama’

We all know the race at the polls is in full effect but did you know that the “Presidential Race” on eBay is just heating up? Since the launch yesterday, there has been some major movement. Here are the most current stats…subject to change from moment to moment!

BARACK OBAMA: 50 bids, currently going for $1,225
JOE BIDEN: 40 bids, currently going for $1,025
JOHN McCAIN: 39 bids, $635
SARAH PALIN: 61 bids, currently going for $3,650

This race is so hot it needs it’s own 24-hour news coverage! Who do you think will win the eBay race? Comment and tell us!

I literally had chills go down my spine when I saw the headline above. I mean, I know I do a lot of broadcast appearances about the election but I did not think I was the topic of a headline news brief. Literally, when I pressed play my heart started racing and I thought I may need to go to the ER. Watch the video below for and experience the hilarity. And speaking of the election, on eBay right now, VP candidate Sarah Palin is pulling ahead in the Cabbage Patch Kids doll auction. Right now the SP doll is going for $1,025 in comparison to Barack Obama’s $510. But like the race itself, you never know how it will end- we’ll have to wait until the 4th!

If you watched the debate last night you probably noticed all of John McCain’s facial contortions. That man sure can blink—he would get housed in a staring contest. Besides the blinking he also scrunched, stretched, and as Tyra likes to call it “smile with the eyes.” She is the master and should have been utilized in McCain’s pre-debate media training. Can you imagine Tyra and Miss J. schooling John McCain on his body language? That would be a perfect SNL skit. Lorne Michaels, that one was for free.

With the 2nd debate behind us and the election in front of us, we are all feeling politically pooped. But it’s not all doom and gloom and financial meltdowns. We can still laugh heartily at Tina Fey’s spot on Palin impersonation as well as John Stewart and Steven Colbert’s acerbic commentary. Remember a few months back when things were heating up and the spoofs were beginning to surface? Well then you may remember this little viral video of Paris Hilton that was on Funny or Die. Thanks to eBay you can own the chair that Paris was lounging in in the video. She signed the chair “Paris Hilton, Vote ‘08 xoxo.” I can’t believe that I am about to write this but, Paris is right. Get out and vote!

They tell you to never talk about politics with friends, that it will only cause a brouhaha. Well my friends, like Mike Myers on Coffee Talk, we need to “discuss.” This week has been total and complete mayhem. Between the financial collapse, John McCain acting a fool, and Sarah Palin still milking that “Russia is my neighbor” thing in her Katie Couric interview, my head is about to come unscrewed. Just look at the spoof cover of Entertainment Weekly from this week, proof positive that the election has even invaded pop culture publications (not to mention those covers of Obama on Us Weekly and the McCains on People). Tonight’s debate (cross your fingers) is poised to give us an eye and earful. My prediction is that it will be so action packed that the networks may even consider it for the new fall Friday night lineup. Move over America’s Toughest Jobs…

*Photo licensed to: Photorazzi.com

I would be humming the Rod Stewart classic, “Tonight’s the Night” if it did not have such tawdry connotations. However, tonight is the night…history will be made when Barack Obama accepts the nomination for President of the United States of America. It will be a moment charged with electricity and excitement and Bill Clinton’s speech last night set the stage for a new generation of leadership. Excitement is at a fever pitch. Even though many cannot make it to the mile high city, you can own a piece of the DNC by purchasing memorabilia online. So far, this is my favorite item.

It’s so easy to get swept up in the political brouhaha. It’s an exciting race indeed—just check out all of the political memorabilia on eBay. However, sometimes you need to take the edge off with some satire. Saturday Night Live is notorious for producing some of the sauciest, silliest, and scathing political send-ups. My favorite from this election year is most definitely The Obama Files; an animated short from Robert Smigel. All I can say is, “it’s time to turn the pange!”. Watch and you’ll see what I mean.

*Photo licensed to: Photorazzi.com