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Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Did anyone notice an election yesterday? Or was I just sick with deja vu? Virginia and New Jersey get GOP governors! Democrats wins the New York 23rd District due to moderate Republicans getting smacked around by the looming birther/tea-party-enthusiast alliance! New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg wins (again)! A sci-fi show insults Obama (kinda)! The Right swallows its own tail (definitely)! I'll go with "none of the above": I just received a bit of head trauma and don't remember the head trauma. Labels: AlreadyVotedNest, America
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Did President Obama knock it out of the park? Hmmm. In the words of Guitar Hero, it was a Solid Solo. (Well, probably better than that.) And like all great speaking presidents, he found a stride somewhere close to the end. I'll leave it to the pundits to criticize and coo further. Anyway, you notice I said "President"? Yay! We have a new commander-in-chief! As of 11 a.m. here in Chicago, our man became such. Now, to go do something productive for today. I close the VoteNest Inaugural Special: AlreadyVotedNest 2009! Go enjoy the balls and dances and drinking until 6 in the morning (if you're in D.C.). Labels: AlreadyVotedNest
Didn't give the man any slack: Barack had to recite the oath paragraph by paragraph, and he obviously didn't have a cheat sheet. Next, speech! Edit: Chief Justice Roberts is apparently at fault, as Pres. Obama knew all the words. Roberts is the one that mixed up the word, "faithfully." Way to go. Labels: AlreadyVotedNest
Rev. Warren gave a nice, minority-inclusive prayer, and Aretha gave a nice, tone-inclusive song. We're almost there! Edit: there's also Yo-Yo Ma and a few others playing a song arranged by John Williams! I want some trumpets and cymbal crashes, though. Labels: AlreadyVotedNest
So this speech of his better be beyond epic. Or else it's an Episode One-like failure: some say the speech was good for the first few days, some call for heads to roll, and by week's end, everyone will agree: Obama is a one-termer. I await the answer within the hour. Labels: AlreadyVotedNest
Okay, CNN will show a shot of the Washington Mall from space. This is very much like the hologram incident: in fact, the two seem quite related. However, Soledad O'brien can convince me ANYTHING is necessary. Dick Cheney is in a wheelchair for the inauguration, which isn't unexpected. However, I lost a few bets that he'd make it at all. And the ceremony begins... Labels: AlreadyVotedNest
Monday, January 19, 2009
We are looking at the last few hours of the Bush presidency and possibly the last few hours of The Daily Show being funny. (Just kidding, John-o!) But seriously, when you wake up, little Johnnie, there will be a black man swearing on a Bible, and probably putting us all to work in mines, including mercury, lead, arsenic... all pretty useless to collect en masse, but Pres.-elect Obama wants it anyway, I'm sure. Well, maybe he'll turn out to be a moderate... he's been so happy to listen to all the country music they played for him in between the R&B, rock, and folk at his inaugural concert. But this is my goodbye to Pres. George W. Bush, as per the new bylaws. Besides, it'll be uncool to bash him. So I'll just thank him for my formative years. The Clinton years... the Bush years... sixteen nearly uninterrupted years of comedy! What happens next, besides mining things? We'll have Bill Clinton married into the Cabinet (Sec. of State-in-Law to Pres. Obama?), and Vice Pres. Biden is from Delaware (hilarious!). So I think it'll be exciting! What do I make fun of? What do I uncover? What is rotting in the White(ish) House? Will conservatives become funny again? Well, to start, I guess I have to take down that dartboard:  See you guys bright and early on a new day! Labels: AlreadyVotedNest
One, he better get going on all those promises TODAY. Two, he better be fixing that speech up to be PERFECT. I mean, this IS the speech for most presidents. So the Tribune wishes to help. (Truth Meter spotted on Change of Subject by Eric Zorn.) Labels: AlreadyVotedNest
I keep forgetting to check Fox's coverage of the liberal, black president! Labels: AlreadyVotedNest
Harry Belafonte is now on CNN. Labels: AlreadyVotedNest
Yeah. That's right. "AlreadyVotedNest." 'cause that's what this is. CNN is playing up the Dr. King and Civil Rights' Movement references. It is also using clips of John Mayer's "Waiting on the World to Change" before commercials. Note the tinge of irony in reference to Dr. King and the Civil Rights' Movement. But it fits for all the people sitting around the Mall right now. Labels: AlreadyVotedNest, Politics |
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