Chez Copa Votes

This important election season, chez copa did what they do best, participated.

Talk About MoveOn.org

Katie - you're prayers have been answered. I, like mr. hanks, predict a small but noticeable baby boom. Watch those uteri
ladies!

E. A. Hanks: Obama Babies: Coming Soon

I want to have an Obama Baby. Let me be clear: I don't want to have Obama's baby, I want to have an Obama Baby. One of the thousands of babies I predict will be born somewhere around August 4th, 2009. Don't believe me?

Please recall how you felt on Tuesday night. If you are so unfortunate as to be anything like me, you were alternatively crying and laughing, hugging total strangers and screaming "OBAMAOBAMAOBAMA" at passing cars and strangers. Also, if I'm being honest, you were also three sheets to the wind (nothing makes me reach for the hooch like worrying over counties in Ohio). When President-Elect Obama spoke, I felt the total validation of two years of hard work, and the release of eight years of pent-up anger and frustration. I felt joyful, hopeful, and downright randy.

Baby Boomers were conceived in the hoopla of the end of the World War II, when ladies and gents just couldn't keep their hands off each other. Planting your "victory garden" took on a whole new meaning.

I wasn't really looking to have a baby. Since my comfort with commitment doesn't extend past the third date, and I am generally as selfish as a baby myself, I had thought that progeny would have wait. Parents have to do things. I can't even get up to answer the phone sometimes.

But, whatever! The past three days I've felt enough love and joy to let all that fall behind. If you think it's only the ladies who want to be Obama Mamas, think again. Last night I saw the Decemberists perform at New York's Terminal Five. Lead singer and total geeky dreamboat Colin Meloy called out to the audience "How many babies were made last night!? There are going to be some Obama Babies! Who knows, you might even have one in you right now!" AND THEN THEY BROUGHT OUT A CARDBOARD CUT-OUT OF PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA.

I was this close to lying on the ground, covering myself with leaves and hoping Meloy just happened to fall in.

But I didn't. At the end of the night, I went home to Brooklyn (the land of babies) and found myself stuck behind three hipster moms and their uber-strollers. They looked exhausted, and each and everyone of those babies was screaming at the top of their lungs.

Bring on the Obama Babies! But, uh.. maybe skip me.

(Check back in after four years though.)

Winners And Losers!

Arianna Huffington: The Winners and Losers of Campaign '08
via The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com by Arianna Huffington on 11/6/08

WINNERS:

The Davids - Axelrod and Plouffe: they spearheaded a near flawless campaign.

Katie Couric: her multi-part interview with Sarah Palin was the turning point in how the country saw Palin -- and by extension John McCain. And she did it in a way that left no room for accusations of being unfair or playing "Gotcha!"

Colin Powell, Scott McClellan, Ken Adelman, Chris Buckley, Kenneth Duberstein, et al: crossing party lines to endorse the eventual winner can't hurt the rep.

Saturday Night Live: went from "Is that still on?" to Must See TV (or, at least, Must See on YouTubeTV)

Tina Fey: her take on Palin was pitch perfect; a comedy mugging for the ages. And with Palin's obvious weight loss during the campaign, she ended up looking more and more like her 30 Rock doppelganger.

Sarah Palin: lost an election but there has to be a reality show in her future.

Michelle Obama: smarts, grace, style, charm, and a serious "good mommy" vibe -- she's got the whole package.

The View: went from gal chat to political headline maker.

MSNBC: Keith, Rachel, Chris... they sent a collective tingle went up the leg of progressive viewers everywhere.

The Internet: click here.


LOSERS:

Joe Lieberman: failed to deliver Democrats, independents, or Jews. And on the way to losing his committee chairmanships.

Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Dick Morris, and hate-mongers everywhere: the stink didn't stick to Obama but it stuck to them.

Bill Clinton: it's gonna take a lot of work to repair the rep.

John McCain: see Bill Clinton.

Liddy Dole: see Clinton and McCain. Her "Godless" ad will be taught in What Not to Do poli sci classes for a century.

George W. Bush: the repudiation of his presidency was overwhelming and across-the-board.

The Republican Party: the emptiness of its philosophic underpinnings was exposed for all to see.

Joe the Plumber: the clock just hit 15 minutes, and the wakeup call will not be pleasant. Joe the Plumber, meet Clara Peller ("Where's the beef?!").

Karl Rove Buys Shit Cookies

Just Sayin

Get Your Asses In Line!

Today I voted....

P-diddy told me to stand in line dammit and like a good American I was in line at a quarter to six - what did you do today?

Les MisBaracks!

Pint of Puns!

Nothing more puneriffic than those Punny Ben & Jerry's pints. But this appeals to my wonkish tooth.

New flavors of the season:

Chocolate Lehrer Cake

McCandy Cane

Baracky Road

Just Doing the Work of The People

The Great Schlep

The Great Schlep from The Great Schlep on Vimeo.

"Dancing Queen?" Seriously?

Sometimes it's refreshing to hear a question off-the-beaten track, like "which is your favorite song." Both presidential candidates answers are below.

But I've gotta ask, can we elect someone who's favorite song is "Dancing Queen?" Seriously?

Barack Obama:

• Fugees - "Ready or Not"
• Marvin Gaye - "What's Going On"
• Bruce Springsteen - "I'm on Fire"
• The Rolling Stones - "Gimme Shelter"
• Nina Simone - "Sinnerman"
• Kanye West - "Touch the Sky"
• Frank Sinatra - "You'd Be So Easy to Love"
• Aretha Franklin - "Think"
• U2 - "City of Blinding Lights"
• will.i.am - "Yes I Can"

John McCain:

• ABBA - "Dancing Queen"
• Roy Orbison - "Blue Bayou"
• ABBA - "Take a Chance on Me"
• Merle Haggard - "If We Make it Through December"
• Dooley Wilson - "As Time Goes By"
• The Beach Boys - "Good Vibrations"
• Louis Armstrong - "What a Wonderful World"
• Frank Sinatra - "I've Got You Under My Skin"
• Neil Diamond - "Sweet Caroline"
• The Platters - "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"

New York Kind Of Style

The spin doctors are at it again, but these were just too good not to post!

Reporting Live

How appropriate! Coinciding with the Wahine Report's 100th post is my second report for the BBC! Speaking to the Paris Hilton video reaction to McCain's ad, I am reporting for BBC Radio, Wales out of the nation's capital.