November 09, 2008
Let Them Eat Cake
He hasn't even been inaugurated, much less done anything, and already there are calls for a national holiday to celebrate The One:
Plans are being made to promote a national holiday for Barack Obama, who will become the nation's 44th president when he takes the oath of office Jan. 20.
"Yes We Can" planning rallies will be at 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. every Tuesday at the downtown McDonald's restaurant, 1100 Kansas Ave., until Jan. 13. The goals are to secure a national holiday in Obama's honor, to organize celebrations around his inauguration and to celebrate the 200th birthday of President Abraham Lincoln, who was born on Feb. 12 1809.
At 7:30 a.m. on Inauguration Day, Obama Cake will be served at the downtown McDonald's, and a celebration is scheduled for 8 p.m. to midnight Jan. 20 at the Ramada Hotel and Convention Center, 420 S.E. 6th.
Head on over to Topeka to make sure you get your very own slice of Obama Cake. Will the cake be free in honor of all the freebies Obama is promising? And will that cake be served with a generous cupful of Kool-Aid?
Last I heard, public figures were not memorialized, either on stamps or with public holidays, until they've been dead a long time. But then, this is the new Messiah we're talking about!
On a tip from Wyatt
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Pam, please do not forget that Obama is not yet elected. He is NOT the President-elect, he is the presumed president-elect. I'm holding out until they count the electoral votes. One can always HOPE.
Posted by: Two Dogs at November 9, 2008 04:16 PMBut...but...he has a SIGN and EVERYTHING!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59XB68F54kA
Plus, would you deny his children the puppy that daddy promised them? You're just cruel.
Posted by: Pam at November 9, 2008 04:59 PMYeah, he has big ears, too and there is a whistling sound coming from them if you get close enough to hear it.
Posted by: Two Dogs at November 9, 2008 07:12 PM
Obama won, democracy worked...stop whining...its the turn of the "reality based" community to govern...
after Bush, Jesus Christ couldn't have run as a Republican and won. You have yourselves to thank.
Posted by: frodo at November 9, 2008 07:37 PMTHIS IS ABSURBED. OBAMA IS IN WAY OVER HIS HEAD.
JUSTICE WILL PREVAIL IN TWO YEARS.
frodo,
The poor dumb minions of the left has bought the media hype about Bush - If he was sooooo bad why was this election close and the 2004 election not go to Kerry? Als, if Clinton was soooo good why did Gore lose? Stop listening to the NYC elite media types, who all live in huge houses on Connecticut's Gold Coast and see what's really going on out there.
As for asking for this ourselves, let's ask Dodd why he's not taking a more powerful postion in the Senate to stay with the banking oversite - maybe he needs keep the lid on something?
Dodd's time is coming and then Barney is next
Cookie - 100% correct
Posted by: NewtownMark at November 10, 2008 12:41 PMfrodo,
The poor dumb minions of the left has bought the media hype about Bush - If he was sooooo bad why was this election close and the 2004 election not go to Kerry? Als, if Clinton was soooo wonderful why did Gore lose? Stop listening to the NYC elite media types, who all live in huge houses on Connecticut's Gold Coast and see what's really going on out there.
As for asking for this ourselves, let's ask Dodd why he's not taking a more powerful postion in the Senate to stay with the banking oversite - maybe he needs keep the lid on something?
Dodd's time is coming and then Barney is next
Cookie - 100% correct
Posted by: NewtownMark at November 10, 2008 12:42 PMfrodo,
When are you on the left going to stop believing the MSM when it comes to elections. The popular vote in this election was close and if Bush was soooo bad it should have been a runaway. The same way 2004 should have gone to Kerry if Bush was soooo bad. Conversely, if Clinton was sooo awesome why didn't Gore win. The MSM tries very hard to convince you that it is not how it seems. As for having ourselves to blame, I will give you that. We should have adopted Reagan's strategy of going around the media.
Reality is that he's not ready for primetime - get ready for Carter's second term.
Posted by: NewtownMark at November 10, 2008 02:32 PMIt's not a memorial, it's cake. Cake is celebratory! You are soooooo silllllly.
Posted by: mudkitty at November 14, 2008 09:21 AM
