Maya Rudolph returned to Saturday Night Live to impersonate Michelle Obama. She and the guy that's been doing the Barack Obama imitation sang a rendition of "Solid as Barack" to the tune of "Solid as a Rock." Video after the jump
Sorry folks, tonight there will be no debate watching festivities or podcasts or balloon drops. No Maam. No Sir. We will be doing something far more exciting tonight. We will be painting a wall and then watching the paint dry. Followed by reading the index to Encyclopedia Britannica. Yes folks we will be doing something far more exciting that watching Bob Shieffer try to do what Brokaw and Lehrer couldn't.
Instead of watching another mind-numbingly boring debate, we'll be rewatching these videos in a local race for county tax assessor. I don't want any more emails whining about political advertising. McCain and Obama ain't got nothing on this guy.
Yes our property taxes are ridiculous. Here is more
Oh there is more.
The incumbent is an African American woman who has been in office 16 years and I am not all that sure she has a thing to do with setting the tax rate, only collecting the taxes and she's good at it.
Magic 8 Ball Debate
I say we replace John McCain and Barack Obama with the Magic 8 Ball. Have Shieffer ask a question and then have an intern run on stage shake the Magic 8 Ball to provide an answer
Shieffer: Senator McCain, will you pull out from Iraq within the first two years of your term?
Magic 8 Ball: No Way!
Sheiffer: Senator Obama, are you going to raise all of our taxes?
Magic 8 Ball: Outlook not so good.
Shieffer: Who would you likely select as your Secretary of State Senator McCain?
Magic 8 Ball: Absolutely!
Shieffer: That was not a yes or no question!
Magic 8 ball:My sources say no
Shieffer: Are you going to answer the question?
Magic 8 Ball: Maybe
Schieffer: Senator Obama, in light to the massive cost of the federal bailout, do you still intend to attempt to implement your health care plan?
Magic 8 Ball: My sources say no.
In other words, November 4th can't get here soon enough. There are no "undecided" voters out there, after 15,000 months of campaigning, and 100,000 spam emails from family, friends, and complete and total strangers about this election.
Did I mention that we nationalized out banks this week? Pretty humongous, but I haven't gotten a single spam email about that.
UPDATE: Cover It Live is overwhelmed. If you can't get in the live chat because it is at capacity. Go Ahead and head over to our chatroom on Blog Talk Radio. I have opened it even though we are not on the air.
As we did last week with the debate between John McCain and Barack Obama, we will be live blogging the Vice Presidential debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin. If you were bored with last week's debate, you weren't hanging with us in our live blog! Come back at the start of the debate and kick it with us and then follow us over to our podcast at blogtalkradio.com/blackwomen. We'll be chatting and debating the debate...all in good fun! To call in to the podcast call 646-478-4750.
Okay folks, since the debate is on, we are going to have a post debate watch party. BUT we will be over on Talkshoe tonight cohosting with the folks at Two Guys and a Mic. BlogTalkRadio was all booked up tonight so Two Guys and a Mic have graciously agreed to allow moi to take over their spot over on Talkshoe. Attorneymom will be joining me. The call in number over there is Phone Number: (724) 444-7444 Call ID: 32363
It is a bit of a different set up than BTR, but not by much. To listen to the show you can go here.
Again, that is tonight IMMEDIATELY following tonight's debate over at Two Guys and a Mic over on Talkshoe.com
Just to stop the flood of emails I am getting about this. I know about the infamous Obama Waffles. As a political junkie, there is very little that happens during this stage of the campaign that I don't know about. Especially if it is an AP wire story.
Apparently at some conservative conference they were selling Obama Waffles a la Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben's of course the people who are selling the waffles don't see anything wrong in dabbling in racial stereotypes blah blah blah not intended to offend blah blah blah satire blah, blah blah. Of course the Obama Waffles are selling like hotcakes ( pardon the pun) you can check out the actual images of the waffles at their website www.obamawaffles.com featuring an image of what I guess these people believe MIchelle Obama looks like saying "What Are your Waiting For? They're selling like hotcakes."
While Obama Waffles takes aim at Obama's politics by poking fun at his public remarks and positions on issues, it also plays off the old image of the pancake-mix icon Aunt Jemima, which has been widely criticized as a demeaning stereotype. Obama is portrayed with popping eyes and big, thick lips as he stares at a plate of waffles and smiles broadly.
Placing Obama in Arab-like headdress recalls the false rumor that he is a follower of Islam, though he is actually a Christian.
On the back of the box, Obama is depicted in stereotypical Mexican dress, including a sombrero, above a recipe for ''Open Border Fiesta Waffles'' that says it can serve ''4 or more illegal aliens.'' The recipe includes a tip: ''While waiting for these zesty treats to invade your home, why not learn a foreign language?''
The novelty item also takes shots at 2004 Democratic nominee John Kerry, Obama's wife, Michelle, and Obama's former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Washington Post
I would recommend that you follow the Obama campaign's lead on this one, but you will ignore me anyway so I won't even bother. There will be a mini firestorm on the internet declaring this OUTRAGEOUS and we will burn another two or three news cycles talking about everything BUT substantive policy,issues, of the perilous future of our nation in the midst of world political instability, an energy crisis, natural disasters, rising unemployment, inflation, devaluation of the dollar,and a credit crisis.
Lipstick, Waffles, and Wolves OH MY!
So last week it was lipstick, this week it's waffles, next week we'll be talking about wolves, lions, tigers and bears. Then we'll be wondering why Palin always wears red shoes. Then we'll make Michelle Obama and Cindy Mccain have a brownie bake off. In the interim, we'll get our Presiential debate analysis from Saturday Night Live and people will debate the colors of the ties that McCain and Obama wear. Then we'll have a poll to see which of the candidates people want to have pizza and beer with.
All the while the price of gas is going to head to $6 and this hurricane season isn't even remotely over. People are getting blown up by remote control in Afghanistan OH YEAH and in case y'all missed it, RUSSIAN BOMBERS have landed in Venezuela ie... the western hemisphere. For those of you who aren't student's of US History, that ain't a good thing. Did I mention that we just mortgaged future generations up to their eyeballs in DEBT by bailing out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? Oh yeah its a new week so that means another bank will be failing any day now. Is it November 4th yet???
So now you know that I know and I know that you know about the waffle mix and we have now promoted this obscure little culinary enterprise that no one knew or cared about 24 hours ago. Tomorrow John McCain will be asked to condemn the waffle mix and Barack Obama will say something to the effect of he's not paying attention to waffles, he's paying attention to the American people and the fact that rising inflation is making it harder for them to put waffles on the table. Rinse and repeat.
Oh yeah, they have their own Obama Waffle blog and are reveling in the "controversy".
It's been a long time since I've been cussed up one side and down the other. Yikes! There are some protesters outside with signs saying, "Focus on Your Own _____ Family." They brought their protests inside when they heard about Obama Waffles.One man, Rick, had a few choice words for me. Although none of them were four-letter words, they stung anyway.Another man protesting outside came inside to document our booth on his cellphone. I gave him a copy of the box. Talk about publicity! We welcome the debate and hope our fans will answer on our behalf.In the name of fairness and equity, I asked if I could take his photograph with my cellphone. He even held up the box.Obama Waffles Blog
So by all means, continue to help this waffle company with their viral internet marketing campaign.
Now if you will excuse me, I am returning my attention to the devastation of Hurricane Ike. Mother nature doesn't seem to care that we have a circus masquerading as a presidential campaign going on .
Sunday, October 26, 2008 at 7:20PM 