2008 Election and the Barack Obama Afterparty!

Well this crazy monkey did his civic duty and exercised his right to vote on November 4, 2008. It was a fun process using the newer computerized voting system for the first time ever. It was quite easy and quick to make my votes too! No extra questions to vote on here, just three candidates to vote for and that was it. Even got my snazzy "I Voted" sticker with the American flag on it as you can see. Nice touch!



(We Love Ba-rack Obama, Ba-rack Obama!)

Now major congratulations go out to President-elect Barack Obama who makes history as the first ever African American to become our president. Obama has campaigned that the nation needs change and he is the man to bring it to us, so let's hope he has the magic fixes for our nation's problems!

There's been plenty of post-election celebration going on. As you may have heard, Obama has promised his two young daughters that puppy they've been wanting. The White House just isn't the same without a dog, but hey Barack, how about an inflated monkey?



There's a town in Japan called "Obama" and they were jubilant over Barack winning. The town had a huge celebration for its namesake's victory. There were Obama Girls hula dancers and musical acts, as well as dozens of supporters chanting "Obama! Obama! Obama!" O-B-A-M-A! The mayor of Obama Japan is planning to make Barack a special honorary citizen..pretty cool! Check out how Barack's victory was celebrated worldwide!


(Click above to watch ObamaGirl's music video!)

And don't forget the foxy Obama girl here in the US whose real name is Amber Lee Ettinger (pictured above in video). Amber was more than ecstatic over Barack's victory. She now wants an invite to the inauguration, or at least a thank you note from Barack. And hey why not, her YouTube video "I Got a Crush on Obama" had more than 10 million hits on YouTube. It gained notoriety and attention, possibly helping Barack's campaign a bit. It also was named biggest web video of 2007 by People magazine making her an internet phenom! Amber's definitely got a future career in politics...or music or something!!


(Beam me up Anderson Cooper!)

And speaking of music in the campaign, CNN had a cool new technology during their coverage last night. In true Star Wars or Star Trek futuristic fashion they beamed in people to the CNN studio as holograms. They even beamed in will.i.am, the rapper/producer behind "Yes We Can", a star-studded musical tribute to Obama. Mr. i.am was beamed in to speak with Anderson Cooper and deliver an important message to the Jedi Knights across the US. Check it out here!.

Once again, hip hip hooray for our new president-elect, Barack Obama, as his victory has seemed to uplift many spirits across our nation!!