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Jon Stewart's Election Call for Obama

Wednesday November 5, 2008
Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert on Election Night Watch Jon Stewart call the election for Obama as part of The Daily Show and Colbert Report's special live coverage of Indecision 2008.

Stewart choked up after he announed to wild cheers from the audience that Obama was the president-elect. Stephen Colbert appeared to tear up, taking off his glasses and rubbing his eyes.

'Wasilla Hillbillies' Gone Wild and Other Post-Election Laughs

• McCain aides are wasting no time throwing Sarah Palin under the bus, describing her shopping spree as "Wasilla hillbillies looting Neiman Marcus from coast to coast"; revealing that she did not know Africa was a continent; recounting how she once greeted the McCain staff wearing only a towel; and dishing on her temper tantrums.

Obama Victory Bump • Check out political cartoons and funny pics saluting Obama's historic victory

• The First Dog is not taking the Republican defeat well. Watch video of Barney going rogue and biting a reporter

Borowitz Report: Palin Hoping to be Named Ambassador to Africa

David Letterman presents the Top Ten Surprising New Revelations About Sarah Palin: #6: Thinks "NAFTA" stands for "Need Another Fifty Thousand for Accessories"

The Onion: Black Man Given Nation's Worst Job

• Watch The Daily Show's Obama Victory Coverage

Borowitz Report: Failure to Blow Election Stuns Democrats

The Onion: Nation Finally Sh**ty Enough To Make Social Progress

The Onion: Obama Win Causes Obsessed Backers To See How Empty Lives Are

23/6 presents a funny slide show featuring election reaction from around the world

Comments

November 5, 2008 at 11:03 pm
(1) Joseph D. Smith says:

Oh god that is so funny! Palin greeting McCain’s top aids with only a towel? Even though I didn’t want her to win, I have always known how hot she really is! That is just too great.

November 5, 2008 at 11:20 pm
(2) Lou says:

Perhaps that episode will be highlighted in Hustler Video’s “Who’s Nailin’ Paylin 2.”

November 6, 2008 at 4:35 am
(3) jen says:

We can all be thankful that the “Wasilla Hillbillies” reality show has been canceled.

November 7, 2008 at 11:24 am
(4) carlo etienne says:

she has five kids ( naturally) ,she may look good but can she hold it(if you what i mean) ?

November 7, 2008 at 2:31 pm
(5) Blowhard says:

When I checked out the Wasilla Hillbillies, I originally thought, “We’re going to miss those Hillbillies. They were a lotta laughs!” Then I realized Palin would have been a heartbeat away from the leader of the most powerful nation on the planet who had stage 3 recurring cancer, was not likely to survive his first term and would have been 72 when he took office. Chill ran down my spine that felt like a bullet whizzing past my head and just seven words flashed in my brain: “Goodbye and good riddance to bad garbage!”

November 7, 2008 at 4:34 pm
(6) JT says:

The Election Is Over Poem

The election is over,
The results have been known.
The will of the people,
Has clearly been shown.

Let’s forget all our quarrels,
And show by our deeds,
That we’ll give Obama,
All the help that he needs.

And, let’s stop all the spinning,
All that rhetoric crap.
Let’s embrace all the changes.
That the Dem’s have on tap.

Yes, let’s quit all the bickering,
And let bitterness pass.
I’ll hug your elephant,
And you kiss my ass!

November 8, 2008 at 7:00 pm
(7) Lynn says:

Anyone who believes that junk about Palin should crawl back under that rock they just came out from under. Use some intelligence, will you??

November 8, 2008 at 7:19 pm
(8) mike says:

You should direct your comments to the McCain campaign. They’re the ones who are dishing all the embarrassing dirt on Palin, presumably because they blame her for the campaign’s failures and because they hope to save America from a Palin presidential bid in 2012.

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