Naked in the Streets

That "naked"



"I did it too! In fact, I danced on the front porch, and yelled 'Whoo hoo!'"



"My partner and I went downstairs in our robes, dropped the robes and cracked up like a couple of giddy schoolgirls!"



And in Santa Cruz, Susie Bright That "naked" Facebook group had 227 celebrating members — and on election day, their reports began rolling in. "Its dark and cold here in Vermont, but it felt great!""I did it too! In fact, I danced on the front porch, and yelled 'Whoo hoo!'""My partner and I went downstairs in our robes, dropped the robes and cracked up like a couple of giddy schoolgirls!"And in Santa Cruz, Susie Bright reported that she "tore off my clothes and ran out on the front porch and screamed my head off."

Impeach Him Already!

Facebook users have already started



And another user's Facebook users have already started another dissenting group called "Impeach Barack Obama." In fact, they've started 30 different groups with variations on the same title, with a total of over 9,000 members. But soon other users were joining a competing group — called "Deport Those Who Wish To Impeach Barack Obama."And another user's group was titled simply "MCCAIN LOST! GET OVER IT!"

The Last Word?



Another Facebook user tried creating a



It currently has just 19 members. Another Facebook user tried creating a group called: "I bet I can find 1,000,000 people who hate political Facebook groups."It currently has just 19 members.

Funny Papers

A Cartoon Gamble

Wednesday South Park



They were still dubbing in dialogue hours before the episode aired — including actual text from Obama's victory speech. But Parker told the paper he was sure Obama would win — because of the odds at a sports betting site where he gambles on football. Wednesday South Park aired a story lampooning Obama's victory just one day after the election. The production staff "will be up all night working on Wednesday’s show," their blog announced Tuesday, and Trey Parker told the L.A. Times they'd decided that "we're just going to make the Obama version, and if McCain somehow wins, we're basically just totally screwed."They were still dubbing in dialogue hours before the episode aired — including actual text from Obama's victory speech. But Parker told the paper he was sure Obama would win — because of the odds at a sports betting site where he gambles on football.

Radio, Radio

A celebrating college radio station in Oregon played nothing but musical mixes of Obama's speeches for over an hour.



"It's really great to see people happy again," the DJ explained. "That's what the whole Obama thing is about."

Gun Sales are Up





"Pretty much anything with more than 10 rounds is in high demand right now," a gun salesman told the newspaper, noting that one dealer had sold 82 assault rifles in a single day. reported A Utah newspaper that "Local gun dealers quickly are running out of stock of magazines for Colt AR-15s and AK models." They're not stocking up for militias, but anticipating Obama's reinstatement of a federal Assault Weapons Ban."Pretty much anything with more than 10 rounds is in high demand right now," a gun salesman told the newspaper, noting that one dealer had sold 82 assault rifles in a single day.

The Internet Responds



Wednesday someone registered the domain



"No."



And in a smaller subtitle, it quotes a famously-misspelled protest sign.



"get a brain morans"



Wednesday someone registered the domain Has Obama Taken Away Your Guns Yet . com. In enormous letters, the site displays a single word."No."And in a smaller subtitle, it quotes a famously-misspelled protest sign."get a brain morans"

Catch-All Criticism

On Tuesday, a realtor in Georgia had also registered the domain I Blame Obama.com.

Flushing the Plumber

In the end, an ungrateful Joe the Plumber



All the attention landed him a book deal, and he's launched a charity



Ironically, the actual domain In the end, an ungrateful Joe the Plumber said "I was unhappy that my name was used as much as it was." In an interview with a British newspaper, he complains that instead "I think there were real other issues that should’ve been discussed during the debate.”All the attention landed him a book deal, and he's launched a charity site — where he's promoting his book and selling "freedom memberships" to the site — though he adds that "I will honor and support my president, but there will be no free ride."Ironically, the actual domain Joe the Plumber .com has belonged to a different plumber in Amarillo Texas since February of 2004. He's using his site to sell American flags, t-shirts — and advertising space on Joe the Plumber.com



He's not the only one selling clothing to "commemorate" Obama's victory. An ad on CNN argues that history was just made.



"And it comes in your size."

"Dear Sarah Palin," read a



"We eagerly await your $150,000 clothing donation on Nov. 5th.



"Thanks in advance, Goodwill." "Dear Sarah Palin," read a sign in a picture framing store in San Francisco."We eagerly await your $150,000 clothing donation on Nov. 5th."Thanks in advance, Goodwill."





"It voted for Obama." Andrew Sullivan supported Barack's candidacy, and celebrated Thursday by noting a sweet vindication from the state Pennsylvania. The county that Sarah Palin had called "the real America"?"It voted for Obama."





2009 will be the first year in 45 years without a Dole or a Bush in elected office. Blogger Steve Benen observed the historic moment with another startling discovery. 2009 will be the first year in 45 years without a Dole or a Bush in elected office.

45 minutes after Obama was elected, Roger Ebert



The 66-year-old film critic was quoting a speech Gerald Ford gave after assuming the Presidency from Richard Nixon. "I agree with Oliver Stone," Ebert wrote, "that Bush never knew he had been misled [into the Iraq war] until it was too late.



"I blame those who used him as their puppet." 45 minutes after Obama was elected, Roger Ebert wrote that "Our long national nightmare is ending."The 66-year-old film critic was quoting a speech Gerald Ford gave after assuming the Presidency from Richard Nixon. "I agree with Oliver Stone," Ebert wrote, "that Bush never knew he had been misled [into the Iraq war] until it was too late."I blame those who used him as their puppet."

After "new left" protesters clashed with police during the 1968 Democratic convention, Norman Mailer had predicted that a torn country "will be fighting for forty years." (One critic



But shortly before his death last year, 84-year-old After "new left" protesters clashed with police during the 1968 Democratic convention, Norman Mailer had predicted that a torn country "will be fighting for forty years." (One critic complained that "Here at our end of the forty-year war there are no Norman Mailers. Only pollsters. And consultants. And political scientists.")But shortly before his death last year, 84-year-old Mailer had made one of the only political campaign contributions of his life — to Barack Obama.

The violent clashes at the '68 convention haunted Democrats — but one liberal who never understood the protesters was Barack Obama's own mother.



"Emotionally her liberalism would always remain of a decidedly pre-1967 vintage," Obama wrote in The violent clashes at the '68 convention haunted Democrats — but one liberal who never understood the protesters was Barack Obama's own mother."Emotionally her liberalism would always remain of a decidedly pre-1967 vintage," Obama wrote in The Audacity of Hope , remembering that his mother's heart was "filled with images of the space program, the Peace Corps and Freedom Rides, Mahalia Jackson, and Joan Baez."





But one injury was reported Tuesday night — Chicago Sun-Times journalist Lynn Sweet, who injured her shoulder rushing to cover Obama's speech. In his first press conference, Obama noted wryly that "I think that was the only major incident during the entire Grant Park celebration." Obama gave his victory speech at the same park as those violent police-protester confrontations in 1968 — and pundits couldn't miss the symbolism. Obama "stands on the shoulders of the crowds of four decades ago," according to one protester. Now a sociology professor, Todd Gitlin told the New York Times that Obama's rebellion "takes the form of practicality. He has the audacity of reason."But one injury was reported Tuesday night — Chicago Sun-Times journalist Lynn Sweet, who injured her shoulder rushing to cover Obama's speech. In his first press conference, Obama noted wryly that "I think that was the only major incident during the entire Grant Park celebration."

The morning after Obama was elected, he was told he'd been expected by Alice Walker, author of



In



She closed her letter by saying Obama's smile "can find an answering smile in all of us, lighting our way, and brightening the world.



"We are the ones we have been waiting for." The morning after Obama was elected, he was told he'd been expected by Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple In an open letter , the 64-year-old author wrote that Obama had no idea how profound it was for southern blacks, though America's first black president was already "with us" and "in us" in previous generations, and "Knowing this, that you would actually appear, someday, was part of our strength."She closed her letter by saying Obama's smile "can find an answering smile in all of us, lighting our way, and brightening the world."We are the ones we have been waiting for."





"I think we got somebody." In 2004, Martin Luther King's widow had witnessed Obama's first address at the Democratic convention. King's daughter remembered that night after Tuesday's election results, saying her 76-year-old mother had said "Bernice, come here."I think we got somebody."

The Santa Cruz-based author belonged to a Facebook group called "I will walk out my front door naked as soon as Obama wins!"America went a little crazy on Tuesday night, finding a diversity of wild and wonderful ways to celebrate or to protest Obama's historic victory.Here's 20 of them.