ELECTORAL HIGHLIGHTS

The USA elections are now over. We all know who won, we got to know the contenders, but what about third parties? The media don't care much about them, but they exist: the Constitution Party, the Green Party, the Libertarian Party are the biggest and they also had presidential candidates, but there are also such parties as the Prohibition Party or the US Marijuana Party. You can learn more here, and take a look at the candidates here.

There are also non-partisan, independent candidates who just decided to run for President. Even Paris Hilton presented her (fake) candidacy! A MacCain campaign ad critisiced Obama's leadership by comparing him to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton: "He's the biggest celebrity in the world. But is he ready to lead?" (were they calling him an airhead?). Paris responded with another ad: "Hey America, I'm Paris Hilton and I'm a celebrity too. Only I'm not from the olden days and I'm not promising change like that other guy. I'm just hot!"



Is she dull or is it my imagination?

Both candidates were endorsed by politicians and celebrities. One endorsement in particular made The Obama Girl famous. She caused a sensation by singing 'I got a crush... on Obama' (actually, she lip-synched). Obama's daughters found the video disturbing.




A star was born when MacCain picked his Vice-Presidential candidate: Sarah Palin. Comedians had a field day with her. Here are some samples:

• "Political experts are saying that to succeed in the vice presidential debate, Sarah Palin needs to show that she has the same concerns as everyday Americans. For instance, Palin planned to start the debate by saying she's really troubled by John McCain's choice for vice president."-Conan O'Brien

• "Have you been watching the Sarah Palin interview with Katie Couric on the 'CBS Evening News'? Pretty interesting. Sarah Palin could not remember the name of a newspaper or a magazine that she reads. And I was thinking, wow, we could possibly have a leader of the country who doesn't read. And then I thought, well, hell it's worked pretty good for George Bush."--David Letterman

• "Earlier today, Governor Sarah Palin held a meeting with several leaders from other countries to showcase her foreign policy expertise. That's right, yeah. Experts say the meeting took 90 seconds." --Conan O'Brien

Finally, see this celebrity-packed ad promoting... absentism!?