BARACK Obama has a step-brother, Obatma, who once lived in a cave near Nairobi. A half-man, half-bat, he is endorsing Obama so the Democrat presidential candidate is now assured of the mutant vote.
That was a so-called exclusive story from weeklyworldnews.com, a supermarket tabloid which disappeared from the shelves last year but resurrected online.
The publication, which has the “best damn investigative reporting on the planet” at least according to Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) in Men In Black, also broke a story about John McCain selling secret government artifacts on e-bay.
But the Republican candidate “doesn’t quite get computers, and sold it all too cheaply.” (The US media has previously mocked McCain for his not-so-savvy IT skills after he mentioned in a newspaper interview that he had never felt any particular need to send e-mails.)
In the spirit of the just concluded Halloween, politics can be bizarre, scary and fun in America.
Ricky’s NYC, a costume superstore in Gotham, offered Miss Alaska for US$22.99 (RM81.18). The costume included a pair of glasses and a sash with the words “Miss Vice-President” on the back.
A blog posting reported that the store had sold 600 Palin outfits within three weeks.
“The nation’s eyes aren’t just on Sarah Palin – they’re on her glasses,” as USA Today put it so well last month. Her Kazuo Kawasaki frames cost at least US$375 (RM1,324).
But a pair of fake Palin glasses to complete the Alaska governor’s look comes cheap at just US$9.99 (RM35.27), courtesy of Ricky’s NYC. “Sexy Palin wigs” are already sold out there.
Her wigs are popular even in a Brooklyn store that sells the accessory for Orthodox Jewish women, whose custom requires them to cover their hair.
Theirs are known as sheitel, a Yiddish word.
According to the New York Post last week, the shop sold about 50 “Sarah P” wigs in the past five weeks although it was by no means an endorsement of the Republican.
Joe the Plumber has a more expensive price tag compared to Palin at Ricky’s NYC. The costume that costs US$49.99 (RM176.51), includes a jumpsuit, cap, name tag holder and “best of all ... four interchangeable name tags to swap out on the fly depending on who you’re debating with at the party!” its website declared.
Obama masks are sold out at Halloween Adventure, the master of masquerade, and so is McCain’s.
One of the McCain masks available in stores has a label by Fright Factory.
Clearly, it’s party politics for the Americans.
Not everyone shares the enthusiasm, though. A writer in satirical newspaper The Onion remarked that “just contemplating all the sexy politics related costumes this year is enough to ruin sex, politics and Halloween simultaneously.”
Bookstores such as Barnes & Noble have been pushing titles such as Ghosts, Zombies and the Supernatural and The Zombie Survival Guide.
Then there is Bat Boy Lives!: The Weekly World News Guide to Politics, Culture, Celebrities, Alien Abductions, and the Mutant Freaks that Shape Our World which has a story on Hillary Clinton’s hot nights with aliens.
They say politics is dirty but here in pro-Democrat New York, T-shirt messages are equally dirty or rather naughty. There was one with the caricature of a donkey (the Democrat Party symbol) doing the unprintable to an elephant, the Republican mascot.
These days, however, the credit crunch is more frightening for Americans. So retailers tried to seize the day, using politics and Halloween to lure consumers to dig deep into their pockets.
“One thing Obama and McCain can agree on: Buying shoes is not debatable!” a sign outside a Steve Madden store boldly declared. Another store proclaimed “Vote for new shoes”.
Gap, the clothing store, asked shoppers to stand up for their beliefs, asking “What do you vote for?” and encouraging them to express themselves through videos and buttons.
Then, how about a toast to the “scariest wine sale of the year” which offered “frighteningly low prices”? And an advertisement for single-family homes and villas promised “No tricks, only treats”.
What about for Obatma? Apparently, the potential First Lady has not warmed up to him. “That boy is strange. He will not be coming near my house or my kids,” Michelle Obama reportedly said, as concocted by weeklyworldnews.com.
In real life, ordinary people such as Obama’s toilet repairman isn’t too keen either about visiting the senator’s home in Chicago these days.
Troy Dunn, who has been Obama’s regular plumber for four years, told the New York Post that he had never met the Democrat nominee but wife Michelle was a real nice woman.
“I’m not a big fan of going there right now, though, because of the Secret Service. It’s kind of a pain,” he said.
That was a so-called exclusive story from weeklyworldnews.com, a supermarket tabloid which disappeared from the shelves last year but resurrected online.
The publication, which has the “best damn investigative reporting on the planet” at least according to Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) in Men In Black, also broke a story about John McCain selling secret government artifacts on e-bay.
But the Republican candidate “doesn’t quite get computers, and sold it all too cheaply.” (The US media has previously mocked McCain for his not-so-savvy IT skills after he mentioned in a newspaper interview that he had never felt any particular need to send e-mails.)
In the spirit of the just concluded Halloween, politics can be bizarre, scary and fun in America.
Ricky’s NYC, a costume superstore in Gotham, offered Miss Alaska for US$22.99 (RM81.18). The costume included a pair of glasses and a sash with the words “Miss Vice-President” on the back.
A blog posting reported that the store had sold 600 Palin outfits within three weeks.
“The nation’s eyes aren’t just on Sarah Palin – they’re on her glasses,” as USA Today put it so well last month. Her Kazuo Kawasaki frames cost at least US$375 (RM1,324).
But a pair of fake Palin glasses to complete the Alaska governor’s look comes cheap at just US$9.99 (RM35.27), courtesy of Ricky’s NYC. “Sexy Palin wigs” are already sold out there.
Her wigs are popular even in a Brooklyn store that sells the accessory for Orthodox Jewish women, whose custom requires them to cover their hair.
Theirs are known as sheitel, a Yiddish word.
According to the New York Post last week, the shop sold about 50 “Sarah P” wigs in the past five weeks although it was by no means an endorsement of the Republican.
Joe the Plumber has a more expensive price tag compared to Palin at Ricky’s NYC. The costume that costs US$49.99 (RM176.51), includes a jumpsuit, cap, name tag holder and “best of all ... four interchangeable name tags to swap out on the fly depending on who you’re debating with at the party!” its website declared.
Obama masks are sold out at Halloween Adventure, the master of masquerade, and so is McCain’s.
One of the McCain masks available in stores has a label by Fright Factory.
Clearly, it’s party politics for the Americans.
Not everyone shares the enthusiasm, though. A writer in satirical newspaper The Onion remarked that “just contemplating all the sexy politics related costumes this year is enough to ruin sex, politics and Halloween simultaneously.”
Bookstores such as Barnes & Noble have been pushing titles such as Ghosts, Zombies and the Supernatural and The Zombie Survival Guide.
Then there is Bat Boy Lives!: The Weekly World News Guide to Politics, Culture, Celebrities, Alien Abductions, and the Mutant Freaks that Shape Our World which has a story on Hillary Clinton’s hot nights with aliens.
They say politics is dirty but here in pro-Democrat New York, T-shirt messages are equally dirty or rather naughty. There was one with the caricature of a donkey (the Democrat Party symbol) doing the unprintable to an elephant, the Republican mascot.
These days, however, the credit crunch is more frightening for Americans. So retailers tried to seize the day, using politics and Halloween to lure consumers to dig deep into their pockets.
“One thing Obama and McCain can agree on: Buying shoes is not debatable!” a sign outside a Steve Madden store boldly declared. Another store proclaimed “Vote for new shoes”.
Gap, the clothing store, asked shoppers to stand up for their beliefs, asking “What do you vote for?” and encouraging them to express themselves through videos and buttons.
Then, how about a toast to the “scariest wine sale of the year” which offered “frighteningly low prices”? And an advertisement for single-family homes and villas promised “No tricks, only treats”.
What about for Obatma? Apparently, the potential First Lady has not warmed up to him. “That boy is strange. He will not be coming near my house or my kids,” Michelle Obama reportedly said, as concocted by weeklyworldnews.com.
In real life, ordinary people such as Obama’s toilet repairman isn’t too keen either about visiting the senator’s home in Chicago these days.
Troy Dunn, who has been Obama’s regular plumber for four years, told the New York Post that he had never met the Democrat nominee but wife Michelle was a real nice woman.
“I’m not a big fan of going there right now, though, because of the Secret Service. It’s kind of a pain,” he said.
