Hey, we used it! Congratulations, Stephen Colbert, for winning our global election. We raise our eggnog to you (and it has a lot of nutmeg)!
Original Description
Here at the North Pole we don't have political leanings, but we've heard rumblings that you all are having an election, so we wanted to play along! We thought we'd leave the name of the tree up to all 300 million of you gas-price-watching freedom lovers. We've limited the choices to our two favorite candidates, along with one write-in submitted by a rabid late-night TV talk show fan (who definitely is not the host of Stephen Colbert's The Colbert Report).
While we're extremely proud of our 2008 Election tree, we need a name for her. That's where we hope you, our fellow Americans, will help out. Vote for your favorite name from the three at the right there > > >, and we promise to use it.*
*Disclaimer: Treetopia will rename the tree per users' votes unless the Treetopia team, heretofore known as "Florida," deems it necessary to perform a recount. Chads, dangling or not, may or may not be included in said recount, depending on our mood and the amount of eggnog we've drunk.
Tree includes:
- Rotating stand (oh yes, this baby spins!)
- 15 LED white star lights (approx. 1 inch in diameter)
- Red, white, and blue (what did you expect?) branches
- Shimmery look on white branches
What? Treetopia made a mistake? It couldn't be!...
...And This Brings Us To Tonight’s Word: The Letter "J"
Tree Nation, you may have heard the report from Paige Phelps of the Dallas Morning News that we've misspelled Stephen T. Colbert's name on our election ballet. [Paige, nice catch!]
Ms. Phelps alleges we replaced the “T” with the more curvaceous “J.” Nation, it seems Stephen Colbert must not be proud of his middle name, Tyrone. [Can you blame him?] You can see this from his signature, where he leaves out any reference of "T" or "Tyrone."
If he loved his middle name, wouldn’t he use it? [Just like Barack’s friends call him “Hussein”]
Think of it this way: if Stephen Colbert wins our election, which looks like a sure bet, he’ll have Presidential power. Among these, he will have the ability to grant pardons. Previous to the founding Father(s), only Jesus granted pardons. So, by the transitive power of the letter “J,” Stephen J. Colbert must be Stephen Jesus Colbert. [No wonder he walks on water!]
You heard it here first, Jesus has his own cable TV show and just won an Emmy! [Along with his disciples...er, writers].
Now if only Stephen J. Colbert could stop Rain! And that’s tonight’s Word.
Yippee! The Vote for Me tree was featured on NY1's Fourth of July special. Check out the video here!
