Inflated Dreams: Election night led to hook-ups, hot air.

When Barack Obama became president-elect of the United States, Washingtonians made sure that eight years of Bush administration rule came to an appropriate end.

The anticipation for an Obama presidency began as a casual flirtation with his 2004 DNC speech, mounted with two years of election-season foreplay, and finally culminated in a clusterfuck when the election was called at 11 p.m. on Nov. 4. The celebration was a double entendre of epic proportions—an orgasmic display of patriotism by thousands of wet people who erupted into the rainy streets of Washington to remove their clothing, embrace strangers, and engage in unbridled dancing.

Some Washingtonians ventured to take the analogy further.
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America’s Most Wanted wants to know. Renee Rosenfeld, a producer of the show, wrote in to the D.C. Police 1st District Listserv yesterday, asking for information about “the beating [of] 2 guys waving a Rainbow flag near the White House on Tuesday night.” Rosenfeld wrote that “ABC videotaped” the incident but that they “are trying to ID the victims before they release the story.” Rosenfeld asks anyone with information in the incident to contact her. Do the right thing, D.C. Contact me first!