Pushing for an Obama National Holiday

Can a monument on the Washington Mall be far behind?

Plans are being made to promote a national holiday for Barack Obama, who will become the nation's 44th president when he takes the oath of office Jan. 20.

"Yes We Can" planning rallies will be at 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. every Tuesday at the downtown McDonald's restaurant, 1100 Kansas Ave., until Jan. 13. The goals are to secure a national holiday in Obama's honor, to organize celebrations around his inauguration and to celebrate the 200th birthday of President Abraham Lincoln, who was born on Feb. 12 1809.

You know, that Lincoln dude has been hogging up the whole end of the reflecting pool for decades now. Since that's also where Martin Luther King gave his famous speech, I think they need to move Abe somewhere else and install the giant gold Obama in his place.