2008 Presidential Candidates
Barack Obama
Andy Samberg’s SNL music video parody went viral, cementing its catchphrase for a generation of millennials
"Like a Boss"
This 2016 memoir launched its author’s political career that has already led to the Vice Presidency
Hillbilly Elegy
If it isn’t actually from this region of France, then technically it's just sparking wine
Champagne
This airplane was temporarily grounded in 2019 after high-profile crashes, but today it is Boeing’s best selling jet
737 Max 6
This Alaska governor's Vice President nomination was an olive branch to the Tea Party movement
Sarah Palin
“Hey Apple!” This anthropomorphic kitchen comedy series is still going strong over 800 episodes later
Annoying Orange
Katherine Stockett’s debut historical drama went #1 in 2010, and was adapted into a film starring Emma Stone and Viola Davis
The Help
Charles Shaw’s wines at Trader Joe's go by this rhyming nickname that references their extremely low price
"Two Buck Chuck"
This commercial jet could surpass Mach 2, allowing transatlantic flights in a mere 3 ½ hours
The Concord
“America’s Mayor” was a major Republican contender, but he ignored early races and failed to win a single state
Rudy Giuliani
In this crudely-animated video and song, a bird torments an innocent lemonade salesman
Ta-Nehesi Coates’s 2015 memoir catapulted him to literary stardom and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize
Between the World and Me
These wines are made from white grapes, but leave the crushed skins in during fermentation, creating a unique not-quite-Rose color
Orange Wine
This near-flightless wooden airplane was a labor of love for Howard Hughes during WWII
The Spruce Goose (H-4 Hercules)
This North Carolina progressive disappointed in early races; he later admitted to cheating on his terminally-ill wife with a campaign staffer
John Edwards
Both the YouTube series Marble Hornets and its character officially called “The Operator” are better known by this name
Slender Man
Gillian Flynn’s 2012 crime thriller earned praise as one of the decade’s top novels; the film adaptation starred Rosamund Pike
Gone Girl
This white wine from northern France gets its acidity and minerality from the region’s limestone-rich soil
Chablis
This iconic WWI triplane was flown by the Germans, including legendary ace The Red Baron
Fokker DR 1
This libertarian Texan polled in single digits, but he stayed in the Republican primary to the end, finishing fourth
Ron Paul
“Mr. Weebl” had already had success with Badger song before he dropped this insufferable animal-themed music video
"Narwhals Song"
Zoologist Delia Owens didn’t leave her old field behind in when she switched to fiction in 2018; there was still an animal in the title
Where the Crawdad Sings
“You do what to it?” In this step of the vinification process, flavor compounds from the stems and skins soak into the crushed grape must
On the first commercial transatlantic flight in 1939, Pan Am airlines took 22 passengers from New York to Marseilles in this Boeing
The Dixie Clipper (314 Clipper)