Do you ‘wanna Obama’?

How’s this for a catchy campaign slogan: “I wanna Obama.”

It’s got “Oprah-audience-jingle” written all over it. And Michael Glotzer hopes it takes off, too. The self-described “buyer of art, antiques and unique objects for clients in New York & Los Angeles” purchased the domain name www.iwannaobama.com last week and he’s looking to sell it, “if the offer is reasonable” (David Plouffe, are you listening?).

“I was driving down the street the other day,” Glotzer told Yeas & Nays in an e-mail, “when I saw a funny George Bush bumper sticker. ... I continued my drive and started to think of clever Obama names. I thought back to a talk show (Conan or Leno) where Obama spoke of Bush not ever remembering his name and calling him ‘Bama’ or ‘The Rock’ and all of a sudden, it hit me! iwannaobama.com. How funny and catchy! So, I went to godaddy.com and couldn’t believe it was available. Additionally, I bought a few others. uwannaobama.com, Obamatherock.com, etc.”

Glotzer says he’s already received a few offers but hasn’t accepted any yet.

Cheap toiletries, lousy newsletter among Gitmo beefs

Call it a case of defining torture down. The Department of Defense Tuesday released a partial transcript from an April Combatant Status Review Tribunal for an accused enemy combatant at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Posted immediately on TheSmokingGun.com, the transcript reflects what can be described as an expansive view of torture on the part of the prisoner.

Majid Khan, who claims that al Qaeda leader Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is his uncle, lists in a statement read by his legal counsel “some facts how they are mentally torturing us.”

Among them:

» “They them self [sic] use the best kind of stuff but give us cheap branded, unscented deodorant soap. … Also, same goes for shampoo, toothpaste, and deodorant, etc.”

» “The camp gives us only 12 to 14 pages of newsletter once [per] week. Most of the stuff is crap; only a few pages are worth [reading].”

» The balls in the main recreation facility “have little air in them; they hardly bounce.”

» There are no “mind stimulations, no solitary games, no DVD players, no entertainment.”

» Seemingly dismayed by all of this, an entry he made in what appears to be a journal on Feb. 22, reads: “I chewed my artery again. Medic cleaned my wound.”

Will ‘Indoctrinate U’ go mainstream?

“Indoctrinate U” is a documentary by Evan Coyne Maloney about campus political correctness. And, in this film, Maloney aims to be a conservative version of Michael Moore by filming confrontations between himself and college officials.

But unlike Moore, Maloney doesn’t yet have a major distributor willing to pick up his film. So, instead, he’s encouraging people to host local screenings in order to prove that a market does exist for a conservative documentary. One such screening took place last week at the National Press Club and roughly 60 people showed up.

“Political discussions are the lifeblood of Washington, so it’s a perfect fit for this audience,” Maloney told Yeas & Nays. “And if the film gets the kind of media coverage that the topic deserves, I’m optimistic that distributors will recognize the vast audience that exists for this film.”

Watanabe screens latest film for D.C. audience

Japanese actor Ken Watanabe (“Memoirs of a Geisha,” “Letters from Iwo Jima”) hosted a special advance screening of his latest film, “Memories of Tomorrow,” at the Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery on Monday. In the film, Watanabe portrays a man suffering from the onset of Alzheimer’s.

On Sunday, Japanese Ambassador Ryozo Kato held a reception at his residence for Watanabe.

Also on hand were Motion Picture Association of America head Dan Glickman, former Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta and representatives of the American Film Institute.

A source tells us Watanabe hung his hat at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel while in town.

Media mix

Montgomery Blair Sibley is the always confident, usually controversial civil attorney of accused D.C. Madam Deborah Jeane Palfrey. An area native, he traces back his roots to some of Washington’s legendary families, including the founders of Montgomery County. “God has a very strange sense of humor,” he replied when we asked him for his Media Mix.

Q: What are you listening to now?

The Proclaimers, “Sunshine on Leith”

Q: What was the last movie you saw?

My son and I watched “Flushed Away”

Q: What Web site do you visit in the morning?

MyYahoo.com

Q: What book are you reading?

“The Hinge Factor: How Chance and Stupidity Have Changed History” by Erik Durschmied

Q: What’s your favorite TV show?

“The Simpsons”

Speakeasy

“I know Ross Perot very well. I’ve skied with Ross and his son many, many years ago.”

– New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg, in the New York Observer’s Politicker blog