Forget hockey moms, hangovers with the president's daughters and Auto-Tune. We're kicking out 2008 and giving you a prelude to what's in store for 2009. Stay rooted in The Root for the new year!
| ROOTED | BOOTED |
 Dead Fish in the mail |
 Hunting accidents |
| Sleepovers with the president's daughters | Hangovers with the president's daughters |
 Rachel Maddow |
 Chris Matthews |
| Being proud of your country for the first time in your adult life | "I just don't want us to fall backwards." |
| David Gregory Dancing | George Bush Dancing |
| Shepherd Park, D.C. | McLean, VA. |
| Palling around with Clintonites | Palling around with terrorists |
| The Constitution | Presidential signing statements |
| Nate Silver | Mark Penn |
| Poker in the White House | Gambling away the federal budget |
| Politically-inspired animated films | Animals acting like dimwit humans in animated films |
 Sweatpants at the gym |
 Sweatpants at the club |
| 10-piece live bands | Auto-Tune |
| Compilation albums | Sampling |
| Public libraries | Starbucks |
| True Blood | Mad Men |
| The Daily Beast | Huffington Post |
| Loving your kids | Returning your kids |
| Smoking bans | Oxygen bars |
| Soul food at Henry's | Soul food at Harold's |
| Skype | Human contact |
| Scribd | Flash drives |
 Adele |
 Amy Winehouse |
| Hulu | Bootleg DVDs |
 Pork |
 Tuna steaks |
| Chilled Cabernet Franc | Room-temperature Merlot |
| Italian Lacinato kale | Southern collard greens |
 Janelle Monae |
 Rihanna |
| Tweeting your break-up | Texting your break-up |
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[12] http://www.slate.com/id/2204046/
[13] http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/12/cheney/
[14] http://www.breitbart.tv/html/49244.html
[15] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVlwH7-05Fk
[16] http://www.gigglesugar.com/920598
[17] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGpXtIFjlcc
[18] http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/07/fashion/07dc.html?pagewanted=all
[19] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/11/AR2006091101262.html
[20] http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19096616
[21] http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/187343/october-07-2008/nate-silver
[22] http://www.burson-marsteller.com/About_Us/Global_Leadership/Lists/GlobalLeadership/DispForm.aspx?ID=1&nodeName=Global%20Leadership&SubTitle=Mark%20J.%20Penn
[23] http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/09/nyregion/09nyc.html
[24] http://www.thedailybeast.com/
[25] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
[26] http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1859951,00.html?xid=rss-topstories
[27] http://www.theroot.com/id/49027
[28] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA5rwFjPXmA&feature=related
[29] http://www.skype.com/
[30] http://www.scribd.com/
[31] http://www.myspace.com/adelelondon
[32] http://www.hulu.com/
[33] http://www.myspace.com/janellemonaehttp:/www.myspace.com/janellemonae
[34] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/14/AR2007091401972_pf.html
[35] http://www.theroot.com/views/hello-2009-farewell-2008
[36] http://www.theroot.com/views/south-africa-faces-momentous-2009
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[39] http://www.theroot.com/views/Politics
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[46] http://www.theroot.com/views/audrey-smaltz
[47] http://www.theroot.com/views/eddie-longs-coronation
[48] http://www.theroot.com/views/top-5-whitney-houston-performances