I'm just picking up where I left off here yesterday (and before I forget, I should note that I also posted over here).Dregs Of The Year Nominee
Bucks County Chief Operations Officer David Sanko here for locking newly-elected supervisor Diane Marseglia (from last March) out of her office the first day on the job, since she gave a reporter the combination to the commissioners’ office suite; so much for open government.
The “Girls Gone Wild” Citation Of The Year (Thus Far)
The New York chapter of NOW utterly loses its mind over Ted Kennedy’s endorsement of Barack Obama (here).
The “Yeah, You Both Know How To Prostitute Yourselves” Citation
Actor Jon Voight called Rudy Giuliani here “an angel sent from heaven to save New York” when stumping for him in Florida (here also – h/t Eschaton).
Media Dregs Of The Year Nominee
Harry Smith of The Early Show on CBS for hinting at an Obama assassination here.
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Brent Caflisch, who lambasted an anti-Bush petition in Vermont and thought those members of the Select Board responsible should have their heads cut off here – this man is mentally ill (h/t BarbinMD at The Daily Kos).
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Lamar Smith for this (Texas U.S. House wingnut - redundant?)
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"Jello Jay" Rockefeller (here)
Do Gooder Of The Year Nominee
Steven Spielberg for pulling out of his advisory role on the Beijing Olympics in the dispute over China’s role in the Darfur crisis (here).
Do Gooder of the Year Nominee
Tom Scholz of Boston for telling one-time Repug presidential nominee Mike Huckabee to stop using the band’s song when he was campaigning (here).
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Pentagon general counsel William (“We’ve Got To Have Convictions”) Haynes (as The Nation notes, we once criticized the Soviet Union for stuff like this).
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Harold Ford, Jr. for endorsing Chris Shays in his re-election bid (Is it any wonder Ford lost in ’06? And by the way, Shays lost too).
Update 5/11/09: He remains an idiot (here).
Dregs Of The Year Nominee
Bill Kristol (no particular reason – so many from which to choose, many of which are noted here)
Do Gooder Of The Year Nominee
U.S. House Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) for telling off FDA Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach here
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Repug U.S. House Rep Jack Kingston of GA (so many reasons to nail this guy, but this is the latest; kudos to Dan Abrams – I’m sure Kingston will still get the chance to spout his garbage on “Real Time” despite this, though).
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Pro golfer Tripp Isenhour for killing that hawk (here)
Do Gooder Of the Year Nominee
Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) for urging Dubya to boycott the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Beijing (here) - would that Commander Codpiece had actually listened to him
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Oliver North for blaming the Democrats for the bombing of a Times Square Army recruitment office here (many other reasons)
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Congressman Steve King for claiming that “al Qaeda will be dancing in the streets” if Obama wins here (and he’s refusing to apologize – what a dick; by the way, he did and they didn’t)
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Geraldine Ferraro (and she left the HRC campaign, let’s not forget, because she thought Obama was trying to get Clinton through her and she wouldn’t let that happen…or something - here, here, and here).
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Former Department of Veterans Affairs Undersecretary for Benefits Daniel Cooper, who said that attending a Bible study class was more important than doing his job (happy to emphasize “former” here).
Do Gooder Of The Year Nominee
Structural engineer Peter Kim of the PA Department of Transportation, who spotted an enormous crack in a support column beneath I-95 in Philadelphia while driving to go pick up a sausage sandwich; Kim took a picture of the column crack with his cell phone, contacted PennDOT and sent them the photo, and had the affected portion of the road closed to effect emergency repairs (God only knows what would have happened had Kim not been alert enough to see it - here).
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Deadeye Dick Cheney (so many reasons, but maybe comparing Iraq to the Civil War and Dubya to Lincoln – and on the 5th anniversary, no less – might be the topper here)
Crybaby Of The Year Nominee
James Carville, who drew an analogy between Bill Richardson supporting Obama and the most notorious betrayal in history here (i.e., Richardson endorsed Obama on Good Friday).
Racist Of The Year Nominee
Pat Buchanan (h/t HuffPo for this – what passes for an intelligent opinion on the Obama speech…still no denunciation of McCain for Hagee/Parsley from Buchanan or his conservative fellow travelers, and Pat’s “typical black hustler shakedown” remark was particularly odious; word to that, yo – dare we revisit The Sainted Ronnie R and Philadelphia, Mississippi again?).
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AG Michael Mukasey here (God, these people will be trying to score cheap political points with 9/11 until they’re dragged kicking and screaming from power – additional dishonorable Mukasey mention for refusing to appoint a task force to look into the subprime mortgage meltdown in June - gee, ya' think that might have helped head off the year-end collapse?; Abu G. did for Enron, which had a lot less impact).
And Glenzilla brings us Lee Hamilton’s response…
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PA Governor Ed Rendell for praising Fox’s campaign coverage here (I NEVER thought I would include him in a category like this).
More later...
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