(Part One is here, Part Two is here, and Part Three is here).Dregs of the Year Nominee
Larry Eugene North, who apparently had a thing for putting pipe bombs in mailboxes (here - charming)…
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Bergen County Education Association President Joe Coppola, who wrote a letter joking about the death of governor Chris Christie here (no, I most certainly don’t like Christie either, but Coppola was a numbskull for not thinking this would get out).
Now do you want to know something that is funny (funny “strange” as opposed to funny “ha ha,” I mean)? The fact that our corporate media can work itself into indignation over this, though I recall barely a peep out of them when Glenn Beck once said that he wanted to strangle Michael Moore here (i.e., a different standard for lefties, I mean).
Acidic Stage Production Review Of The Year
Ben Brantley of the New York Times absolutely savaged “The Addams Family” on April 9th here (describing a “baleful ectoplasm”…truly, you have to read this).
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I know the bar is set really low here, but I have to give it to Repug U.S. House Rep Mike Pence for defending fellow Dem House Rep John Lewis (here).
On the other hand...
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Yep, here's Mike Pence again, calling for a ban on government funding for Planned Parenthood.
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Right-wing hate radio vermin Neal Boortz, for stating here that people who support Obama should lose their jobs (of course, firing people for that reason is incredibly illegal)
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Mike Huckabee, for comparing gays to drug users here (I can recall all of those corporate media stories about Huckabee and his down-home, “aw, shucks” personality and his little quips – sound familiar? Think of a certain moose-hunting former Alaska governor, as well as a certain 43rd president – when in reality all he was doing was hiding an ugly intolerance that creeps out every so often, such as right now)
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Roland S. Martin of CNN for “going there” (here) and calling Confederate Civil War soldiers “domestic terrorists” (funny, but when you ask those who support the South what else the Civil War was about besides slavery – well, they come back with the usual “states rights” BS, which is even more ridiculous considering what the Republican Party turned into under Dubya – if they’re so big on “states rights,” then why the hell did Abu G and Ass-Croft care about medical marijuana use in Oregon, for example, or California’s regulation of greenhouse gases? And then “honor, valor, blah blah blah”…but all of that had to be in the name of preserving something, and what else was there to preserve except slavery?)…
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Conversely, to Repug Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi here, for saying that fellow Repug Southern Governor Bob McDonnell’s omission of slavery in his proclamation honoring the Confederacy was “insensitive (but)… To me, it's a sort of feeling that it's a nit. That it is not significant, that it's not a – it's trying to make a big deal out of something doesn't amount to diddly.”
And by the way, I don’t know who DNC spokesperson Hari Sevugan is, but this was one hell of a comeback…
"Governor Barbour defended the indefensible this morning and in doing so portrayed a Republican mindset that is not only out of touch with this century, but the last one as well,” DNC national press secretary (Sevugan) said in a written statement. “To say that the systematic condemnation of millions to bondage and generation upon generation to servitude is ‘not significant,’ or that the tearing apart of families and the selling of human beings as cattle ‘doesn't amount to diddly’ is outrageous for any public official to say, let alone a man Republicans have placed in a position of leadership.”To quote Howard Dean, “YEEEEAAAARRRRGGGHHHH!!!!”
Sevugan added, “These comments are unacceptable and should be universally condemned in the strongest terms. A failure to do so will send a strong message to all Americans that Republicans endorse Governor Barbour's sentiments and are content not only to be left behind in another century, but that they deserve to be a small regional party in the permanent minority”
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Tea Party New York gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino for some, how would you put it, “unprofessional” communication here, particularly in public office (wow, sexism, racism and bestiality all at one – what a trifecta!)
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Repug U.S. House Rep Paul Broun of GA, for encouraging people not to fill out their census forms completely (#1, that’s illegal; #2, taxpayers will have to pay for a census worker to make a return trip to someone’s house to make sure everything is filled out eventually, you fool...here)
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Part-time songwriter Orrin Hatch here, for opposing full DC representation in Congress (as usual, sane minds tried to compromise with Republican idiots, giving Utah an extra at-large House set to balance things out, but Hatch and his pals oppose anything that would grant DC residents the full “voice” they’re entitled to in their government)
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Pulaski County (Arkansas) Judge Chris Piazza, who struck down a law in that state banning same-sex couples from adopting (here)…
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Pittsburgh Steelers’ quarterback (and apparent serial rapist when he’s drunk) Ben Roethlisberger (here)…
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Matthew Clemmens of Cherry Hill, NJ., the Philies fan who intentionally threw up on the 11-year old daughter of Police Capt. Michael Vangelo of Easton, Pa. and Vangelo himself (way to create all kinds of negative publicity for the club as well as traumatizing this little girl, you thug; also, this probably qualifies Clemmens for a Darwin Award, seeing as how he threw up on a cop…and no way the Phillies are to blame for this - looks like he got what he deserved here).
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Thomas Mitchell, editor of the Las Vegas Review Journal, who called here for a repeal of the 19th Amendment (yes, this clown actually runs a newspaper – h/t Atrios)
The “Obviously, This Guy’s Never Been Told That He ‘Made The Earth Move’” Citation
An Iranian cleric said that women “who wear revealing clothing and behave promiscuously” in that country were responsible for earthquakes here – too funny
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The College Republicans of Western Kentucky; as noted here, they’ve designated a day every year to honor Former President Highest Disapproval Rating In Gallup Poll History (apparently, there is no American History curricula to be found in that state’s universities, at least none prepared by an individual with greater than a single-digit IQ)…
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Repug Arizona Governor Jan Brewer for signing that state's "illegal to be brown" law here (also to Brewer for this)
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Huckleberry Graham gets it here for bailing on climate change legislation because he’s unhappy that the Dems are “hurrying” on immigration reform legislation.
And this makes me recall all of the many, many, many corporate media news stories about supposedly moderate Repugs (Olympia Snowe, Mike Enzi, Grassley, and now Graham) who act like they’re going to cooperate with Democrats before they do their “Lucy pulling the football from Charlie Brown” number at the last minute, and as a consequence, the Beltway stenographers (see Broder, David) and chatterers end up tut-tutting about how those bad Democrats are sooo partisan.
Meanwhile, issues of consequence refuse to get addressed and we continue to sink under the weight of political impotence brought on by Repug obstruction.
What country am I living in again?
(Actually, what I’ve learned about this since the story broke was that Graham was hoping to get the bill passed before Fix Noise and the rest of the right-wing noise machine found out, but Harry Reid moved up the immigration bill to help with his re-election prospects and messed up the deal as far as Graham was concerned – still lame, but rational on some level anyway.)
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Ben Nelson, for joining Senate Repugs in blocking financial reform legislation (here)…
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“Chicken Lady” Sue Lowden running for the U.S. Senate from Nevada as a Repug, of course, here (lucky she lost the Repug nomination to Sharron Angle, or Lowden would probably be in the Senate now)…
…also, she apparently didn’t know if she’d leased a bus for her campaign or it was a gift in excess of $5 grand, which would be illegal (here).
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Dr. Pat Bertroche, who favored putting microchips in illegal immigrants (here) - probably had something to do with why he ended up losing the Repug primary…
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Stephanie Grace, a third-year Harvard law student who sent out an Email about “the inherent stupidity of black people” (here...h/t Atrios)
Do Gooder Of The Year Nominees
Dem U.S. House Rep Chris Van Hollen and Sen. Charles Schumer, for introducing legislation to try and mitigate the effects of that horrible Citizens United ruling here (unfortunately, it didn't get anywhere because of the usual reasons, and with the bunch taking over the House next year, rest assured they won't do a thing about it)…
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U.S. Congressman from Texas (natch – party affiliation necessary?) Ted Poe, for comparing illegal immigrants to grasshoppers (stuff like this makes me wish George Lopez would run for Congress and win since he'd have a great time roasting characters like this guy to his face)...
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Former Repug U.S. House Rep Wayne Gilchrest, for some “straight talk,” if you will, concerning Boehner and Cantor here…
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Adrian Gonzalez of the San Diego Padres, for saying that he will boycott the 2011 All-Star Game to be held in Phoenix if he is voted to play and Arizona’s “illegal to be brown” law is still on the books (here - San Diego traded him to Boston recently - I'm sure this wasn't related to that)…
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Anti-gay preacher George Alan Rekers; as TPM tells us here, he was caught with a male “escort” leaving a plane (uh, the guy was helping me with my luggage, and maybe a package…yeah, that’s the ticket)
Do Gooder of the Year Nominees
The NBA’s Phoenix Suns, who wore their “Los Suns” uniforms on Cinco de Mayo to protest that state’s “illegal to be brown” law (here)
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Brad Goehring, running for the Republican nomination in California’s 11th congressional district with the election in June, who posted a message on his Facebook wall declaring “hunting season” on liberals (here - this idiot lost the Repug primary to David Harmer, who lost the general to Dem Jerry McNerney...ha ha)
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Jim Inhofe for this and Jim DeMint for this...
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T.J. Rooney of the PA Democratic Party gets a “Dregs” citation for this (seems that everyone counted out Admiral Joe, but he very nearly pulled off what would have been a miracle in this electoral climate; Specter would have done no better, and maybe worse - by the way, a lot of PA voters who cast their lot with "No Corporate Tax" Toomey are going to have one hell of a case of "buyer's remorse").
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Those Maine teabaggers who held one of their little parties in the classroom of King Middle School 8th grade teacher Paul Clifford’s class and proceeded to vandalize it, taking exception to Clifford’s “Four Freedoms” posted, among other items noted here (Yeah, how dare you speak your mind? What are you, a commie libtard or something? U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!)
Or, as Simon Thompson put it…
I am an unapologetic graduate of Paul Clifford’s eighth grade English class at King Middle School. I participated in the “Four Freedoms” expedition, and I made a poster decrying war quite similar to the one with which the Republicans took issue.Kudos to Thompson for speaking truth to stupid.
I am not brainwashed, I am not a puppet, I am not anti-American or anti-religious, and I am certainly not stupid. Paul Clifford’s class taught me to think critically, to deductively reason and, if anything, to appreciate America for all the freedoms with which I am ensured on a daily basis.
Clearly, the Knox County Republicans — who took a cherished, pro-Labor poster from Clifford’s room and who now are making slanderous and uninformed claims about Clifford — have a different agenda.
The “Definitely Not What You Would Call An Uplifting Experience...Ba-Dump!” Citation
This story from HuffPo (figures) tells us that a bra-removing contest in China was won by a woman who bested a field of men, unsnapping eight of them in 21 seconds (c’mon you guys!)
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The New York Times for its handling of the Richard Blumenthal story of his military service; as noted by Media Matters here, they didn’t give Blumenthal credit for correctly stating that he served “during Vietnam” as opposed to “in Vietnam” (and good job to carry the story of former Repug House Rep Chris Shays in concern troll mode along the lines of, “well, I heard him say ‘in,’ and I wanted to warn him, but…”).
Also, let's not forget this when it comes to politicians and military service (hat tip to Atrios for the Media Matters links).
…and I read this and can only think of one word – owned.
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KY Repug senatorial candidate (and eventual winner - ugh) Rand Paul for this (meltdown on TRMS)…
And here is something else for the Rand Paul file (I had a feeling it would grow, and it did, as noted here)…
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A rather shocking set of citations to Dem Sens. John Kerry and Maria Cantwell (and re-elected Dem Senator Patty Murray) for protecting tax breaks for the rich at the expense of the unemployed here (when something like this happens, I kind of get the feeling that it was some sort of a parliamentary move gone horribly wrong, and I hope that’s all that this was)
Do Gooder of the Year Nominee
The little girl who told First Lady Michelle Obama that her mother didn’t have “papers” and faced deportation on 5/19…
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PA Attorney General (and eventual winner of the gubernatorial election - double ugh!) Tom Corbett for this (h/t Atrios)…
Do Gooder of the Year Nominee
U.S. House Rep Dennis Kucinich for introducing a bill banning “the extrajudicial killing of U.S. citizens” (and yes, it is pathetic that it is necessary for him to do that, and yes, it’s also pathetic that our “hopey, changey” chief executive isn’t doing that on his own - here)
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Karen Schoenfeld, owner of Yester Years Pub and Grill in Milwaukee, where a statue of President Obama was burned in effigy (here - with the crowd cheering of course...once again, take a bow for the stupidity of replacing Russ Feingold with Ron Johnson in the U.S. Senate)
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Repug Senator Judd Gregg of New Hampshire for his “let them eat cake” attitude towards the unemployed (here)
Do Gooder of the Year Nominee
Snarlin’ Arlen Specter, for voting in favor of Sen. Feingold’s amendment for a timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan here (likewise, a citation to Feingold himself…the amendment was voted down 18-80 – maybe Arlen is just “phoning it in” after losing to Sestak, and it’s possible that he wanted to stick this to Obama for maybe thinking 44 could’ve done more for him…even though I disagree – it was over after that commercial…but Specter did the right thing; a Dregs citation to Sideshow Bob Casey for voting No)
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