The results have come in from for the Golden Wingnut Award and your winners are:
1.John Hinderaker: “It must be very strange to be President Bush. A man of extraordinary vision and brilliance approaching to genius….”
2. Glenn Reynolds: “Maybe we should rise above the temptation to point out that claims of a ‘quagmire’ were wrong….Nah.”
3. Michelle Malkin: “The Defeatocrats Cheer”
4. Ann Althouse: “Let’s take a closer look at those breasts.”
5. Kim du Toit: “The Pussification of the Western Male”
Very similar to my own ballot, though I had “Pam “Atlas Shrugs” Geller: “My Sharia!”” instead of Kim du Toit’s post. Full vote totals can be found here, along with a special judge’s award presentation.
Kevin Drum is holding a fun little contest to figure out the “wingnuttiest blog posts of all time”. There are 14 nominees and you can vote for the top 5 here. I went with:
1. Ann Althouse: “Let’s take a closer look at those breasts.”
2. John Derbyshire (after the Virginia Tech shootings): “Where was the spirit of self-defense here?….It’s not like this was Rambo, hosing the place down with automatic weapons.”
3. Pam “Atlas Shrugs” Geller: “My Sharia!”
4. John Hinderaker: “It must be very strange to be President Bush. A man of extraordinary vision and brilliance approaching to genius….”
5. Glenn Reynolds: “Maybe we should rise above the temptation to point out that claims of a ‘quagmire’ were wrong….Nah.”
Here’s a good example of why I like Kevin Drum so much, his examination of Rudy Giuliani stopping to take phone calls during speeches.
I'm stealing this in its entirity from Kevin Drum because its so good:
"America has been conducting an experiment for the past six years, trying to validate the proposition that it really doesn't make any difference who you elect president. Now we know the result of that experiment. If a guy is stupid, it makes a big difference."
-General Tony McPeak (retired)
(via Political Animal)
"The internet is arguably the apex of human technological development, the most complex and paradigm-changing invention so far in the history of homo sapiens. And what do we mostly use it for? Porn, Justin Timberlake downloads, and penny stock scams. Makes you proud, doesn't it?"
-Kevin Drum