Honorable Mentions: Al Franken, Al Gore, Al Sharpton, Anthony Weiner,
Arianna Huffington, Bill Clinton, Bob Beckel, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Dylan
Ratigan, Eric Holder, Ezra Klein, Geraldo, Hillary Clinton, James Cameron,
James Clyburn, John Edwards, Jesse Jackson, Jimmy Carter, John Conyers,
John Kerry, John Lewis, Kathy Griffin, Lawrence O'Donnell, Markos Moulitsas
Zúñiga, Matthew Ygliesias, Maxine Waters, Michael Moore, Mike Malloy, Rachel
Maddow, Roger Ebert, Roseanne Barr
20) Joe Biden: Everybody knows how goofy Ol’ Say Anything, Do Anything
Joe is! He might tell a dirty joke to a roomful of school children! He might stick a
squirrel down his pants! Oh, by the way: He's Vice-President and he's supposed to
be the "gravitas" who helps keep President Empty Suit from getting too far out of
whack. Yeah, that worked out great, didn't it?
Defining quote: As you probably know, some American politicians and
American journalists refer to Washington, DC as the “capital of the free world.
But it seems to me that this great city (Brussels), which boasts 1,000 years of
history and which serves as the capital of Belgium, the home of the European
Union, and the headquarters for NATO, this city has its own legitimate claim to
that title. -- Joe Biden
19) Andrew Sullivan: Sully's still a good writer, but he's becoming an
increasingly unhinged joke. Over time, he's become less of a "serious person" and
more of a jokey "I hope he gets the help he needs" wackadoodle -- particularly,
when it comes to Sarah Palin.
Defining quote: The medical term for Down Syndrome is Trisomy-21
or Trisomy-g. It is often shortened in medical slang to Tri-g. Is it not perfectly
possible that the very name given to this poor child, being reared by Bristol, is
another form of mockery of his condition, along with the "retarded baby" tag?
And does the way in which this poor child was hauled around the country on
a book tour, being dragged out in front of flash photographs in the middle of
the night, barely clothed, suggest someone who actually cares for children with
special needs, or rather sees them as a way to keep the spotlight on her? -- Andrew Sullivan
18) Michael Bloomberg: New York's chief nanny spent $100 million of
his own money so he could continue to systematically ruin the greatest city in
the world with his mismanagement a little longer. Whether it's trampling on the
graves of the people who died on 9/11 by supporting the Ground Zero Mosque,
micromanaging what everyone eats, or driving the wealthy out of the city with
exorbitant taxes, Bloomberg will do whatever it takes to run New York right into
the ground.
Defining quote: If I had to guess 25 cents, this would be exactly that.
Homegrown, or maybe a mentally deranged person, or somebody with a political
agenda that doesn’t like the health care bill or something. It could be anything. --
Michael Bloomberg on Faisal Shahzad's carbombing attempt in New York
17) Charles Johnson: Know what irony is? It's a guy who used to run the
premier anti-radical Islam blog on the internet going so far in the other direction
that he's supporting the Ground Zero Mosque. If you take bubbling anger and
broken dreams, then add betrayal and a ponytail, you have Charles Johnson.
Defining quote: It's one thing to evolve in your thinking. It's another
thing to become the reviled enemy of that which defines you. His sole purpose
is to destroy people. I can't relate to it. I don't understand it. We can all sit here
and scratch our heads and say, "Is he an operative? Is he being paid or what
happened?" Who cares? He's a destructive force.
...He adds nothing to the dialogue. He adds nothing to the discourse. He seeks
solely to destroy the most effective voices on the Right. So to me, he's lower
than even a Kos and I don't think the left trusts him either because he's such
a traitor. To say that he's abandoned his principles is actually giving him too
much credit. He now reviles the thing that he once was. You explain it. -- Pamela Geller
16) Joy Behar: Behar's an extremely nasty person, which she tries to
excuse by claiming she's a "comedian." You have to put that word in quotes
because she's not actually funny and you wouldn't know she is a comedian unless
someone told you.
Defining quote: Those flowers were picked by illegal immigrants. And
they’re not voting for you, b*tch. -- Joy Behar
on Sharron Angle
15) Arnold Schwarzenegger: Is it unfair to put "ah-nold" on here? After
all, he spoke at the 2004 Republican Convention and when he started as governor
of California, he definitely tried some moderate and conservative ideas. But,
after Schwarzenegger's ideas were "terminated" by the voters at a 2005 special
election, he moved so far to the Left he was indistinguishable from the man he
replaced. Now, people are horrified that he's been replaced by Jerry Brown. Well,
at this point: what's the difference?
Defining Quote: In fiscal matters Arnold Schwarzenegger has governed
more like a Keynesian than a Friedmanite; in regulatory affairs, he governs
more like a German socialist than an Austrianschool liberal. Today he is as
much of an albatross for California Republicans as George W. Bush was on the
national scene. -- Steven Hayward
14) Chris Matthews: Chris Matthews has a television show despite
terrible ratings and the fact that almost everyone hates him. I'm not sure whether
a deal with the devil, blackmail, or God help us all, sexual favors for MSNBC
executives best explains how someone like Matthews can stay on the air.
Defining Quote: I was trying to think about who (Obama) was tonight. It's
interesting: he is post-racial, by all appearances. I forgot he was black tonight for
an hour. -- Chris Matthews
13) Meghan McCain: She's the single dumbest person writing political
commentary in America today. Hearing Meghan McCain talk makes you wish
she'd found a more productive way to trade on her daddy's money and name --
like Paris Hilton or Kim Kardashian.
Defining Quote: See, Meghan McCain wants to be looked up to and
admired as a leader. She even claims to be continuing her "one woman revolution
(if you will)." ...She can't seem to fathom that she has no leadership qualities
whatsoever, nor any original thoughts of her own, so she instead invents a
persecution complex in order to explain why she isn't Sarah Palin. She explains
it thusly: she's too "edgy." Meanwhile, her edginess is about as edgy as a spoon.
She's blonde! And has tattoos! And a gay friend! Granted, he's her hairdresser,
but still. Shut up, H8Rs! No one is shutting Meghan McCain out; she is choosing to
nail herself to a cross. -- Lori
Ziganto
12) Ed Schultz: If you've never heard of Ed Schlultz, it's perfectly
understandable. After all, he's a liberal radio host with a show on MSNBC, which
is about as close as it gets to being invisible in America. As befits someone
who works on MSNBC, Schultz is a complete jackass with an elevated sense of
importance who says bizarre things on a semi-regular basis while he drives down
the IQ of his audience with his rants.
Defining Quote: Dick Cheney's heart's a political football. We ought
to rip it out and kick it around and stuff it back in him. -- Ed Schultz
11) Keith Olbermann: Never has someone so utterly ineffective been so
smug about it. He's like a pretentious eleven year old who craps his pants while
he gives overwrought lectures to the other kids in class on the importance of
toilet training.
Defining Quote: In short, in Scott Brown we have an irresponsible,
homophobic, racist, reactionary, ex-nude model, teabagging supporter of violence
against woman and against politicians with whom he disagrees. In any other time
in our history, this man would have been laughed off the stage as an unqualified
and a disaster in the making by the most conservative of conservatives. Instead,
the commonwealth of Massachusetts is close to sending this bad joke to the
Senate of the United States. -- Keith Olbermann
10) Paul Krugman: You could replace every column he wrote in the last
year with the words "I blame the Republicans" and "We need to go a lot further
into debt" and you wouldn't miss a thing.
Defining Quote: In the end, I’d argue, what must happen is an
effective default on a significant part of debt, one way or another. The
default could be implicit, via a period of moderate inflation that reduces
the real burden of debt; that’s how World War II cured the depression. -- Paul Krugman
9) Janet Napolitano: She's picked up the nickname "Big Sis," but given her
performance, "Sergeant Schultz" might be more appropriate. Whether you're an
illegal alien crossing the border into Arizona or a terrorist trying to get on a plane,
she knows nothing, nothing!
Defining Quote: What I say to the American people is that… thousands of
people are working 24/7, 364 days a year to keep the American people safe. -- Janet Napolitano
8) Helen Thomas: The grizzled, old liberal anti-Semite finally got too nasty
about "ze Jews" and is no longer allowed to waste space at the White House press
gaggle. It couldn't have happened to a nicer bridge troll.
Defining Quote: We are owned by propagandists against the Arabs.
There’s no question about that. Congress, the White House, and Hollywood,
Wall Street, are owned by the Zionists. No question in my opinion. They put their
money where their mouth is…We’re being pushed into a wrong direction in every
way. -- Helen Thomas
7) Alan Grayson: It's hard to believe this guy was ever a congressman.
Grayson's an extraordinarily surly-tempered cretin with no redeeming values
whatsoever beyond the fact that he's rich. He's like the bad guy in half the movies
that were made in the last decade. Of course, he did get crushed at the polls; so
that's proof that Democrats can get their just desserts in non-liberal districts.
Defining Quote: How about just tracking down every single person who
said drill baby drill and putting them all in prison. Why don’t we do that? Starting
with Michael Steele. -- Alan Grayson
6) Harry Reid: He played Robin to Nancy Pelosi's Batman in shoving
Obama's hated and damaging agenda through. As he did so, Reid managed to be
unfailingly nasty, hyperpartisan, and showed a complete lack of concern about
doing what is good for the country.
Defining Quote: I don’t know how anyone of Hispanic heritage
could be a Republican. -- Harry Reid
5) Barney Frank: He's extraordinarily obnoxious, utterly sleazy, and
unfailingly incompetent. He's also one of the people who bears the most personal
responsibility for the housing crash that helped create the current economic woes
we have. Yet, he gets elected over and over. No wonder the Democrats think
Americans are stupid. If you knew you could perform as poorly as Barney Frank
and get re-elected, you'd probably think Americans are stupid, too.
Defining Quote: Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank caused
a scene when he demanded a $1 senior discount on his ferry fare to Fire
Island's popular gay haunt, The Pines, last Friday. Frank was turned down
by ticket clerks at the dock in Sayville because he didn't have the required
Suffolk County Senior Citizens ID. A witness reports, "Frank made such a
drama over the senior rate that I contemplated offering him the dollar to
cool down the situation." -- New York Post
4) John Pistole: Fascism has come to America and it's called the TSA.
Now, as a condition of travel, you either have to be viewed naked by government
goons or you have to let them sexually molest you. Their excuse? They're just
following orders. Whose orders? John Pistole's orders.
Defining Quote: If you touch my junk, I'm going to have you arrested. -
- John Tyner
3) Feisal Abdul Rauf: It's bad enough that this creep insists on trying to
build a celebratory mosque at Ground Zero, but the fact that he's applying for
government funds to do it and keeps claiming it's about "building bridges" makes
him absolutely intolerable.
Defining Quote: Such was the violence on 9-11 that my brother's
remains were never found. He was killed by Islamists and now they want to
build a mosque on his grave. Their victory will be complete. -- Christina Regenhard
2) Nancy Pelosi: The plastic autocrat ran the House during one of the
most irresponsible times in American history. Happily for Republicans, despite the
fact that she's about as popular as cholera, the Democrats kept her as leader.
Defining Quote: Bipartisanship is a two-way street. A bill can be
bipartisan without bipartisan votes. Republicans have left their imprint. -- Nancy Pelosi
1) Barack Obama: Never has such arrogance been combined with such
utter incompetence and weakness in the White House. The result? We have the
single worst President in American history and his first term's not even over yet.
Defining Quote: If Latinos sit out the election instead of saying, “We’re
gonna punish our enemies and we’re gonna reward our friends who stand with
us on issues that are important to us,” if they don’t see that kind of upsurge in
voting in this election, then I think it’s gonna be harder and that’s why I think
it’s so important that people focus on voting on November 2. -- Barack Obama