The Twenty Most Annoying Liberals In The United States: The 2006 Edition
by John Hawkins
Right Wing News
Honorable Mentions:
Associated Press, The Democratic Underground, Dylan Avery, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Stephen Colbert, John Conyers, Howard Dean, Al Franken, Glenn Greenwald, Ted Kennedy, Jane Hamsher, Seymour Hersh, The Huffington Post, Jesse MacBeth, Bill Maher, Chris Matthews, Michael Moore, Ray Nagin, Reuters, Michael Schiavo, Jon Stewart, & Joe Wilson.
20) Harry Belafonte
Belafonte is an odd bird. He's a singer, whose biggest hit was the Banana Boat Song, which came out way back in the FIFTIES. Now, his career seems to consist of making a jackass out of himself in politics. Here's a guy who's sucking up to a loser like Hugo Chavez and calling George Bush the "greatest terrorist in the world." So, why do we even care what a washed up singer thinks about anything?
Does it mean that in 2032, if Vanilla Ice comes out of retirement to suck up to Third World dictators and weigh in on the Jenna Bush vs. Chelsea Clinton presidential race, it'll make big news? Apparently so.
Defining Quote:
<<< "We are living in terrorism as black people in America. And it has been that way since the dawning of slavery....If we are having problems with finding our own inner souls and dignity to live out a life that is honorable, what is it that has put us in this position? We didn't volunteer for it. And those who have put us here and chosen to keep us here are people who deal in terror." >>> -- Harry Belafonte
19) The Smirking Chimp
Let's face it; there are a lot of annoying liberal websites/blogs out there -- Daily Kos, Firedoglake, Glenn Greenwald, the Democratic Underground, The Huffington Post, etc., etc., etc. I mean come on, it's actually easier to pick out the ones that aren't annoying.
But, there's one blog out there that is so consistently moronic that it's practically a sign of the apocalypse that there are actually lots of people reading it. That blog is The Smirking Chimp. These guys are so ridiculous that they actually have their own section on Right Wing News that I use every so often to catalogue the latest idiocy their writers have come up with. Just to give you a few examples, check out these quotations:
<<< "There have been too many instances in our nation's history when fear has led to gross violations of civil liberties. If you still believe that dissent is the highest form of patriotism, there's probably a spot in Bush's gulags for you. And depending on where you live, most of your neighbors won't even notice nor care if you disappear." >>> -- Randolph T Holhut
<<< "In the two years since the fraudulent defeat of John Kerry, we've unearthed an unholy arsenal by which that election was stolen." >>> -- Harvey Wasserman
<<< "(T)he Bush administration and the Republican Congress have given the religious right what they want: a fledgling theocracy." >>> -- Weldon Berger
<<< "On the issues that really matter, America is fast moving itself into an authoritarian, militarist, imperial state, one that has more in common with Stalinist Soviet Union and Hitlerian Germany than with traditional American society." >>> -- Bernard Weiner
Actually, I could go on and on and on with these, but I think this one sums up "The Smirking Chimp" crowd as well as any:
Defining Quote:
<<< "(I)f Bush comes to realize the "end of times" failure beneath his own administration's policies and programs, perhaps he will save the American people a lot of trouble by simply offing himself ... with Saddam Hussein's pistols, for that ultimate touch of irony." >>> -- Dr. Gerry Lower
18) John Murtha
Last year, conservatives were calling John Murtha old "Cut and Run" because he wants to surrender to Al-Qaeda in Iraq. But, "Abscam John" might be a little more appropriate now that a video tape has come out showing that he seriously discussed taking a bribe during the Abscam scandal.
Amusingly, Murtha, who's supposed to have all this credibility on defense issues because he's an ex-Marine also utterly humiliated himself by actually suggesting that we set up a rapid reaction force in Okinawa, Japan to handle quick strikes in Iraq:
Defining Quote:
<<< REP. MURTHA: Kuwait’s one that will take us. Qatar, we already have bases in Qatar. So Bahrain. All those countries are willing to take the United States. Now, Saudi Arabia won’t because they wanted us out of there in the first place. So—and we don’t have to be right there. We can go to Okinawa. We, we don’t have—we can redeploy there almost instantly. So that’s not—that’s, that’s a fallacy. That, that’s just a statement to rial up people to support a failed policy wrapped in illusion.
MR. RUSSERT: But it’d be tough to have a timely response from Okinawa.
REP. MURTHA: Well, it—you know, they—when I say Okinawa, I, I’m saying troops in Okinawa. When I say a timely response, you know, our fighters can fly from Okinawa very quickly. And—and—when they don’t know we’re coming. There’s no question about it. And, and where those airplanes won’t—came from I can’t tell you, but, but I’ll tell you one thing, it doesn’t take very long for them to get in with cruise missiles or with, with fighter aircraft or, or attack aircraft, it doesn’t take any time at all. So we, we have done—this one particular operation, to say that that couldn’t have done, done—it was done from the outside, for heaven’s sakes. >>>
17) David Gregory
Let's be honest: you could train a monkey to amble into a White House press conference, pick nits out of his hair, and then hold up a sheet with a question on it for the White House Press Secretary to answer. So, there's nothing special about the people doing that job, but some of them, like David Gregory, are camera hounds who want to make a name for themselves by being obnoxious creeps in front of a room of reporters. So, every so often, when he's not calling in drunk to the Don Imus show, David Gregory manages to draw a little attention to himself by making a scene at a press conference.
Here's the type of "journalism" you get from confrontational clowns like David Gregory:
Defining Conversation:
<<< Scott McClellan: "Hold on, the cameras aren't on right now. You can do this later."
David Gregory: "Don't accuse me of trying to pose to the cameras. Don't be a jerk to me personally when I'm asking you a serious question."
Scott McClellan: "You don't have to yell."
David Gregory: "I will yell. If you want to use that podium to try to take shots at me personally, which I don't appreciate, then I will raise my voice, because that's wrong."
Scott McClellan: "Calm down, Dave. Calm down." >>>
16) Andrew Sullivan
Earlier this year, Andrew Sullivan put out a book called, "The Conservative Soul: How We Lost It, How to Get It Back," which is kind of like David Duke writing a book called, "The Black Soul: How We Lost It, How to Get It Back." The first thing any real conservative thinks after seeing a book like that written by Sullivan is, "What's this 'we' stuff, pal?" If you have any doubt about that, look to the 2006 Warblogger Awards where conservative bloggers voted him as the 2nd, "Most Annoying Left-Of-Center Blogger." Of course, they also took him at his word and voted him to be the, "Most Annoying Right-Of-Center Blogger." So, even if there is any disagreement about "Excitable Andy's" ideology, there isn't any disagreement about how nails-across-a-chalkboard irritating he is or how mentally unstable he has become.
Defining Picture
15) The Dixie Chicks
Do you realize that the Dixie Chicks originally got into a flap over their comments about President Bush way back in 2003? Yet, here we are in 2007 and they're STILL trying to keep the controversy going. They had an album out in 2006 called "Not Ready to Make Nice" and lead singer Natalie Maines called Bush a "Dumb F***" in a documentary called "Shut Up and Sing." At this point, they've dragged this whole thing out for so long that it's obvious that they're just "attention whores" who love being in the center of a controversy.
Defining Quote #1:
<<< "The lady doth protest too much, methinks." >>> - William Shakespeare
Defining Quote #2:
<<< "The entire country may disagree with me, but I don't understand the necessity for patriotism. Why do you have to be a patriot? About what? This land is our land? Why? You can like where you live and like your life, but as for loving the whole country… I don't see why people care about patriotism." >>> -- Natalie Maines
14) Ted Rall
Yesterday, I was told a story about a person someone knew who lived behind an almost unbearably foul smelling animal shelter. He asked a good question, "Gee, how do you take the stench day in and day out?" The answer? "After the first couple of days, you quit smelling it."
The same could be said of Ted Rall. Rall has been so obnoxious for so long and has so little of value to say that you tend to just mentally filter him out. But still, every once in while, you can't help but get a little whiff of what Ted's cooking.
For example, early in the year, Ted drew a cartoon that incorrectly claimed that the 9/11 commission said that there was never a passenger revolt on United Airlines Flight 93 and that the plane was shot down with a missile. Granted, you'll find drooling kooks all over the internet who believe the same thing, but they haven't been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and they don't have their work published in 140 publications like Rall. The fact that a bitter nutjob like Rall who plays fast and loose with the facts could become so popular on the left is rather telling.
Defining Quote:
<<< "A reader responding to my column "When is a Win Not a Win?" from a few weeks ago has sent me a persuasive case for banning the Republican Party. As in making it illegal for the GOP to hold meetings or run for office. Forever.
It's not as wild as you might thing. Political parties are banned all over the earth. For instance, the Communist Party is banned in Russia and the Nazi Party is prohibited in Germany. The Republican Party hasn't murdered in the tens of millions, but why wait? The current band of GOP criminals, just getting started, has already killed over 600,000 Iraqis (Hawkins' Note: Not true at all). While they're currently on the wane, they're a malevolent influence who will surely return to make America a worse place sooner rather than later.
Anyway, it's tough medicine and I'll have to think about it..." >>> -- Ted Rall
13) Nancy Pelosi
There are a lot of things you could ding Nancy Pelosi for, but perhaps her most egregious offense was to play to conspiracy theorists before the election:
<<< "Pelosi cautioned that the number of Democratic House victories could be higher or lower and said her greatest concern is over the integrity of the count -- from the reliability of electronic voting machines to her worries that Republicans will try to manipulate the outcome. "That is the only variable in this," Pelosi said. "Will we have an honest count?" >>> -- San Francisco Chronicle"
Say 7 or 8 years ago, anyone who said something like that would have been considered a wackjob, not just by Republicans, but by Democrats. Now, we have the incoming Speaker of the House floating conspiracy theories and claiming that her side can only lose an election if the count is rigged by the Republicans and no one bats an eye. That just goes to show how far down the rabbit hole liberals have gone over the last few years.
Defining Quote:
<<< "The gavel of the speaker of the House is in the hands of special interests, and now it will be in the hands of America's children." >>> -- Nancy Pelosi
12) Mike Malloy
You'd think that if you were going to choose a radio host from Air America to beat up on, it would be Al Franken or at least Randi Rhodes. But, Mike Malloy, who was so gratingly annoying that he was unceremoniously dumped by a failing radio network like Air America, takes the cake for a couple of bizarre rants that he went on during the year.
Here are some excerpts from the first one:
<<< (Iraq) is a murder trip, this is murder. How can we, you and me, how can we, is it getting harder for you to, if you're a man, to stand infront of the mirror like I do in the morning and shave? You have to look at yourself for about seven to eight minutes, right? If you're a woman, whatever you do infront of the mirror, is it getting harder?
...This is not a war. There is nothing honorable. Do you agree with me on that? There is nothing honorable about what we're doing. There is no honor here. There is no honor for the United States, there is no honor for our troops, there is no honor for the military leadership, there is no honor here in what we're doing in Iraq. None. None. Every-not a bit.
...This is on a level with the Hitlerian attitudes towards the Jews and towards the Russians. This is just butchery, this is just murder, my God. >>.
The troops are murderers, America isn't honorable, and we're like Hitler. Gotcha!
But, believe it or not, the really bizarre rant from Malloy is yet to come. Shortly before he was fired by Air America, he had this to say during a conversation with a caller:
Defining Rant:
<<< Mike: Ray is calling from New Jersey. Welcome to the program. Thanks for holding on.
Ray: ....Well, I support the president and I’m thankful there’s a conservative in the white house during these times when terrorists want to kill us because we’re not Muslim.
Mike: ...I guess so. It’s a terrible world. Thank god George Bush is in power to stop that sort of thing from happening. Right?
Ray: Don’t you think we should get them before they get us?
Mike: Oh yeah, that makes sense. Let’s go kill…I’ll tell you what. Where do you live? You live in New Jersey, Ray?
Ray: Yeah, I live in..
Mike: Are there any Muslims in New Jersey?
Ray: I’m sure that there are.
Mike: Okay, why don’t you find some and kill them?
Ray: I’m in the northeast area in New Jersey.
Mike: Frankly I don’t care where you live in New Jersey. I’m just saying, next time you see a Muslim why not blow, why not kill him?
Ray: ha. Why is the liberal thing…
Mike: Ray, Ray, Ray, I have a question for you. Answer the question or I’m gonna leap through the phone and rip your ears off. Here’s the question, Ray. Why not go kill a Muslim? Don’t leave it up to the soldiers, don’t leave it up to the middle east. You’ve got Muslims in New Jersey. Why not go kill some?
Ray: Cause some liberal attorney will lock me up.
Mike: No, no no, Ray, answer the question. Are you going to do one of these cowardly republican right-wing things on me. Let me ask you something, since you can’t answer that question…shut up! >>>
11) Jason Leopold/Truthout
Back in May of this year, Jason Leopold at Truthout came up with what appeared to be an enormous scoop: Karl Rove had been indicted, "On Charges of Perjury, Lying to Investigators."
<<< "During the course of that meeting, Fitzgerald served attorneys for former Deputy White House Chief of Staff Karl Rove with an indictment charging the embattled White House official with perjury and lying to investigators related to his role in the CIA leak case, and instructed one of the attorneys to tell Rove that he has 24 business hours to get his affairs in order, high level sources with direct knowledge of the meeting said Saturday morning." >>>
Leopold broke the story first, before ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, MSNBC, CNN, you name it! But, there was one problem. The indictment didn't come down after 24 business hours or after a week. As the days went by, people started asking what happened and Truthout not only stuck by Leopold's story, they doubled down:
<<< "We know that we have now three independent sources confirming that attorneys for Karl Rove were handed an indictment either late in the night of May 12 or early in the morning of May 13. We know that each source was in a position to know what they were talking about.
...Further - and again this is "What We Believe" - Rove may be turning state's evidence. We suspect that the scope of Fitzgerald's investigation may have broadened - clearly to Cheney - and according to one "off the record source" to individuals and events not directly related to the outing of CIA operative Valerie Plame. We believe that the indictment which does exist against Karl Rove is sealed. Finally, we believe that there is currently a great deal of activity in the Plame investigation." >>>
Of course, Rove never turned state's evidence and was never indicted. Nor was Dick Cheney ever brought up on any charges. Believe it or not, even after Rove's lawyer announced that he had been cleared back in June, Truthout stood by their story:
<<< Truthout.org -- the one publication to report, repeatedly, that Rove was definitely going to be indicted -- isn't buying it.
I reached Truthout editor Marc Ash on his cel phone this morning. "I wasn't aware that he had said that," he said of Luskin's announcement, but insisted that Truthout was "absolutely" standing by its earlier reporting.
"We've done a lot of work on this story, we've talked to a lot of people," he said, "and some of the people who provided information for the story are absolutely in a position to know."
So if Truthout's reporting -- by correspondent Jason Leopold -- is correct, is Ruskin lying? "Robert Luskin's allegations are in the best interest of his client, not necessarily the press," Ash said. "I think that the information he is providing is directly contradicted by the information we have." >>>
To the best of my knowledge, Leopold and Truthout are still standing by the story, to this day, even though it's obvious to everyone that they got it wrong and that their "three independent sources" look to be about as real as Dan Rather's phony Bush National Guard documents.
Defining Quote:
<<< "I met Leopold once, three days before his Rove story ran, to discuss his recently published memoir, "News Junkie." It seems to be an honest record of neglect and abuse by his parents, felony conviction, cocaine addiction -- and deception in the practice of journalism.
Leopold says he gets the same rush from breaking a news story that he did from snorting cocaine. To get coke, he lied, cheated and stole. To get his scoops, he has done much the same. As long as it isn't illegal, he told me, he'll do whatever it takes to get a story, especially to nail a corrupt politician or businessman. "A scoop is a scoop," he trumpets in his memoir. "Other journalists all whine about ethics, but that's a load of crap."
I disagree..." >>> -- Joe Lauria
10) Al Gore
Everything you need to know about Al Gore in a single Defining Picture (Hat Tip To fouroninein at Fark):
9) Markos Moulitsas Zúniga
Over time, the denizens at the Daily Kos, the world's biggest liberal blog, have gotten progressively crazier and it would be easy to take shots at them for quotes from diarists like this one:
<<< "Because filing briefs don't stop bullets, and when the ballot box fails us, we are not above seeing what's in the ammo box." >>>-- pinche tejano
But, what's really intriguing about the Daily Kos is the out-of-control megalomania of its founder, Markos Moulitsas Zúniga. If you took Bill O'Reilly's ego and combined it with the ego that Rush Limbaugh pretends to have, it would still look like a moon circling around a planet compared to Kos' ego. Check out this quote, for instance:
<<< "I write in our book, I write, basically, the establishment Democrats have three choices. One, they can join us, and a lot of people have, people like Simon Rosenberg. They can get out of the way. Or we're going to roll them. Because quite frankly we're tired of losing, and we're not going to do that anymore. And so there is a lot of energy, there's a lot of passion out in the rest of the country and we're going to be working hard with those who want to work with us to take this country forward to what it really needs to be, not what it has become." >>>-- Markos Moulitsas Zúniga
That's right! Get out of the way all you establishment Democrats, because the netroots posse is coming through and if you don't toe the line, they'll knock you off just like they did Joe Lieberman....oh, wait. So, how will Kos destroy the "establishment Democrats" who get in his way? Apparently, with his mighty rants like this one, against the libs at the New Republic:
<<< "This is what the once-proud New Republic has evolved into -- just another cog of the Vast RIGHT Wing Conspiracy.
If you still hold a subscription to that magazine, it really is time to call it quits. If you see it in a magazine rack, you might as well move it behind the National Review or even NewsMax, since that's who they want to be associated with these days." >>>
Apparently "rolling" your opponents in Kos' mind consists of convincing the sort of liberal wonks that read Daily Kos to stick copies of their magazine behind National Review.
But, if you really want to see out-of-control egomania, then you need look no further than this,
Defining Quote:
<<< "I wouldn't want to be a senator or congressman. I'm able to influence politics much more effectively doing what I do. Now I can shape the national political debate. The only way I could exert more influence would be if I were president. But I'd never want that guy's job. Never." >>>-- Markos Moulitsas
8) Charles Rangel
One of the Democratic Party's biggest raving loonies (and the incoming Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee) is Charles Rangel. Rangel wants to reinstitute the draft. He opposed a motion condemning a French town for naming a town after convicted cop killer, Mumia Abu-Jamal. He suggested that the Democrats might cut off funding for the troops and thereby force the US to surrender to Al-Qaeda in Iraq. He also insulted everyone who lives in Mississippi (although with the way that guys like Rangel think, it could have been any Southern state):
<<< "Mississippi gets more than their fair share back in federal money, but who the hell wants to live in Mississippi?" >>>-- Charles Rangel
And worst of all, he had this to say about our troops risking their lives in Iraq:
Defining Quote:
<<< "If a young fella has an option of having a decent career or joining the army to fight in Iraq, you can bet your life that he would not be in Iraq." >>>-- Charles Rangel
7) The View
I have about the same level of enthusiasm for watching a gabfest like "The View" that my dog has for my vacuum cleaner, but it seems like every few weeks, Rosie O'Donnell or one of the other blabbering yentas on that show says something so stupid that I'm forced to pay attention to it.
Let's see, there was Star Jones,
<<< "At some point, (either Bush or Bin Laden) has to put it back in his pants and zip up the zipper at some point." >>>
Rosie O'Donnell,
<<< "Radical Christianity is just as threatening as radical Islam in a country like America." >>>
Joy Behar,
<<< "You have to put, like, a Hitler type [on the cover]," Behar said in response to a question about whether the publication's selection of "You" was appropriate. "Like, you put Donald Rumsfeld there, or something." >>>
The controversy over Rosie O'Donnell's "Ching-chong" comments,
<<< "The fact is that it's news all over the world. That you know, you can imagine in China it's like: 'Ching chong … ching chong. Danny DeVito, ching chong, chong, chong, chong. Drunk. 'The View.' Ching chong." >>>
Then there was Rosie O'Donnell's accusation that Kelly Ripa was homophobic because she told Clay Aiken to get his hand off of her mouth and added, "I don't know where that hand's been, honey." Then there was Rosie O'Donnell's fight with Donald Trump -- and there's probably a half dozen other little incidents I've forgotten or blessedly, never learned of in the first place because I desperately try not to watch "The View."
How did they come up with this show anyway? Did someone sit down and say, "You know, we need a show that will appeal to people who are 30-40 IQ points short of being able to understand what's happening on Oprah?
Defining Quote:
<<< "Is there such a thing as a man made stroke? In other words, did someone do this to (Tim Johnson)?" >>>-- Joy Behar
6) John Kerry
Although the Democrats are still trying to figure out who their nominee in 2008 is going to be, they do seem to have collectively decided that it isn't going to be John Kerry. Maybe that's what his recent trip to Syria, where he sucked up to chinless dictator Bashar Assad, was all about. Maybe he's looking for a fall back job as a flunky in case Teresa Heinz Kerry dumps him. After all, he's getting a little long in the tooth to do the gigolo thing again and seduce another rich wife. Moreover, his budding career as a comedian doesn't seem likely to take off if this is the best "joke" he can come up with,
Defining Quote:
<<< "You know, education, if you make the most of it, if you study hard and you do your homework, and you make an effort to be smart, uh, you, you can do well. If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq." >>>
Defining Picture
5) Cynthia McKinney
Yes, Cynthia McKinney has always been a character -- if by character, you mean a belligerent, crazy person. Early in the year, psycho Cynthia punched a police officer in the chest after he didn't recognize her and tried to stop her from just walking through security. Predictably, McKinney then accused the officer she attacked of being a racist. As per usual in situations like this, a powerful Congresswoman like McKinney managed to weasel out of the whole situation with no punishment, even though the average person would have gone to jail for what she did.
But luckily, this incident was too much for her district, and she wasn't reelected. As always, Cynthia showed some real "class" on her way out the door by introducing a bill to impeach Bush as her last legislative act.
On the downside, this probably means that Cynthia won't be prominent enough to make this list next year. But, on the upside, it'll give her more time to study the 9/11 conspiracy theories she seems to love so much.
Now here's Cynthia's Defining Picture, courtesy of Something...and Half of Something
4) Cindy Sheehan
In a sense, last year's winner of the Most Annoying Liberal Award is a trail blazer. After all, who realized that you could become a "professional mourner" before Cindy Sheehan pulled it off?
And, it's a pretty good gig. You get to go to exotic locales, like Venezuela, where Commie thug Hugo Chavez smooched Cindy for taking his side against her own country:
<<< "I admire (Hugo Chavez) for his resolve against my government and its meddling." >>>-- Cindy Sheehan
Then there is the romance, like Cindy's fling with Libertarian nutjob Lew Rockwell (PS: Hope this excerpt from Melanie Morgan and Catherine Moy's American Mourning doesn't spoil your lunch).
<<< "Cindy (Sheehan) was in Crawford when a process server found her and handed over the lawsuit that would end her marriage. Cindy Sheehan had a boyfriend who is a major anti-war activist, Lew Rockwell. Cindy Sheehan took refuge with a computer that became her companion day and night. Cindy Sheehan's former sister-in-law says "Cindy had become addicted to online chat rooms of a pornographic nature. She had many men communicating with her. " When she left her home, she also left behind evidence of her pornography addictions and her dalliances. The Sheehan family's deterioration was punctuated by painful evidence of Cindy's liaisons in hundreds of explicit e-mails and instant messages. (pp. 170-172)" >>>
And of course, when you're a professional mourner like Cindy, the press covers your every utterance, no matter how ridiculous or unpatriotic it may be:
<<< "Quit supporting my country and supporting crimes against humanity. You don't spread peace by killing people." >>>-- Cindy Sheehan in Australia
Then there's the book. No matter how much of a bubblehead you are, if you're a professional mourner with a grudge against Bush, your pockets will always be full of cash as people rush to buy your book, which contains insights like this,
Defining Quote:
<<< "The right-wingers who think nothing but the worst of Cindy Sheehan probably won't change their minds after reading Peace Mom. In the book, which hits bookstores September 19, the antiwar icon admits she has fantasized about going back in time and killing the infant George W. Bush, thereby preventing the Iraq War." >>>-- Radar Online
3) The New York Times
The New York Times has always been an annoying liberal rag, but this year they went so far over the line in revealing the secret Swift program, which attempted to track the flow of money to terrorists, that you could have a legitimate debate about whether they were engaging in treason or not. Personally? I'd say, "No," but they've behaved despicably and undoubtedly made it easier for Al-Qaeda to murder Americans.
Defining Picture (Hat tip to The People's Cube)
2) Jimmy Carter
This will be naive, Jew hating, old Jimmy Carter's 5th consecutive appearance on this list. These days, Carter specializes in sucking up to dictators, undercutting the war on terrorism, and trying to undermine Israel as often as possible.
At one point, people used to bend over backwards to talk about what a "nice man" Carter was, even though he was such an awful President. But these days, there's nothing much good to say about the sort of bitter, half-witted troll of a man who calls Hamas "so-called terrorists," used Coretta Scott King's funeral to score political points, and criticized Tony Blair for siding with the United States.
Defining Quote:
<<< Yes, uh, Mr. Carter, thank you for making me a Republican, because of your incompetence in handling the Iranians, the stagflation, and your cozying up with every dictator, thug and Islamic terrorist there is. And more importantly, I find you to be vile because of your black is heart. [sic] And it's heart [sic] because you're an anti-Semite. And let me explain why I think you're a bigot, a racist and an anti-Semite." >>>-- A caller said this to Carter on C-SPAN2 before he was cut off.
1) Keith Olbermann
Pompous, conspiracy-spouting blowhard Keith Olbermann had an, uh, let's say "interesting" year. He got into an email flame war with some of his viewers. Here are some of the lowlights from Olbermann's emails:
<<< "Given how far you are from knowing your a- from your elbow about my industry, you couldn't be stupider, wronger, or dumber..."
"Go - your mother."
"You 'Americans' still watching that evil f- O'Reilly?" >>>
Olbermann also bedded one of his fans and unfortunately for him, she decided to blog the whole experience:
<<< "She says he came to her hotel room and opened a bottle of Merlot which he "spilled all over." Then, when "sexual activity began [in] less than an hour," Olbermann had difficulty. "I pretended he knew what he was doing," the embittered blogger writes. "I adored the guy. I didn't want him to think he was a dud in bed," so she faked experiencing ecstasy." >>>-- The New York Post's Page Six
But, the real kicker was when the Anti-Defamation League had to chide Keith Olbermann,
<<< "We are deeply dismayed by your ongoing use of the Nazi "Sieg Heil" salute, both on your program and in public appearances -- including the recent Television Critics Association press tour -- while holding up a mask of Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly.
While we understand that your aim is to entertain your audience by taking pot shots at Mr. O'Reilly, your repeated use of the Nazi salute has resulted in many complaints from our constituents, including Holocaust survivors and their families who find the use of this gesture offensive and repugnant in any context." >>>
Yes, Keith Olbermann was doing the "Nazi 'Sieg Heil' salute" as part of an effort to mock Bill O'Reilly. That may seem ridiculous, but you have to remember that even though Hitler killed millions in death camps and tried to take over the world, O'Reilly committed a much more egregious offense in Olbermann's mind by crushing him in the ratings week after week.
Defining Quote:
<<< (Keith) Olbermann has a Teflon ego. No matter how stupid he looks or how obviously wrong he is or how completely devoid of wit his copy is, he is perpetually pleased as punch with himself and convinced that the rest of the world is as moist over his brilliance as he is. It's almost like schizophrenia.
Olbermann: I'm the wittiest, cleverest pundit in all the galaxy! All sentient beings worship me and wish to carry my magical seed!
Orderly: You're in an observation cell clutching a beanie baby and standing in your own poo.
Olbermann: What? An autograph? Why of COURSE!" >>>-- Steve H.
Defining Picture: Olbermann doing his Nazi salute:
Also see,
The Twenty Most Annoying Liberals In The United States: The 2005 Edition
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The Twenty Most Annoying Liberals In The United States: The 2004 Edition
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