Dec 03 2008
CPO’s 2008 Jackass of the Year Contest!
Let’s face it- 2008 sucked for conservative/libertarian North Carolinians. I suppose our South Carolinian friends did a bit better, but overall it was a pretty crappy year for everyone. Well, if you’re like me, you need to blow off a little steam. So introducing the first of what will hopefully be an annual contest- The CPO Jackass of the Year Awards!
Here’s how it works- you either reply to this message or send me an email (press7forceltic@carolinapoliticsonline.com) with your nominations for Jackass of the Year. You can submit as many names as you’d like, but nominations are limited to North and South Carolinians AND non-Carolinians who have had a direct effect on our two states. If there’s some national figure out there who you think desperately deserves the Jackass title, please visit our sister site, Save the GOP, where I’m running a similar contest. Nominations close on Monday, Dec. 15th.
On Tuesday, Dec. 16th I’ll post the finalists, and you’ll have until Christmas Day to vote for your choice for Jackass of the Year. The Honorable Mentions will be announced on Dec. 26th, and from Dec. 27th we’ll start counting down the TOP FIVE Jackasses, culminating with the naming of the 2008 Carolina Politics Online Jackass of the Year on New Year’s Eve.
So who’s your pick? Mike Easley? Linda Daves? Mark Sanford? And don’t feel obligated to make a conventional pick. Go ahead and pick someone outside of politics. Although rare, there are plenty of non-political Jackasses out there just waiting to be nominated! You can also nominate a group or organization- I know the NCGOP will be high on my list.
So send in those nominations and stay tuned for more updates!
Does Senator George RINOvich count? Can I submit his name? Please?!?!
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This one is easy. Michael Nifong, hands down.
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King- If you can make the case that “Rino-vich” is eligible for a CAROLINA Jackass of the Year, then sure. Otherwise, I’ll submit his name into our national contest over at Save the GOP.
Bane- Nifong’s the early favorite, but isn’t he a little last year?
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I can’t decide. It’s either Kay Hagan, for her frivolous ‘I am too a Christian, even though no one said I wasn’t’ lawsuit, or it’s the media, which uncritically reported the story as if Dole had actually questioned Hagan’s Christianity.
I’m going to have to give the edge to Hagan, since she dropped the lawsuit the moment she won the election, proving it was just a big publicity stunt.
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Nifong was kind of ‘07 I guess. I would have to say John Edwards then due to his baby daddy scandal and his fall from his climb to the throne.
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I nominate Sarah Michalak, the “associate provost for libraries” at UNC-Peoples Republic of Chapel Hill. Her title should be “associate idiot” or better yet, “college clown”.
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I can’t believe I didn’t think of John Edwards. Heh, can I change my vote?
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