Nominations Open For Second Round Of Year-End Awards
The timing of this article is not coincidental. I am punting on writing a new column today because I am already hard at work on tomorrow's column, which (as always) will be an absolute tome. With 20 categories to cover, it's going to be a long read, just to warn everyone in advance.
I do have an update on the holiday schedule, however. I am moving up the date for Part 2 of the awards, which I had originally slotted in for next Friday. But next Friday is Christmas Eve, meaning many readers wouldn't even have the chance to read it until the next day, which is Christmas morning.
This, obviously, is a bad idea. So instead, we're moving the schedule up a day, and Part 2 of the year-end awards will appear next Thursday, the 23rd. This seems like a better idea for all concerned. There will then be no column on the 24th and I still won't commit to posting anything original next week (except for, whenever it appears, my roundup of the banished words list). I will post re-run articles, but that's as far as I'm going to promise (I need a vacation too!).
In any case, take a look at the awards categories below for next week's column and please offer up your nominations. There are a lot of them, so there's usually some award category that anyone worthy can be fit into. If you'd like to review, you can check out last year's column to see who got what back then.
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In any case, here are the categories for next week's final segment of the year-end awards. Please let me know your ideas down in the comments.
Destined For Political Stardom
Destined For Political Oblivion
Best Political Theater
Worst Political Theater
Worst Political Scandal
Most Underreported Story
Most Overreported Story
Biggest Government Waste
Best Government Dollar Spent
Boldest Political Tactic
Best Idea
Worst Idea
Sorry To See You Go
15 Minutes Of Fame
Best Spin
Worst Spin
Most Honest Person
Biggest Liar
Most Overrated
Most Underrated
Predictions
-- Chris Weigant
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Destined For Political Stardom: Ilhan Omar
Destined For Political Oblivion: Mike Pence
Best Political Theater: texas legislators fleeing the state to lobby washington on voting rights.
Worst Political Theater: January 6
Worst Political Scandal: Andrew Cuomo's near impeachment and subsequent resignation.
Most Underreported Story: Biden promised bipartisanship and he actually freakin' delivered!
Most Overreported Story: all things tom brady
Biggest Government Waste: california recall
Best Government Dollar Spent: child tax credit
Boldest Political Tactic: american rescue plan
Best Idea: ranked choice voting
Worst Idea: let parents decide if their kids should have to wear masks in school with other kids who they could potentially infect.
Sorry To See You Go: bob dole
to be continued...
Most Underrated
has to go to the handful of Country over Party Patriots like Kemp, Raffensberger, Pence, Cheney and Kinzinger (oh can we please trade Manchinema for Cheyney and Kinzinger, pretty please?)
Guys, it was that close! A handful of Republicans in the right spot at the right time helped save the Republic, if we can keep it.
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And I'm 100% on board with the Child Tax Credit as Best Government Dollars Spent. And Stimulus checks are a close second.
And nypoet22 I don't think anybody outside of the state gives a bleep about Andrew Coumo.
... or his brother, Chris. Heh.
Whatever, Elizabeth. Caint relate to no Cuomo from New York.
I've decided that I'm not talkin' to you ...
Can you think of a bigger scandal that caused a more powerful politician to resign this year? And a prime time anchor fired to boot (thanks liz)
Elizabeth, you're not talking to moi? Or nypoet22?
Here's a category nomination,
Joe Biden's Letter Grade for his First Eleven Months and WHY you chose that grade.
Yes, you ... not until you come out to another Sunday night. Which probably won't be until the New Year.
I'm kidding!
:-)
Yeah, well I'm not the only one who didn't show up, Miss Before You Accuse Me.
You're right. We're running out of Sunday nights.
15 Minutes Of Fame: jake angeli
Best Spin: in first committee hearing, capitol police officer accurately labels january 6th attackers "terrorists"
Worst Spin: amy coney barrett doth protest too much
Most Honest Person: arnold schwartzenegger. i'm not a huge fan, but in his speech after january 6th he both tells it like it is and reveals some very personal pain.
Biggest Liar: jim jordan (self-explanatory)
still thinking about Most Overrated, Most Underrated and Predictions
JL
MtnCaddy,
You're right. I'm guilty as charged.
On Sunday January 2nd I'll be there - hope you will be, too!
'cause it's never the same without you!
Worst spin: voter-suppression laws offered as "protecting the integrity of the vote"
overrated: manchin and synema's influence. if pelosi could clone herself, kidnap chuck schumer and have her clone put on a chuck schumer suit, they'd both be in line within a week.
underrated: YELLEN! she's been threading the needle pretty well between recession and inflation, yet all the biden administration gets is flack. price changes are mostly because of supply chain issues, not federal fiscal policy. the recovery has actually been extremely strong. which leads to...
prediction #1: as the roaring demand flattens out and supply clogs clear up, prices level off or even come back down.
prediction #2: the vote margins stay almost exactly the same as last year, but republicans retake the house anyway on the back of new state voting laws and gerrymandering.
Are you trying to depress me, Joshua?
@liz,
what's depressing about lower prices?