Nominations Open For Second Round Of Year-End Awards
Once again, I need your ideas. Last Friday we ran the first of our two-part year-end awards columns, so we're halfway to closing the year out here.
So put on your thinking caps and try to remember the year that was, and share your nominations for the second round with everyone. There are (as always) plenty of categories to choose from, so anyone worth noting will likely fit into one of them. It was a rollercoaster of a year, so there should be lots to choose from.
And once again, I would be remiss if I didn't urge everyone to support the site with your generous donations. The site redesign/update is on track for January or February, and your input has been helping, but it's going to be a rather big hit on the site's budget, so we're hoping we can meet this year's goal before we get there.
In any case, here are the remaining categories that will be covered this Friday. If you missed it, please check out last week's column to see who has already won awards and who I have left out. Interpret the categories however you want (be creative!) and let me know your nominations.
And I hope everyone's in a great holiday mood and are all ready to celebrate! I've still got some things to do before we're ready here, but hopefully I'll be able to get everything done in time. But for now, what I need most is your ideas... so here we go:
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
[Note: As usual, that last category isn't an actual award, but rather a chance for you to make any and all predictions for what's going to happen in 2025.]
-- Chris Weigant
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Destined For Political Stardom - Barack O'Vance
Destined For Political Oblivion - Merrick Garland
Best Political Theater - Hamilton
Worst Political Theater - Nancy pelosi's well orchestrated defenestration of her own party's nominee.
Worst Political Scandal - Matt Gaetz statutory r***
Most Underreported Story - Trump's aging
Most Overreported Story - Republican primaries
Biggest Government Waste - the Hunter Biden investigation.
Best Government Dollar Spent - USAID Central America and Mexico program for reintegrating migrants
Boldest Political Tactic - Trump campaign supporting RFK Junior. maybe Donald would have won anyway, but it was a bold move
Predictions -at least a third of Trump's cabinet will be fired and/or replaced before the end of 2025.
I'll get to the rest soon.
Best Idea - the college football playoff
Worst Idea - "Department of Government Efficiency"
Sorry To See You Go - Quincy Jones, Teri Garr, Carl Weathers, Fernando Valenzuela, Nikki Giovanni, James Earl Jones, Phil Donahue, Shannen Doherty, Joe Lieberman, Dr. Ruth Westheimer
15 Minutes Of Fame - Nicole Shanahan (did anyone else have to look her up to remember she was the VP candidate with RFKJ?)
Best Spin - "Donald Trump saved Obamacare" - For sheer mendacity, bravo, Mr. Vance, bravo.
Worst Spin - "everyone wanted roe v. wade overturned" - a true lead balloon that one.
only 4 more i think...
Destined For Political Oblivion
Kristi Noem. From now on I would say that I doubt that she could win the position of Dog Catcher but perhaps that’s in bad taste.
JL,
Biggest Government Waste - the Hunter Biden investigation.
You meant the Trump investigations, right?
@liz,
nope.
Thought so.
But, just based on time and money spent as compared to positive outcome, or lack thereof, the Trump investigations by Congress and the courts were by far the biggest government waste to many objective observers.
The Hunter Biden investigation, regardless of its obvious merits, remains a mere distraction in the grand scheme of things.
Still, it was incredibly stupid for Hunter to take a consulting position with a Ukrainian energy company while his father, the VPOTUS, was in charge of the Ukraine file. Equally stupid and ill-advised was his father to be advocating in favour of it. Both chose very unwisely.