2004 Election Awards Nominations

[Silent Hunter]

The categories are here, I just want your nominations for each:
'Morning in America' Award for Best Ad (Separate categories for main candidates and independents)
'Willie Horton' Award for Nastiest Ad (Separate categories for main candidates and independents)
'Open toed shoes' for most blatant position change
'Nothing to fear' for best candidate speech
'He's a nice bloke' for best supporting speech
'Jane Fonda' for most annoying/nastiest liberal
'Jesse Helms' for most annoying/nastiest conservative
'Mike Dukakis' Tank' for most embarrasing photo/moment
'Ross Perot' for best third-party/independent candidate
'You're no Jack Kennedy' for best insult
'No whitewash' award for most blatant lie
'David Dimbleby' for best reporter.
'Fair and balanced' for biased reporting
'Nation shall speak peace unto nation' for balanced reporting
'Turncoat' award for best side switcher.
'He's toast' award for bad calling of the result.

Also for the 108th Congress:
'Reading a phone directory' for worst filibustering
The Best Representative Award
The Best Senator Award
Most annoying Democrat
Most Annoying Republican
The Dumbest Idea
The Best Idea

Nominations close at noon EST on 9 November.

[Platypus]

'Morning in America' Award for Best Ad (Separate categories for main candidates and independents): Kerry windsurfing
'Willie Horton' Award for Nastiest Ad (Separate categories for main candidates and independents): Kerry windsurfing
'Open toed shoes' for most blatant position change: Bush 'uniter not divider'
'Nothing to fear' for best candidate speech: Edwards smalltown stump speech for primaries
'He's a nice bloke' for best supporting speech: Bill Clinton 'good for my heart'
'Jane Fonda' for most annoying/nastiest liberal:
'Jesse Helms' for most annoying/nastiest conservative
'Mike Dukakis' Tank' for most embarrasing photo/moment: Kerry motorcycle
'Ross Perot' for best third-party/independent candidate: Michael Badnarik
'You're no Jack Kennedy' for best insult:
'No whitewash' award for most blatant lie
'David Dimbleby' for best reporter
'Fair and balanced' for biased reporting
'Nation shall speak peace unto nation' for balanced reporting: Jim Lehrer's Newshour
'Turncoat' award for best side switcher
'He's toast' award for bad calling of the result:Zogby
Nicest Liberal Award: Barack Obama
Nicest Conservative Award: Peter Coors



Also for the 108th Congress:
'Reading a phone directory' for worst filibustering
The Best Representative Award
The Best Senator Award
Most annoying Democrat
Most Annoying Republican
The Dumbest Idea
The Best Idea

Nominations close at noon EST on 9 November.

[DanielX]

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'Open toed shoes' for most blatant position change - oh boy, which Kerry flip-flop.....

'Nothing to fear' for best candidate speech - i dunno...

'He's a nice bloke' for best supporting speech - Zell Miller in the Republican convention

'Jane Fonda' for most annoying/nastiest liberal - Michael Moore
'Jesse Helms' for most annoying/nastiest conservative - Pat Buchanan

'Mike Dukakis' Tank' for most embarrasing photo/moment - John Kerry shooting geese in Ohio
'Ross Perot' for best third-party/independent candidate - undecided Peroutka/Badnarik
'You're no Jack Kennedy' for best insult - 'f*** off' - Cheney to Leahy

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'Fair and balanced' for biased reporting - Dan Rather...
'Nation shall speak peace unto nation' for balanced reporting  - nobody! They're all biased one way or another!
'Turncoat' award for best side switcher. - Ed Koch?
'He's toast' award for bad calling of the result. - those bloggers early in the day who were worried about a Kerry speech..

Also for the 108th Congress:
'Reading a phone directory' for worst filibustering
The Best Representative Award - can't think of one....
The Best Senator Award  - Zell Miller
Most annoying Democrat - Leahy or Daschle....
Most Annoying Republican - does Janklow count?
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[No more McShame]

Open Toed Shoes- so many to choose... I say Kerry on Iraq he had so many different positions.

Nothing to fear- Bush when he said he'd debate Kerry when he finished the debate with himself

He's a nice bloke- Rudy Giuliani at the RNC

Jane Fonda- Michael Moore

Jesse Helms- Bob Barr

Mike Dukakis Tank- Kerry Goose hunting

Ross Perot- Badnarik

You're no Jack Kennedy- can't think of any right now.

No Whitewash- Bush lied.  Many candidates.

Fair and balanced- Tie, Dan Rather and Katie Couric

Nation shall speak peace- Tim Russert

Turncoat- Mayor Kelly of St. Paul- he's the only one that had something to lose that I heard about

He's toast- Matt Drudge for posting the results

Best Representative- Jeff Flake (R-AZ) for refusing pork

Best Senator-  Michael Crapo (R-ID)  just love the name

Annoying Democrat- Patty Murray (D-WA) pro-terrorist radical

Annoying Republican- Arlen Specter (R-PA)

Dumbest Idea- Campaign Finance Reform

Best Idea- Expanding medical savings accounts

[Silent Hunter]

'Morning in America' Award for Best Ad (Separate categories for main candidates and independents):
Wacky (Bush-Cheney 04)
'Willie Horton' Award for Nastiest Ad (Separate categories for main candidates and independents):
'Wolves' (Bush-Cheney 04)
The jobs in China advert (MoveOn.org)
'Open toed shoes' for most blatant position change:
Senator Kerry on Iraq, simple as that.
'Nothing to fear' for best candidate speech:
Bush's convention speech
'He's a nice bloke' for best supporting speech:
Al Sharpton's DNC speech.
'Jane Fonda' for most annoying/nastiest liberal:
Michael Moore
'Jesse Helms' for most annoying/nastiest conservative:
Ann Coulter
'Mike Dukakis' Tank' for most embarrasing photo/moment:
Howard Dean's scream
'Ross Perot' for best third-party/independent candidate: Michael Badnarik
'You're no Jack Kennedy' for best insult:
The Tony Soprano comment by Senator Kerry.
'No whitewash' award for most blatant lie: Bush on 'Not caring about bin Laden' or Kerry's 'General Shinseki' story.
'David Dimbleby' for best reporter: None.
'Fair and balanced' for biased reporting:
Fox News- in general, not calling CA even when everyone else had.
'Nation shall speak peace unto nation' for balanced reporting:
CNN
'Turncoat' award for best side switcher: Zell Miller- the Democrats simply couldn't get anyone better.
'He's toast' award for bad calling of the result:
John Zogby

Also for the 108th Congress:
'Reading a phone directory' for worst filibustering:
The entire Democratic Senatorial caucus on Bush's judicial nominees
The Best Representative Award: None stand out.
The Best Senator Award: John McCain
Most annoying Democrat:
Coleen Brown (for the coup allegation)
Most Annoying Republican: Denis Hastert (for calling the Spanish cowards)
The Dumbest Idea:
The draft (Chuck Hangel)
The Best Idea: The Medicare expansion


Nominations close at noon EST on 9 November.

[ATFFL]

'Morning in America' Award for Best Ad (Separate categories for main candidates and independents)

Campaigns:  The Bush wnidsurfing ad (not to be confused with the independent windsurfing ad)

Indies:  Swift Boat Vets Campaign.  (The ads were a series that built on each other.  For a single ad, the one with John Kerry's testimony read in his own voice and vets saying how that effected them.

'Willie Horton' Award for Nastiest Ad (Separate categories for main candidates and independents)

Campaigns:  Bush "Wolves" ad. 

Indies:  Just about anything, but I will go with the DNC eagle and Ostritch ad.

'Open toed shoes' for most blatant position change

"I actually voted for the 87 billion before I voted against it."

'Nothing to fear' for best candidate speech

Bush convention speech.

'He's a nice bloke' for best supporting speech

Arnold's "Why I am a Republican" speech

'Jane Fonda' for most annoying/nastiest liberal

Michael Moore

'Jesse Helms' for most annoying/nastiest conservative

Sean Hannity

'Mike Dukakis' Tank' for most embarrasing photo/moment

Kerry in the clean suit.

'Ross Perot' for best third-party/independent candidate

None.  They all bombed and none deserve the recognition.

'You're no Jack Kennedy' for best insult

The flip flop dance.

'No whitewash' award for most blatant lie

CBS memo

'David Dimbleby' for best reporter.

Not reporting, but I will go with Brit Hume's panel.

'Fair and balanced' for biased reporting

See-BS News.  I mean, they run with a fake memo and they try to keep the explosives story back until the last Sunday.

'Nation shall speak peace unto nation' for balanced reporting

Fox.  They came the closest to a 50-50 share of positive and negative stories for each candidate.  THough no one was really fair.

'Turncoat' award for best side switcher.

Zell.  Is there any competition?

'He's toast' award for bad calling of the result.

Zogby.  Though he is doing his best to cover it up.

[Silent Hunter]

Bumped for extra nominations in the other categories (Best Ads already up for vote)

Nominations now close 23 November.