NOMINATION THREAD FOR THE FREE REPUBLIC GAROFALO AWARDS

Thursday, April 17, 2003 | Kristinn

[kristinn]

Nominations for Free Republic's Garofalo Awards are being accepted on this thread.

The Garofalo--ready-to-eat stuffed crows on a platter--will be awarded to prominent individuals in the media and elsewhere whose histrionic predictions of doom and gloom before and/or during Operation Iraqi Freedom stand head and shoulders above all others for their shrillness, certainty, and apocalyptic ravings.

To be nominated, the person must meet the criteria. Documentation will be needed (not necessarily provided by the nominator) to provide specific reasons when announcing the winners as to why they were singled out for special recognition.

Ten Garofolos will be awarded. We will do our best to present them to any winners who attend the White House Correspondents Association dinner April 26 when the D.C. Chapter holds its 5th annual freep there of liberal bias in the media.

Janeane Garofalo, whom the award is named for, is eligible to win.

Nominations close Sunday, April 20 at 3 p.m. EDT. Voting will commence on a new thread soon thereafter.

[Spunky]

....so I haven't followed how the perky one did on this.

Here is a link to a short transcript on FR of her statement.

Katie Couric

[Great Dane]

#34..... Does that crow has West Nile. ??

[DB]

Scott Ritter has my vote.

I hope he moves to France.

[TXBlair]

I nominate Jane Fonda, for the pearls of wisdom she recently shared with (inflicted upon) Canadians regarding America's "ignorance". Yes, yes, we are a nation of morons. Please tell us, Ms. Fonda, where you received YOUR numerous degrees. Was it Suck U?

[Nita Nupress]

FRee Republic Baghdad Bob Liar-of-the-Year Award

[Sunshine55]

Let's not forget Michael Moore and The Dixie Sh*ts either!

[T Minus Four]

We don't have any business going over there to fight a war (sob). We're just going to start WWIII (boo, hoo, hoo!)

- My mother, the flaming liberal dem, from whom I haven't heard a word in weeks.

[A Citizen Reporter]

I believe you might be speaking of Michael Wolf of New Yorker mag...er rag.......

[pipecorp]

Excellent offerings, lets also add cretin and devilebedpan.

[rllngrk33]

How about the following as nominees?

The entire Democratic Leadership in Congress

The Liberal News Media

Everyone who participated in an ANSWER sponsered anti-war rally.

The FRENCH

The UN.

I could go on but the list is almost endless.

[mcenedo]

I'm ashamed that this thread has received over 60 responses and no one has mentioned Eason Jordan and CNN.

Gee, I wonder why, when Jordan felt he had to get ahead of the spin cycle, he turned to the NYSlime.

I'm sure this was Eason's lame attempt to be a Walter Duranty wannabe.

[blackbart.223]

Dan Rather and Peter Jennings come to mind.

[Shermy]

Group award to "retired generals"

[yooper]

Hands down; Peter Arnett. The man was transparentally exposed as a dictator lover.

[sweetliberty]

Tiny Tom (I am deeply disturbed) Daschle. And if it can be awarded posthumously, I would nominate Baghdad Bob.

[sweetliberty]

Yep; I would definitely second the Scott Ritter nomination.

[ez]

In the print category, I would like to nominate R W Apple.

[TheLion]

An Award? How about a boot in the butt!

[L_Von_Mises]

Here are a few off the top of my head:
David Clennon from CBS's The Agency
BJ Hunnicut
John Conyers
Sean Penn
Charles Rangell

They may not have been top of the class in apocalyptic predictions but they made up for it in shrillness and putting Saddam's regime in moral equivalence to the United States.

Here are two that were convinced we were losing:
Peter Arnett
David Hackworth

[sweetliberty]

What about Senator Kerry for his "regime change/political suicide" remark?