Garofalo Awards Announced at White House Press Dinner

NewsMax.com ^ | Saturday, April 26, 2003 | Carl Limbacher

[kristinn]

Comedienne-turned-antiwar activist Janeane Garofalo will be among those honored at a ceremony sponsored by the Washington, D.C. Chapter of FreeRepublic.com outside tonight's annual White House Correspondents Association Dinner.

The first annual "Garofalo Awards" ceremony will spotlight celebrities who distinguished themselves in recent months with "histrionic predictions of gloom and doom before and/or during Operation Iraqi Freedom [and who] stand head and shoulders above all others for their shrillness, certainty and apocalyptic ravings," a FreeRepublic spokesman told NewsMax.

The award itself - a stuffed ready-to-eat crow on a silver platter - will be given to the top 10 celebrity activists, politicians, pundits and reporters based on votes of FreeRepublic members.

Winners include Garofalo herself, who was the top vote getter based on her bizarre pre-war observation, "We are doomed if we go into this war into the heart of the Arabian world with a U.S. led effort against world opinion. We are doomed if we do this."

CNN news executive Eason Jordan followed in second place, for his recent confession in a New York Times op-ed piece that he and his network covered-up firsthand accounts of Saddam Hussein's torture and execution of innocent civilians.

Other Garafalo Awards winners include:

* Fired NBC and National Geographic reporter Peter Arnett

* Former U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter

* Actor Tim Robbins

* Columnist Helen Thomas

* Former President Bill Clinton

Clinton is being honored with a Garofalo for his for remarks to a New York business group last week, where he accused the U.S. of trying to bully the world.

"Our paradigm now seems to be: something terrible happened to us on September 11, and that gives us the right to interpret all future events in a way that everyone else in the world must agree with us," Clinton told the Conference Board. "And if they don't, they can go straight to hell."

Each Garofalo Award recipient will also receive a bottle of red wine vinegar to help wash down the crow dinner.

[My2Cents]

Did any of those dis-honored actually show up to receive their award?

[My2Cents]

In truth, there is much to legitmately hate about the man.

[My2Cents]

George C. Scott was a U.S. Marine

Not to mention his Col. David Hunt-like persona in "Patton."

[My2Cents]

BTW, that should be the "Whiners of the 2003 Garofalos", not "winners."

[Vets_Husband_and_Wife]

I think "almost" everyone I voted for got an award!! :o)

Well done! BTW, did anyone actually get HANDED their award? Did FOX or any other news org show a clip of the award ceremony? Inquiring minds wanna know, LOL!

[Bigg Red]

...with xxxlinton gone my attitude might ease up on him, but i find that he makes me grind my teeth more and more everyday.

Same here, IC, but it's because the pig will not SHUT UP and GO AWAY!

[afraidfortherepublic]

Link to the pictures, please????

[Salvation]

A big bump for you!

[Texas Mom]

You know, they say it's best to eat crow while it's still hot. Hope they don't wait too long until it's too cold to swallow.

[Angelwood]

The pictures link is on the after-action report:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/901506/posts

Just go to post #18 and click on the link.

[Badray]

Great job on Fox and Friends the other day. I think they loved it as much as we did.

[Tabi Katz]

Hopefully Robbins shared his award with lovergirl Susan Saran Wrap, who is at least as deserving.

[wolfdaddie]

Semper Fi Squantos:
I really liked your post of the WWII celebrity patriots. Please let me know how to get a Word doc copy.

Sure says tons about a persons ideals doesn't it? The Hollywierdos are too narcistic and self consumed to even have a shot at relating to the real world. Best if they keep their non-sensical blabbing confined to their immediate sycophants.

[Squantos]

I don't have a word.doc for it but ya can see more here at this web site.........cut and paste from post 54 to your notepad or word ...that should do it.


http://www.jodavidsmeyer.com/combat/military/actors_in_wwii.html


Stay Safe Brother !

[walford]

Please post a link to a source of that quote. I wonder why Big Media haven't been playing that one so that everyone can see it?