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.

[BillyBoy]

I heard Shucksmaster got first dips on him:

[barker]

Let's not forget Michael Moore and The Dixie Sh*ts either! Or Mike Farrell. Haven't seen him mentioned yet.

[6ppc]

My nomination: Baghdad Bob.

Second that! Old BB is a natural winner!

[bert]

Ok, I nominate Heather Nauert who disgraced Fox News and herself by doing her "man on the street" interviews in what appeared to be her Amman hotel bar. She interviewed a street lizard sitting on a bar stool with bottles clearly in view behind the bar.

I guess she gets the campaign ribbon for being in theater, but apparently didn't have the right stuff to really go out on the streets of an arab city.

[6ppc]

Ritter qualifies on sheer stupidity, but IMHO the winners should be amusing, good targets for humorous ridicule.

Ritter is just pathetic...not even fun to ridicule.

[6ppc]

robbins +sarandon(they count as one)

One what? $8^)

[6ppc]

I propose Foot in Mouth and .44 Mag in the Foot as possible categories. Dixie Chicks would be a good candidate for either.

[Dutchy]

A DC Chapter ping!!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Too bad he won't be there to accept it in person, having shuffled off this mortal coil.

I don't know if he's dead yet...

[Fifth Business]

The Pope.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A Vatican envoy who met with President Bush Wednesday said he "clearly and forcefully" conveyed a message from Pope John Paul II that a war against Iraq would be a "disaster."

http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/03/05/sprj.irq.bush.vatican/

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

I used that line on a ten year old chick I met yesterday - and it worked!

Pervert...:-)

[6ppc]

this thread has received over 60 responses and no one has mentioned Eason Jordan and CNN.

But there are so many choices! For that matter I nominate RW Apple and Peter Jennings. Oh...and what's his name Brown on CNN...and...and...and..........

[6ppc]

Deepest Depression over Victory

The nominees are Judy Woodruff and Katie Couric

Second, third or whatever category and nominees!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Charles Rangel: "our military are bombers of women and children."

I think you're mistakenly nominating the Joseph Goebbels/Pravda award nominee...

[6ppc]

"'I have absolutely no regret about my vote (against) this war. The same questions remain. The cost in human lives, the cost to our budget, probably 100 billion. We could have probably brought down that statue for a lot less." - Nancy Pelosi

Foot in Mouth winner for sure.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

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

By the way, come to think of it, I wonder what my uber-liberal grandparents and aunt think of all this?

[kristinn]

The Pope made his case from a moral stance. I disagreed with him, but I'm not putting His Holiness in the same category as Garofalo. JPII is not in the running.

[MikeAtTheShore]

"This invasion of Iraq, if it goes off, will join the Bay of Pigs, Vietnam, Desert One, Beirut, and Somalia in the history of military catastrophe. What will set it apart, distinguishing it for all time, is the immense--and transparent--political stupidity."

--Chris Matthews, San Francisco Chronicle, August 25, 2002


Now I am going to have to third the nomination. I knew he was a Clymer but this is too much.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

David Hackworth

David Hackworth?!? I'd think he'd be behind us all the way! Sure you didn't mean some retired Clintonista general instead?

[kristinn]

There are alot to choose from. I'm surprised noone has nominated Susie "Medea" Benjamin, so I will.