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.

[Sunshine55]

Columbia University assistant professor Nicholas DeGenova. May a million crows sh*t on his fat ugly head.

[PianoMan]

Certainly some top-notch nominees so far:

Robert Fisk
Peter Arnett
Scott Ritter
Barry McCaffrey
Wesley Clark

What about: Jacques Chirac, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton? I don't have any quotes though.

[Senator Pardek]

Perv - yeah, but non-pedo since you were forced to admit you are not 18.

[Maigrey]

How about Baghdad Babs? Anything she says right now is game in my book.

[PianoMan]

Good one, him and Edward Said. And what about CAIR?

[Angelwood]

I love this Registered Classic! Thanks for posting it to the thread.

Oh dear, oh dear! There are so many Garofolo candidates to choose from -- judging will be very difficult!

[Feiny]

To accept her award, she should have to crawl across broken glass.

[nicmarlo]

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

[f.Christian]

How about the prewar FR opus ...

'failure' // 'recriminations' ---

DOOM ...

is coming !

Link ? ?

[RummyChick]

martin sheen
janeane
robbins +sarandon(they count as one)
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daschle
pelosi
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jennings

arnett
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chirac
schroder
putin

[Spunky]

Katie Couric from the NBC Today Show ....."hopefully" he (Saddam Hussien) made it to Syria.

[Spunky]

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.

I should have read your instructions carefully before I posted.

Disregard my posting at #51. I guess what Katie Couric said wasn't exactly doom and gloom.

Just wishful thinking on her part.

[kristinn]

Thank you. D.C. gives us alot to work with--too much at times.....

[Nita Nupress]

Katie Couric from the NBC Today Show ....."hopefully" he (Saddam Hussien) made it to Syria.

That one would go beautifully in a catagory named, "FREE REPUBLIC FREUDIAN SLIP AWARDS."

[Nita Nupress]

I think I should be worried that I understand your humor.

[kristinn]

Katie is so deserving. I watch Fox and Friends, so I haven't followed how the perky one did on this.

[Angelwood]

Thank you, Nita. If anyone would like to suggest categories (I love the Free Republic Freudian Slip category), please feel free to include your thoughts.

We can hand out (or mail) certificates to the runners-up.

[Byron_the_Aussie]

..I love this Registered Classic! Thanks for posting it to the thread...

You're welcome, Wonder Woman! May I second the nomination of that treasonous snake- Degenova? Cheers, By

[Spunky]

That one would go beautifully in a catagory named, "FREE REPUBLIC FREUDIAN SLIP AWARDS."

If we were to have that catagory I then would also nominate Tim Russert Meet the Press for asking Rumsfeld "How could we ALLOW the looting in Iraq."

[Great Dane]

Since this is a new award, shouldn't Janine Garafalo win the first award?

I nominate her for all ten, she worked hard for them.