Last Thursday I noted an I Want Media vote about who should be the 2006 Media Person of the Year. I asked for nominations for our own tally, and now that the choices are in, you can vote for who you think most impacted the media/country in the last year.
The choices: Al Franken, Katie Couric, Ann Coulter, Keith Olbermann, George Allen and Mark Foley, Tony Snow, Chris Wallace, Washington Post, Green Helmet Guy, and the Media.
If you have a "write in" candidate, include it in the comments section. Sorry, you can only vote once, this not being a Democratic primary.
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Tony Snow. He still goes out
November 21, 2006 - 15:19 ET by FOXFANTony Snow. He still goes out there every day knowing that the human gargoyle Helen Thomas will be there.
FOXFAN, "human gargoyle
November 21, 2006 - 16:25 ET by ForeverOnTheRightFOXFAN, "human gargoyle Helen Thomas" not there's a Photoshop challenge. I'd love to see someone do a top notch job of combining the two in one photo.
helen thomas photoshop
November 21, 2006 - 16:31 ET by misterbillhelen thomas photoshop
Here's a scary one--put Helen's head on Raquel Welch's body. Good old photoshop!
Helen Thomas photshop redux
November 21, 2006 - 16:39 ET by terrigHow about putting her head on Shrek's body?
helen trauma
November 21, 2006 - 16:41 ET by tumblerThat's a keeper.
If Helen Trauma and Mr T were wed, what would their baby look like? And his name?
Terrig -Shrek
November 21, 2006 - 16:44 ET by misterbillTerri --stop it I am too old a man to get THAT excited!
Misterbill
November 21, 2006 - 16:46 ET by terrigGlad I could make you laugh!
laugh
November 21, 2006 - 16:50 ET by misterbillI laughed so hard, I fell out of my wheel chair and now I have to change my dependz.
Serious. Helen brings to mind an old expression: "She looks like she was rode hard and put away wet." Cruel. but funny.
Now you've done it! If I re
November 21, 2006 - 17:00 ET by MightyMouthNow you've done it! If I read one more visual of Helen, my head will splode!
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
Oh, please NO, not Hellen's h
November 21, 2006 - 16:49 ET by ForeverOnTheRightOh, please NO, not Hellen's head on Shrek's body, I enjoy that movie! To see her head on Shrek's body would ruin the movie's for me!
YEA, SNOW!
November 21, 2006 - 16:52 ET by TOEYEA, SNOW!
YEA, SNOW!
November 21, 2006 - 16:52 ET by TOEYEA, SNOW!
I thought this was a fun poll
November 21, 2006 - 19:48 ET by whitetopI thought this was a fun poll and was going to vote for Kutie Curic because she is such a loser. I mean after all the $s See BS has spent on this bitch only to fall to the depths of dispair in the ratings. Seems like they are committed to mediocrity because they were consistently 3rd with Dan (I only report on material I generate) Blather, even though he was the highest paid of the alphabet anchors. SeeBS obviously enjoys the cellar when it comes to ratings because it gives them something to shoot for.
I voted for Tony when I saw this was a serious poll.
my vote
November 21, 2006 - 15:24 ET by misterbillTeller -- of Penn and Teller. His poignant comments about all aspects of American life are deserving of praise.
Amen, misterbill. I have ye
November 21, 2006 - 15:47 ET by sarcasmoAmen, misterbill. I have yet to see anything from Teller that's not excellent. Their live show is my first priority (aside from poker) the next time I'm in Vegas.
JMR
Greg, that would be voter sup
November 21, 2006 - 15:25 ET by Dave RSorry, you can only vote once, this not being a Democratic primary.
Greg, that's voter supression!
I hear ya Dave R.
November 21, 2006 - 15:42 ET by SportPoliticsI hear ya Dave R.
I thought I made up my mind, and I used the chad stylus to dot out the little punch hole, but then I decided "Macaca" and IM's weren't as important as Tony Snow, who should be on the Cover of Time.
But they won't let me change my answer or get a do-over ballot here, claiming I already dropped it in the ballot box. Like that matters if I've changed my mind ?!
They don't want a true answer and suppression of voters is the way they're gonna win. The fix is in. This is 2000 and 2004 all over again.
I chose Green Helmet Guy main
November 21, 2006 - 16:13 ET by Dave RI chose Green Helmet Guy mainly because he, although unwittingly, did more than anyone on the list to promote blogs. It was solely due to some sharp eyes out there that certain elements of the MSM were caught red-handed faking "news" photos, some doing it repeatedly. In my mind, that was probably the most significant development over the last year MSM wise, and does not bode well for the future, as I am sure the fakers will now be striving to perfect their craft. The obvious affect of media bias on the election runs a close second to that, but I blame a large part of that on the voters, who didn't bother to avail themselves of the wealth of information available to them.
All your fakes
November 21, 2006 - 19:41 ET by n2soonersAll your fakes
bravo n2sooners....great link
November 22, 2006 - 08:59 ET by vrwc13bravo n2sooners....great link
green helmet guy got my vote too...represents all of msm's bloopers and bias.
face piles of trials with smiles
Ann Coulter. Weather you li
November 21, 2006 - 15:36 ET by danangvetAnn Coulter. Weather you like her, or hate her, everyone talks about her. I think she's great.
Is there cash involved? The
November 21, 2006 - 15:44 ET by balboaIs there cash involved? Then maybe Ann could buy something to wear other than a black cocktail dress.
Hey, why screw up a successfu
November 21, 2006 - 16:00 ET by JohnboHey, why screw up a successful act as America's media slut? It sells books! Isn't being a smashing finacial success - no matter what it takes - what America is all about?
Oh, wait. That's the credo of the conservatives.
Johnbo
November 21, 2006 - 16:10 ET by misterbillJohnbo - I don't know you, but there is something about your posts that says I shouldn't be nice to you. But I will be. Happy Thanksgiving! Eat the bird!!!!
Hey, what a great guy! Righ
November 21, 2006 - 16:14 ET by JohnboHey, what a great guy! Right back at you, little buddy.
Your intuition is strong. Kee
November 21, 2006 - 16:21 ET by florida_chadYour intuition is strong. Keep believing in it ;)
"Happy Thanksgiving! Eat
November 21, 2006 - 20:23 ET by slaphappy"Happy Thanksgiving! Eat the bird!!!!"---shit... ....Keeping things civil... ...... As you were johnboy..
Hey, why vote twice? Libert
November 21, 2006 - 15:37 ET by sarcasmoHey, why vote twice? Libertarians have technologically-surpassed that, and I'm proof! If you vote for Radley Balko, your vote can be fully cloaked, too! Who cares if a blogger's journalism may have saved an innocent man's life?!?!? We've got Katie Couric's People-Magazine-style "journalism" to think-about instead!!
JMR
Radley's also covering live
November 22, 2006 - 12:54 ET by sarcasmoRadley's also covering lives lost quite a bit better than a few of the on-ballot nominees. Situation: normal-for-me. http://www.reasonmag...
JMR
It's got to be Rush Limpbaugh
November 21, 2006 - 16:03 ET by JohnboIt's got to be Rush Limpbaugh and the Michael J. Fox imitation. The Limp One is single-handedly responsible for delivering a key state to the Democrats that resulted in control of the Senate.
Hey, thanks El Limpbo!
Johnhack
November 21, 2006 - 18:48 ET by UnsaneProof, please?
If that logic holds, Dem candidates should have won EVERY presidential election since 1988 with 500+ electoral votes.
Any questions? I don't think so. Hack.
"Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy." -Sir Winston Churchill, British statesman (1874-1965)
All due respect to Tony Snow,
November 21, 2006 - 16:19 ET by rimskyAll due respect to Tony Snow, Ann Coulter and all, but come on.. the Media's strategy of spewing trash about Republicans and Conservatives was so ramped up in the months preceding the mid-term elections, its hard to see any of the other choices as being relevant.
dimpled chads and broken Deibolds
November 21, 2006 - 16:22 ET by acumenBefore I vote, I first need to review the issues.
Lets see, can't vote for Franken, Couric, Olberman, WaPo, Green Helmet Guy or Media. Although I know their goal (more liberalism/government), until they cut and run I don't see where they have offered any other realistic "plan" to fix the disaster they have created right here at home called America's war on terror.
I can't vote for any of the others on the list because as I have been repeatedly told by the ones I have already eliminated, their opinions don't matter anyway.
So I am left with no alternative than to offer a write-in vote - My vote for media person of the year for 2006 goes to that one man who had the capacity to not only dupe most of the developed world media but our country's media as well into believing that HE is the actual victim - (awkward moment - fumbling with butterfly ballot) ------- the Islamic terrorist.
Come on what about Chris Wallace?
November 21, 2006 - 16:24 ET by terrigI voted for Chris Wallace just because it was so much fun watching Billy Boy squirm in his seat and shake that finger again. That was a classic!
Chris Wallace was my 1st c
November 21, 2006 - 19:53 ET by RunningBeerChris Wallace was my 1st choice but seeing as how the ENTIRE MSM went to bat for the dims I gotta give it to them. They are truely amazing <gag, cough, hack>!