Welcome to Awards Edition Plus Nomination Diary in which you may present your own nominees for tomorrow's Golden Douchenozzle Award, given each week for rank hypocrisy and general asshattery.
I was up early this morning and stopped by the Golden Douchenozzle Factory (located right behind the Burnham and Morrill baked bean plant by Back Cove here in beautiful, balmy Portland, Maine) to check on how the first shift production was going. I found the guys sitting around in their hazmat suits, sipping coffee and listening to Morning Edition. "Carry on, boys!" I said. There will be plenty of fresh, shiny douchenozzles to go around this week.
Follow me over the squiggly-do for my nominees...
Paul LePage What was it Truman said? "Don't kick a fresh turd on a hot day" or some such? Well, LePage has certainly stepped in it again this week. While he was on vacation in Jamaica (at the beginning of his third month in office--Bush much, Gov?) a lawsuit was filed in federal court over the removal of the labor history mural in the Department of Labor in Augusta, eight GOP state Senators published an op-ed accusing him of "lowering the bar of civil discourse" and asking him to stop insulting his opponents and embarrassing the State of Maine. Then, a sweet, rich, buttercream frosting was added to the Cake of Shame when the federal government demanded their grant money back which was given to pay for the mural. They just don't want the original amount back, though. They want fair market value which has had to have skyrocketed since the mural has recently become the most famous painting in the country. Way to go, Gov. Asshat! What's up for the next three months?
Rep Paul Ryan who wants to privatize Medicare. Paul Ryan: a one-man death panel. Douchenozzle.
Scott Walker, who has hired a fellow called Brian Deschane who is a two-time drunk driver, college dropout, and the son of a lobbyist and Walker political ally for a patronage job worth 81K. Now I don't have anything against drinking:
but Mr. "I Hate Teachers and their Unions" sure is demonstrating that the lack thereof can get you a job with the State. I wonder, is it a union job? Douchenozze.
Gadhafi Now he wants to "meet the insurgents in the middle". One of his spokesmen I heard on NPR this morning was saying he was "keen" to do so. Yeah, right. Meet them in the middle of a courtyard with a brick wall to their backs and a firing squad in front. Gadhafi: a man you can do business with...
weatherdude That's right, folks: our own contributing editor weatherdude, for his April Fool's prank about Maddow being fired by MSNBC. I thought it was funny. Many others, did not. So, he gets the nomination. Heck, I have nominated myself before. Don't feel bad, wxdude. We all get a little douchey sometimes.
Got nominations? Leave yours in the comments with a brief explanation as to why they are deserving of the Daily Kos' most prestigious award!