The ten nominees for "Ass Clown of the Year" are listed below. This round of voting will narrow the field to five. Voting ends on January 1, 2012 at 9:00PM CST.
On Monday, we will have the semifinal round of voting for "Ass Clown of the Year." We will also start voting for "Person of the Year."
The nominees for Person of the Year are:
1 Gabby Giffords (D-AZ) for amazing strength shown while recovering from January's shooting
2 Barack Obama for his successful plan to kill Osama bin Laden and for a falling unemployment rate
3 Occupy Wall Street for changing the narrative about economic inequality our nation
4 Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) for laying the theoretical foundations upon which #OWS is built and other cool stuff.
5 Wisconsin United for opposing Gov. Walker and leading the recall effort
Notes for Ass Clown ...
I combined Boehner, Cantor, and McConnell because they are all culpable for the mess in Congress right now.
I dropped Donald Trump and Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) because they bark a lot but have little bite.