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January 03, 2007 10:02 PM UTC
48 Comments
I nominate Gecko actually. He has changed his tone a lot and has shown a hell of a lot more maturity than I have!
Gecko for 07!
blatant shills, Gecko, Sybil/Ruthie, Moonraker, Sir Robin and FFF would be top choices.
If we are nominating people who can formulate a coherent thought, ones with something meaningful to share and from who we learned a thing or two, I nominate: Phoenix Rising, One Queer Dude, El Paso Rockefeller Republican, what?/!, WesternSlopeThought and Mr. Toodles. My vote goes to Phoenix Rising.
Right-Wing Shill of the Year, Left-Wing Shill of the Year, and All Around Psychotic Shill of the Year (non-ideological). What does everyone think….too many categories?
I think Sybil/Ruthie will walk away with the “Psychotic” award hands down… Just posting stuff in different sized and colored fonts is a potential sign of mental disturbance, let alone her actual posts.
I think there ought to be a category for Ax Grinder of the Year (I’ve got my eye on the Hick Haters, but Sir Robin is definitely a contender).
As far as “shill” goes, I always have thought of shills as being those bloggers who were obviously posting on behalf of campaigns – think Moonraker, but think also of those annoying Herb Rubenstein supporters. Gecko may be a lot of things, but he clearly is thinking and speaking for himself.
What other categories can we create?
Most Prolific…
Most Sarcastic…
Most Insightful…
Most Accurate…
Most likely to run for office…
Most likely to Snark…
Stuff like that.
This is starting to sound like a high school yearbook.
I guess. In that case, we’ll need “most popular” and “most likely to succeed.”
Mr. Toodles! Smartest 25 year old I know.
Since I’ve been here (May) I’ve seen so many people come and go… Not all of them were shills (hello, Moonraker) either. I guess the nomination process is the way to go…
Anyway, for me the most memorable polsters were quixote (gone since June or July), Patriot (ditto), Bad Moon Rising, Iron Mike (welcome back), Sir Robin, Phoenix Rising, Gecko (most resilient right winger on this blog), Mr. Toodles (smartest polster under 30, and maybe under 90 as well), Lauren Bacall, FFF, andy bradshaw (whither art thou, Andy? Was he a shill after all?). Moonraker, dwyer, Car 31, Sybil/Ruthie (and all her other aliases), JoseSixPack (the special session shut him up fast), George, the supercock (best handle ever), Lamborn Has Godlike Qualities (we need Lamborn in the news so LHGQ will come back to us) and last but never least, One Queer Dude.
I feel like I’m missing some people that I mean to include here. I don’t mean any slight anyone by not including them.
Of course, If i am the smartest polster under thirty, that means that I am the only polster under thirty.
For sure. Funny, informative, and not full of himself.
It’s one of the benefits of being retired. You get to impose yourself on your children. And I don’t use a traveling computer, but I’m around again and will get back into the swing of things.
Dan Willis and Dave??? (his mom ran in Hawaii) for their extensive, detailed knowledge.
Lauren Bacall and a couple of other R’s whose handles I can’t recall for being real, reasonable, and knowledgeable. Thanks for some great laughs, Lauren!
One Queer Dude for his knowledge, wit, and frequency.
Gecko for sticking by his guns. Er, his ideology.
Pols, when you do your extensive list, can you do a runoff voting? First, second, third, fourth choices? We might as well start the future of voting here. Oh, that’s right, Australia already does it.
We’re going to call a special election out of nowhere, with limited notice, and then have voting centers that we won’t disclose. That way the winner will have really earned it.
Dan Willis and Dave are two people who should be on my list above…
Where has that one been lately? I would imagine he is in D.C. this week attending the festivities surrounding Doug’s coronation.
His posts usually give me a much needed chuckle!
the triumvirate of blogging
OQD: For consistently making me laugh.
Gecko: For consistently making me wince. Love the Gecko!
Aristotle: For his wisdom and for keeping me honest. Thanks Dad.
Voyageur: Smart posts, thanks for the new handle, miss ya man!
parsing: The most likable BIG LIB poster
Car 31: The most likable Moderate D poster
Another Skeptic: For straight shooting no matter who gets hit
Dan Willis: For knowing everything about anything. Our own Willikapedia!
Phoenix Rising: For intelligent, albeit lefty posts
Mr. Toodles: Voted most likely to succeed, become a fabulously rich attorney, and switch parties to protect his abundant wealth:)
El Paso RR: For being an open minded R, you make us look good.
And finally, for the 499,975 unique visitors to Pols who never post. Thanks for reading, jump in when you feel the groove.
I forgot my fellow Publicrat, Middle of the Road. Cheers to you!
Another Skeptic (and sometimes Cynic)? Middle of the Road is a good one… Voyageur, oft remarked upon here, hasn’t posted anything since I first came here…
BTW, keep calling me dad and I’ll have to track you down and spank you… Where do you live anyway? Glenwood Springs? Grand Junction? Grand Lake? Granby? Some other west slope town that begins with a “G”?
I’ll have to keep that to myself. One of your guesses is close. Do I sound like a “G” girl to you?
Voyageur was very prolific before your time. I found him to be very sharp and correct on most issues. (Meaning, I agreed with him of course:)
and I are contemporaries and go back a long ways with the Colorado General Assembly.
I remember once have a lengthy discussion with him on this board about legislators and Governors going back to John Love. We knew/know a lot of folks in common from the old days.
He is gone, IIRC because Westword ‘outed’ him as Bob Ewegen of the Denver Post. I don’t know for a fact if Ewegen was indeed Voyageur, but given the nature of V’s posts and his historical knowledge of the state politically (which I humbly assert, nearly equals my own), he likely was Bob, the pride of the Eastern Plains.
I rarely read the Post and wasn’t familiar with the writer Ewegen, but Voyageur did disappear around the same time as the outing, so it could be him. I just remember Voyageur eating a few posters for lunch. You either knew your stuff or paid the price for your ignorance. He was a kick!
at your hometown once… for some reason I think you live near Glenwood…
I wouldn’t want to subvert the whole “mystery blogger” theme by divulging this highly sensitive info.
Of course, maybe I was posting after a night at the Pub with Middle:)
Anyway, you’re too young to be Lauren Bacall’s Dad. I think she’s in her eighties!
I’m crushed. 🙂
She said she’s a dead ringer for Angelina Jolie…
but I think the real Lauren Bacall is a Dem, so that should help.
Ari, what a good memory you have!
I saw a story on the Today Show about how more people tell white lies online. I don’t know what made me think of that:)
….even for me.
But you, I’d love to spend an evening with. You are obviously intelligent and while firm in your convictions, are more than willing to listen to other perspectives.
You are a real asset to this blog.
I am home, and will remain here (at least for now). Law school was, in an attempt to keep it clean, not the most pleasurable experience. It was definitely a learning experience though. So if anyone knows of any jobs, I, uh, need one.
Thank you for the nod.
My top three in no particular order:
Phoenix Rising – I am always in awe of your knowledge
Lauren Bacall – We dont often see eye to eye, but I will be damned if I dont respect the hell out of you and your opinion
Aristotle – Always refreshing, smart, and willing to give and recieve knowledge. On top of that, he has a solid playbook, the classic KISS
EPRR – The epitome of his name. A classic republican who has always brought a level head to the table
LHGQ – Hilarious. The most laugh out loud posts
parsingreality – On top of the beat connection, which is awesome by the way, your knowledge, experience, method of argument is awesome. By the way, I just recently learned that my older sister and younger brother are both republicans. My mom is also a republican and my dad, while a registered dem, is more in the unaffiliated vein. To sum up, in my family, apparently, I am the opposite of your daughter (whose in Texas?)
The list goes on, but these “top 3” are the names that stick out right now.
Thanks for the words, Toodles. FYI on the Beat front, the OTR scroll opens at the public library on Saturday at 2PM. The opening ceremonies will have John Cassady, son of Neal, David Amaram, and Carolyn Cassady! When I was in SF and SJ, we talked her into coming with John and David. She is a sharp woman who loves the attention.
They get into town tomorrow night. The first event is a viewing of “Pull My Daisy” at the Webb library on Welton at 8PM.
One Queer Dude is our man.
those nominated should go back and “pull quote” their own most favorite post – edit for size , though.
I’d be happy with Queerdude, Gecko, or Sybil/Ruthie (whatever Ann’s screen name is).
But I think you gotta at least recognize the wingnuts over at ToTheRight. They sent a lot of readers over here.
Sure – I’ve been quiet for the last few months (ya gotta earn money some time) but I did some good work on here keeping the BWB shills in check. I think I deserve at least a mention.
I have proof that One Queer Dude is actually straight. I pulled this from the FBI database when I was working on compiling crime stats for the Gov.
And I have studies to show that 95% of rabid right-wing motorcycle riders are actually gay and therefore we need to take away their right to vote.
And that ladies & gentlemen is why you should vote for me over One Queer Dude and Gecko. Because I clearly am the candidate of good & honesty. No dirty tricks from me.
I nominate Iron Mike. The Rogue Marines posting was the funniest thing I’ve ever read on the web. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the ballad, no the saga, of the Rogue Marines:
“Actually guys, I just got off the phone with my source in the Pentagon and found out they were rogue Marines. Yeah, rogue Marines.
These guys have been off the reservation for months now, going around drinking iced tea, eating buffet food and giving speeches to Republicans in the evenings. During the day they are strack, law abiding, mild mannered… you know, killers, but each evening, unbeknownst to the Commandant of Marines, they are right wing, political party animals. And they say they won’t stop until another Bush is elected to the White House in 2008 or they score dates with the twins.
When cornered by a superior officer while boarding a plane back to his duty station in Siapan, one Marine who could only be identified as Sergeant Justin said. “Wolfowitz can stick his Directive up his @$$! I’m still an American, I have free speech. I can say whatever the f**k I want!” The officer said the Marine had the distinct smell of roast beef on his breath and was waving a Dinner Program around like a mad man. The Program was inscribed, “Look me up next time you’re in port. XXX OOO MM.”
This just changes everything for me. I mean if they are just rogues out to use their uniforms to cruise MILFs, get free GOP food and influence the political process for the Bush Dynasty, I think they should be thrown to the wolves. Then severely reprimanded so that this never happens again.
Oh wait, the Marine HQ says they didn’t break any regulations.
Oh well, never mind.
by: Iron Mike@Wed Mar 08, 2006 at 23:00:00 PM MST”
Thanks buddy.
I don’t know how I missed that one!
I guess I’d nominate Moonshill for the simple pleasure of slapping him around again. It’s Not Butter (or something like that) was fun at times during the primary and into the general. And then of course there was the Little Irishman… but that was a long long long time ago.
Sometimes I miss the Shills.
some of the others that helped inform over the year:
Windbourne
WestSloper
FarmBoy
what?!
Miss Ive (did I spell you name right?)
and so many others…
I can’t pick one for the year but below are some top choices:
Phoenix Rising for your intelligent posts
Gecko for your ‘alternative viewpoints’
Iron Mike for your wit and bite
Lauren Bacall for, well, being Lauren Bacall
and of course…
LHGQ for the sarcastic posts that made the election a little more bearable.
bring myself to say anything bad or good about anybody. It would be out of character.
if Skeptic was writing about me or himself…
Nominees:
BWB and his “misoriented” horse;
The discussions of horses and bars and preferred shooters;
Anything LHGQ posted;
Mr. Toodles and experiencing law school at a remove (it was less fun when I went through it on site);
Others?