A Cavalcade of Schmucks

MRC's Quote of the Year “ Melissa Lafsky “Mary Jo wasn’t a right-wing talking point or a negative campaign slogan....We don’t know how much Kennedy was affected by her death, or what she’d have thought about arguably being a catalyst for the most successful Senate career in history....[One wonders what] Mary Jo Kopechne would have had to say about Ted’s death, and what she’d have thought of the life and career that are being (rightfully) heralded. Who knows — maybe she’d feel it was worth it.” — Discover magazine deputy web editor Melissa Lafsky, who formerly worked on the New York Times’s Freakonomics blog, writing at the Huffington Post, August 27. ” MRC's Hall of Shame The Coronation of the Messiah Award for Fawning Inaugural Coverage Master of His Domain Award for Obama Puffery The Crush Rush Award for Loathing Limbaugh Damn Those Conservatives Award The Poison Tea Pot Award for Smearing the Anti-Obama Rabble Spread the Wealth Award for Socialist Sermonizing Long Live Camelot Award for Lionizing Ted Kennedy The Half-Baked Alaska Award for Pummeling Palin The Un-Fairness Doctrine Award for Slamming Media Conservatives Let Us Fluff Your Pillow Award for Obsequious Obama Interviews Barry’s Big Brain Award for Journalists Bedazzled by Obama’s Brilliance The Audacity of Dopes Award for Wackiest Analysis of the Year The Obamagasm Award for Seeing Coolness In Everything Obama Does Michelle, the Media Belle Award Media Hero Award The Barbra Streisand Political IQ Award for Celebrity Vapidity