Andrew Sullivan stumbles on the quote of the year with his 2005 Begala Award winner:
"The religious right's position on embryonic stem cell research is clear: consign Alzheimer's and Parkinson's sufferers to death on the off chance that a blastocyst will crawl out of the garbage pail to work the breakfast shift at Burger King." - Jerry And Joe Long, at Huffblog. So this year, I decided to create my own Reid Report Award, for the best "separated at birth" couples of 2005. There were so many to choose from:
There are perennial favorites, like: George W. Bush and Alfred E. Newman...
Ann Coulter and Icabod Crane...
... Coulter definitely was in the running for quote of the year with this gem from a recent column:
Which brings me to this week’s scandal about No Such Agency spying on "Americans.” I have difficulty ginning up much interest in this story inasmuch as I think the government should be spying on all Arabs, engaging in torture as a televised spectator sport, dropping daisy cutters wantonly throughout the Middle East, and sending liberals to Guantanamo. ...
Thanks, Ann. Thanks for being completely psychotic. ... Anyway, this year, we chose the following separated at birth all-stars:
Honerable mention: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and "the Iranian hostage taker guy" ... 
Runner up: Judge Sam Alito and Niles from "Frasier"...
And our winner: Karl Rove and Egghead Jr.
...But can he play baseball... Happy New Year!!! Update: You know, sometimes when there's more to give, you give. Here are a few more honorable mentions for this year. For best duo whose public policy positions are abhorrent but whose voices could make the phone book funny: Henry Kissinger and Ben Stein... 
For best odd couple with leather bar moustaches: John Bolton and the dad from "American Chopper"... 
For doing a heck of a job on both sides of the Bush spectrum: Mary Mapes and Michael "Brownie" Brown... 
For best possible match-up from the present and the hereafter: Pope Benedict XVI and the late Agatha Christie... 
For most frightening: The greedy Orc from "Lord of the Rings" and Dick Cheney... 
(Honorable mention for scariest duo: Our good friends Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, and their fellow alien/human coupling, Lilo and Stitch)... 
Once again, Happy New Year!
Tags: Best of, Lists, Year-end, 2005 |
