Let's do EarlG's job: Who would have been on the Top10 Cons. Idiot List?

[LynneSin]

I'm taking your nominations now!!!

[rosesaylavee]

1. Condi Rice

for her inimitable lack of diplomacy at any time in any country.

[mtnester]

2. Milt Romney - top o' list

[wicket]

5. Second that

Apparently he didn't learn from the uproar a few months ago from Tony Snow's use of the word.

I can't wait until that idiot is out of the governor's office!

[Junkdrawer]

3. Ehud Olmert n/t

[Scurrilous]

23. Seconded!

:thumbsup:

[4morewars]

4. george bush, george bush, george bush

That idiot is usually good for three spots a week.

[DemonFighterLives]

9. Yeah dubby with his hardline "no ceasefire" stance

The War Pretzeldunce has struck again!
:dunce:

Here is the key:
:silly: :argh: :dunce: :hurts: :nuke:

[Ganja Ninja]

6. I nominate Ann Coulter.

For her comments last week accusing Bill Clinton of being a latent homosexual then following it up by calling Al Gore a "total fag".

[Cassandra]

7. Bloomberg

for calling the blackout in Queens an inconvenience.

[Mend]

8. Very, very special Katie Couric and her very, very

special plane rides, where she can stop a take-off to allow her very, very special friend on-board after the rest of the peons were already seated. Thanks Delta for showing us how very, very special little rich Katie is to you.

[NoPasaran]

10. Mel Gibson

Can't have a list of idiots that ignores the entertainment industry

[acmejack]

11. After her performance on C-span today, I must nominate Ms Pletka!

snip>
Danielle Pletka (born June 12, 1963 in Melbourne, Australia) is the vice-president for Foreign and Defense Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute. Pletka researches topics related to the Middle East, South Asia, terrorism, and weapons proliferation, and is the AEI expert on Iraq. She was a senior professional staff member for Near East and South Asia with the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations from 1992 to 2002 — where she was a chief aide to Sen. Jesse Helms. Prior to working with the Senate committee she was a staff writer for Insight Magazine from 1987 to 1992 and an editorial assistant with the Los Angeles Times and Reuters, working in Jerusalem from 1984 to 1985.<1>

Pletka ranks as one of the early neo-conservatives, and is also an associate of Martin Indyk. Pletka has been at the forefront of the neocon war drumming against Iraq, and she has been a champion for Ahmad Chalabi <2>.

Affiliations
Project for the New American Century – signatory to several PNAC statements
American Enterprise Institute
Committee on the Present Danger – Member <3>
Coalition for Democracy in Iran – Supporter <4>

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Danielle_Pletka

Link to C-span thread http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1786269

edit: another C-span thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1786564&mesg_id=1786690

[Armstead]

15. And she has a phiony, annoying American accent

Heard her on Australia Radio National. Since she was talking to the home crowd, she reverted to full Aussie speak...But in America she tries so hard to soiund like an American, with disconcerting effect.

[KT2000]

21. Smarmy!

Thanks for the info.
Sat through some of her blather but had to run into the shower to get the slime out of my ears.
Eeeewwww............ick

[LynneSin]

12. Make sure you give reasons at to why someone is added

We know Bush is a conservative idiot but what did he do this week to deserve it

[rosesaylavee]

14. He breathed?

:shrug:

Or, how about he always gives us a break from himself each August and he hasn't yet mentioned when he will start his month-long vacation in Crawford.


edit - missed a word

[rosesaylavee]

13. Repugs in the House

who slapped the minimum wage verbiage onto the tax cut bill. Most esp Denny Hastert who spearheaded it all.

[LWolf]

16. I can't name them.

It would be considered "calling them out," against DU rules.

I can say that my top 5 or so conservative idiots would come right from DLC DU ranks this week, though. Nominated for their concerted attacks on progressive Democrats.

[LynneSin]

19. Sorry that's lame

There are plenty of republicans out there that we could build a top 100 Conservative Idiot list.

And remember - John Kerry is a member of the DLC. Got a problem with him?

[LWolf]

20. Not really.

I'm not a fan, either. Kerry is, as far as I'm concerned, irrelevant. I've never been a fan, and never had anything against him, either. I donated. I called. I voted. In spite of my lack of enthusiasm, because it was important to do so. I heard what he had to say the day after. I accepted his words and closed the book on Kerry. If his constituents are happy with him, I'm happy for them and him.

At this point, every Republican could make the "idiots" list. That's not new. It's more a concern for me to note that there are Democrats or Democratic operatives who may also belong there. I don't think that noticing, and speaking, about a fault line within the party that can destroy it from within is "lame." I don't think that objecting to the vilifying of progressive Democrats, in office or in the voting ranks, is "lame."

You got a problem with that?

[Roy]

17. I nominate the DU Freepers....

Long term and recently arrived who are using the the current carnage to quickly build up their post count.
I would also nominate the RNC who can't keep them up to date with new talking points. The poor babies here are forced to abandon many threads too quickly due to being made look silly with stale debunked points.
I guess the repubs are just kept too busy with indictments and such.

[k_jerome]

18. Pat Buchanan, Chuck Hagel. nt.

[NJ Democrats]

22. Kathy Harris

Anyone who makes Sen. nelson a safe incumbent must really suck. And the GOP isn't backing her anymore.

[patcox2]

24. Rice (birth pangs), Conrad Burns (firefighters), Gibson, . . .

So many to choose from.