WINNER The Indecision 2008 Awards for Indecision 2008, Brought to You by Indecision 2008: The Best Political Faux Pas

We asked you to vote on the Best Political Faux Pas of 2008, and you have decided.

But first, here's the nominees…

* John Edwards

* Sarah Palin

* Joe Biden

* Eliot Spitzer

* Fred Thompson

* Barack Obama

* Elizabeth Dole

And the winner is…

Who else could it be?

It was Alaska Governor Sarah Palin for, well, everything…

Thanks to Cube, for being pretty much the only person to actually nominate anyone.

Tags: Barack Obama, Eliot Spitzer, Elizabeth Dole, Fred Thompson, Indecision 2008 Awards, Joe Biden, John Edwards, Sarah Palin

YOU DECIDE The Indecision 2008 Awards for Indecision 2008, Brought to You by Indecision 2008: The Best Political Faux Pas

Last week, we asked you to nominate the great politicians of 2008 for the honored Best Political Faux Pas of 2008 award. And you came out in great numbers to do so.

Here are your nominees…

* John Edwards for getting busted porking some floosy by the National Enquirer. (Cube)

* Sarah Palin for thinking Africa was a country and deducing the proximity of Russia to Alaska equates to foreign policy experience. Really that's two fuck-ups. Actually, all of her interviews. (Cube)

* Joe Biden for guaranteeing a manufactured crisis testing Obama's mettle within his first six months in office. (Cube)

* Eliot Spitzer for nailing a hot call girl and not defending himself. (Cube)

* Fred Thompson for coughing and sleeping instead of campaigning. (Cube)

* Barack Obama for his choice for the faux Parthenon at the Democratic National Convention. (Cube)

* Elizabeth Dole for stating that her opponent didn't believe in God when she was in fact a Sunday School teacher. (Bob, I mean Cube)

(Jeeze, I wonder which nominator is gonna win this one.)

Tags: Barack Obama, Eliot Spitzer, Elizabeth Dole, Fred Thompson, Indecision 2008 Awards, Joe Biden, John Edwards, Sarah Palin

Broke-Ass Fred Thompson Quits Politics for Television, Cash Money

He'd been threatening to make a run for the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee, but this week Fred Thompson decided to forsake the muddy trenches of politics for Acting.

Because do you know how much the chair of the RNC earns? Not half as much as that Lauren Conrad* gal…

"He called me yesterday and said [the chairmanship] is not in the cards," said Nashville businessman B.C. "Scooter" Clippard, a close Thompson associate who headed fundraising for Thompson's presidential campaign. Clippard said Thompson chose to remain in the private sector, working to resume his television acting career.

"He said he had spent the last two years of his life trying to be president and helping John McCain be president and during that time, he didn't have much income. He has a family" and needs to earn an income, Clippard said.

Gee, I had no idea Fred Thompson was so hard up for cash.

If only he'd played a major role on a popular hour-long drama that airs in reruns every hour of every day, in every corner of the developed world. He could've earned mad residuals on something like that.

* Don't even pretend like she's not acting.

Tags: Fred Thompson, RNC

From the Pork Barrel: Klain and Sober

* Joe Biden chooses Kevin Spacey as his Chief of Staff.

* Mitt Romney and Fred Thompson head off on romantic cruise with just several hundred of their closest ideologues.

* Mark Foley's long road to redemption hampered by unconvincing desire for redemption.

* Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal is even smarter than I thought he was.

* Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is just about as smart as I thought she was.

* Do you live in Georgia? If so, would you consider yourself one of Saxby Chambliss' "folks"?

Tags: Alaska, Bobby Jindal, Fred Thompson, Georgia, Joe Biden, Kevin Spacey, Louisiana, Mark Foley, Mitt Romney, Pork Barrel, Sarah Palin, Saxby Chambliss

Supreme Court Picks Loom Large

According to the mainstream media elite, the McCain campaign will increasingly try to raise the issue of judicial nominations in the last thirty days of the election.

The strategy is based on reminding swing voters about the hot-button issues that often end up in the hands of judges: abortion, gay rights, flag-burning, etc.

This issue is crucial, because as many as three current Supreme Court justices are considered likely to retire in the next four years. The next president will most likely have an opportunity to shape the makeup of the Court for years to come.

Here are some potential picks for each candidate…

McCain:

* Justice Janet Rogers Brown: George W. Bush managed to appoint Brown to the United States Court of Appeals despite significant Democratic opposition. McCain may try to elevate her to the Supreme Court.

* Sen. Fred Thompson: McCain owes him a favor, and besides, he must have picked up something from Law & Order.

* White House Gardener Mitch Henderson: A confused and disoriented McCain may appoint the first person he sees.

Obama:

* Sen. Hillary Clinton: Picking Clinton will reward her hard-fought primary battle with a coveted appointment, as well as isolate her from electoral politics forevermore.

* Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens: Re-selecting Stevens will place a solid liberal on the court, while at the same time playing a hilarious joke on the 88-year-old justice, who desperately wants to retire.

* Judge Joe Brown: Obama is expected to try to diversify the Court, and the popularity of Brown's daytime TV show among members of Congress would ensure a swift Senate confirmation.

Tags: Barack Obama, Fred Thompson, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Supreme Court