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

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

Politicians are gonna fuck up. We know that. In fact, we count on it. Because it's usually the only sign of humanity that we can find in them.

Plus, it's usually pretty funny.

Just thinking back through the past couple election cycles, we can come up with a number of really choice fuck-ups without even thinking that hard (which we never do).

* Sen. George Allen calling a some Indian dude with a camera a "macaca." That didn't help his election chances.

* Gov. Howard Dean yelping like a barbarian in front of a flock of TV cameras. Still being made fun of.

* Alan Keyes ever seriously running for anything. Hilarious.

So cast your nominations for the best political fuck-ups of 2008 in the comments below.

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YOU DECIDE The Indecision 2008 Awards for Indecision 2008, Brought to You by Indecision 2008: The Best Campaign Villain of 2008

Your nominations for the Best Campaign Villain of 2008, as nominated by you…

Minnesota Representative Michele Bachmann for channeling Joseph McCarthy by implying that the Obamas held anti-American views and calling for media investigation into other members of Congress to see whether they were pro- America or anti-America. (NoLongerDesperate)

Joe the Plumber for:
1) not being able to afford to purchase the company he mentioned in his question,
2) the company he mentioned did not gross more than $100,000,
3) trying to paint Obama as a Socialist because he wants poorer people to pay a lower tax rate, and
4) refusing to go away even though the election has been over for a month. (bearness)

Rush Limbaugh for suggesting Obama was off to forge a birth certificate in Hawaii days before his grandmother died. (Cube)

Keith Olbermann for not sticking to sports, lifting the sign-off from Murrow, sullying the name of NBC, and doing the same exact shtick he criticizes FOX for doing. (Cube)

The lunatic fringe of Ron Paul supporters for irrevocably damaging the public image of Dr. Paul and ruining his chances to be the Republican nominee. (Jim)

Barack Obama for being a Muslim, Arab, too-black, not-black-enough, Communist, socialist, Marxist, non-flag-pin-wearing, baby-killing, Hamas-endorsed, appeasement-practicing, elitist, community-organizing, eloquent, big-eared man who pals around with terrorists and can't bowl. (colbertmyantidrug)

All those lovely, soft-spoken, reasonable PUMAs whose passionate support of Hillary Clinton threatened to derail Obama's bid for the presidency. (NoLongerDesperate)

Tags: Barack Obama, Indecision 2008 Awards, Joe the Plumber, Keith Olbermann, Michele Bachmann, PUMAs, Ron Paul, Rush Limbaugh

WINNER The Indecision 2008 Awards for Indecision 2008, Brought to You by Indecision 2008: The Best John McCain Moments of 2008

We asked you to decide which John McCain moment of the 2008 presidential campaign was the John McCain moment of 2008. And you didn't let us down. Thanks to your efforts, we can now say with the absolute confidence of scientific certainty that we know the definitive John McCain Moment of 2008.

But first, let's look back at all the nomination (as well as the Indy readers who submitted them)…

* "My fellow prisoners…." (DaveW)

* Roaming aimlessly around the stage during his town hall debate with Obama. (Unoriginal Beef)

* "That one." (NoLongerDesperate)

* The suspension of his campaign (Maelstrom)

* The introduction of Joe the Plumber to the world in Debate #3 (Matt)

* "Obama is not a Muslim. He's a good family man." (bearness)

* Blowing off David Letterman to interview with Katie Couric and getting caught. (Ashley)

And the winner is…

Roaming aimlessly around the stage during his town hall debate with Obama, submitted by Unoriginal Beef.

Congratulations, Unoriginal Beef. We hope you enjoy the nothing you'll be receiving in the mail shortly.

Tags: Indecision 2008 Awards, John McCain