Look Back In Anger

We had a New Year's party, complete with booze, ham, fireworks and the first-ever West Coast Ballot Box for A.H.O.Y., the annual Asshole Of The Year Poll. In the hope that they will inspire even one person to click over and vote, here are the ballots we collected. Special thanks the hardworking Ann Thrope, who tabulated votes on-site--with a paper trail--and declared that Tom DeLay won the night. Congratulations, Congressman! Voting closes January 8th.

Anonymous lists:
1. George W. Bush
2. Dick Cheney
3. Tom DeLay
4. Paris Hilton
5. Donald Rumsfeld
6. Barbara Bush
7. Bill O'Reilly
8. Tom Cruise
9. Rush Limbaugh
10. Saddam Hussein

Bob lists:
1. George Bush
2. Paris Hilton
3. Rush Limbaugh
4. Bill O'Reilly
5. Michael Bolton
6. Dick Cheney
7. Tom Cruise
8. Don Imus
9. Pope Benedict XVI
10. Parents Of Terri Schiavo

Anonymous lists:
1. Brownie
2. Tom DeLay
3. Tom Cruise
4. Judith Miller
5. Nancy Pelosi
6. Bill Cosby
7. Chris Matthews
8. Ted Stevens
9. Anderson Cooper
10. Randy "Duke" Cunningham

Erin lists:
1. George Bush

Anonymous lists:
1. Ann Coulter
2. George Bush
3. Barbara Bush
4. Dick Cheney
5. Tom Delay

Anonymous lists:
1. George W. Bush
2. Dick Cheney
3. Barbara Bush (eldest)
4. Alberto Gonzales
5. Tom DeLay
6. Bill Frist
7. Hillary Clinton
8. Karl Rove
9. Joseph Alito
10. Joe Lieberman

Anonymous lists:
1. George W. Bush
2. Dick Cheney
3. Brownie
4. Michael Chertoff
5. Karl Rove
6. Scooter Libby
7. Sean Hannity
8. Bill O'Reilly
9. Scott McClellan
10. Curt Schilling

Anonymous lists:
1. Dick Cheney
2. W.
3. Ann Coulter
4. Jessica Simpson
5. Ashlee Simpson
6. Bill O'Reilly
7. Judith Miller
8. Bob Novak
9. Tom DeLay
10. Bill Frist

Anonymous lists:
1. Bill O'Reilly
2. Rick Santorum
3. Donald Rumsfeld
4. Scott McClellan
5. Matt Drudge
6. Kansas, the whole damned state
7. Sean Hannity
8. Tom Coburn
9. Ann Coulter
10. Dick Cheney

Eliz. lists:
1. Jean Schmidt
2. Arnold Schwarzenegger
3. Ann Coulter
4. Michael Brown
5. Tom DeLay
6. Kobe Bryant
7. Terell Owens
8. Rick Santorum
9. Sean Hannity
10. Bill O'Reilly

Anonymous lists:
1. George Bush
2. Rick Santorum
3. Donald Rumsfeld
4. Tom Ccruise
5. Tom DeLay
6. Pat Robertson
7. Jan Croch (sp?)
8. Paris Hilton
9. Maury Povich
10. Brownie

Crusher lists:
1. Tyne Daly
2. Karl Karcher
3. Tim Meadows
4. Ed Asner
5. Tim O'Neil
6. Fred Rogers
7. Tim Curry
8. Eric C.
9. Tom Peyer
10. Tom Arnold

Destry lists:
1. Enumclaw, WA Horse Abuser
2. L. Ron Hubbard
3. Dr. Phil
4. Tom Cruise
5. Michael Jackson
6. Woody Allen
7. Simon Cowell
8. Rick Santorum
9. Mary Kay LaTourneau (Fualau)
10. Dino Rossi

Another New Year's honor that mustn't go unmentioned: The Bar Man completed his epic quest to drink in 1000 Bars in 2005. Hip hip hooray, heroic Bar Man! We may ne'er see your like again!

Also: I was doing this month-by-month 2005 In Review, but by the time I recapped May it suddenly turned into horrible drudgery. So forget 2005, OK? The past is for losers! On to Oh-Six! (But vote in A.H.O.Y.!)