Sarah Palin Wins the 2009 Muddy!
1 01 2010
Dust off that virtual mantle Madame Ex-Governor, and make room for your 2009 Muddy Award!
In addition to Sarah Palin’s other awards this year, such as Lie of the Year from Politifact for the Death Panel claim, the Sitting Duck Award from the National Association of Newspaper Columnists, one of the NY Daily News’ “Worst Celebrity Parents”, Stupidest Celebrity of the Year from Stupid.com, and who knows how many others, she now has a shiny new Muddy – to put next to last years Muddy.
The win isn’t a big surprise, and the suggestion has been made that a Lifetime Achievement Muddy be awarded to Ms. Palin to give other up-and-coming ne’er-do-wells a shot at the big prize. We’ll give her one more year to go for the hat trick, before we consider the Lifetime Award.
SPEECH! SPEECH!
What am I saying?! NEXT!
The race for the silver was very exciting. For a while it was neck and neck, but a last minute Iron Doglike surge of power put Todd Palin on the podium in the coveted number two spot, next to his partner in self-reported marital bliss.
And number three, making a darn good showing is Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan. Yes Mudflats readers from around the globe recognize that this “small town mayor” from Alaska is so reprehensible that he deserves an award too. A very respectable finish in a national race. (golf clap)
Our top ten continue as follows:
4 – Palin mouthpiece Meg Stapleton
5 – Defeated Attorney General nominee Wayne Anthony Ross
6 – Palin family attorney Thomas Van Flein
7 – Going Rogue publisher Harper Collins
8 – Chevron
9 – Anchorage Representative Mike Doogan
10 – Congressman for All Alaska Don Young
Good choices all.
And now I’d like to announce a “very special Muddy.” You have spoken and I have heard you. I have heard you via comments on the blog, irritated emails, Facebook messages and Tweets. I have heard you on the phone and on the street. I have heard you in my dreams. What were you saying? You were grabbing me by the shirt, and saying that Jerry Prevo needs a Muddy. So, by the power vested in me by… me, I hereby proclaim a special Muddy to be awarded to the Pinnacle of Intolerance, the King of Homophobia, the Great and Powerful Overlord of the Red Shirt Brigade – Pastor Jerry Prevo. Now, please let go of my shirt.
(and a huge uproarious thunder of applause goes up from The Mudflats. I am redeemed!)
And then there’s AM radio conservative radio shock jock Eddie Burke… He probably deserves one too, but after having had his toxic radio show whacked by an hour a day, it seems as though Karma and free-market capitalism have already given him some of his just desserts this year.
And who came out smelling like a rose among these dastardly thorns?
Why, it’s Levi Johnston!
With a mere 35 votes out of almost 4000 cast, Levi soared above the crowd. I have to confess that I suspected Levi would fare well, but wanted to test my theory. The force is strong with him, and its settled. We officially heart Levi. So go forth, young man. Do your interviews, earn your money, take your clothes off, send your kid to college, and write that book! Your country needs you.
And keep Tank close by.
January 1st, 2010 at 4:41 PM
Well , I got two out of three. Thanks for the fun AKM !!
January 1st, 2010 at 4:53 PM
Wow, you took me to the races and my heart was tugging for Levi. Beautiful ending.
January 1st, 2010 at 5:00 PM
I’m really glad that pastor Pervo, got his infamous recognition. Guy makes me want to drive the porcelain bus across the prairie of tiles.
January 1st, 2010 at 5:04 PM
I just wish Levi would graduate high school and go to college. Nope. And I got 2, went for Chevron for my 3rd.
January 1st, 2010 at 5:11 PM
Woo Hoo! Three for three! Thanks for the special Muddy for the Homophobic Slimeball of the year. GO LEVI! Happy New Year all! THANK YOU AKM for all your wonderfullness.
January 1st, 2010 at 5:12 PM
Dang, I forgot to come back and vote. But, yeah, that’s pretty much the way I would have voted. Especially for the recipient of the silver Muddy.
January 1st, 2010 at 5:13 PM
I wonder if Doogie is pleased he rated higher than Don Young, Sean Parnell, and Bill Allen. Ohhhh, Dooogie.
January 1st, 2010 at 5:14 PM
I really think the trophy should be an actual muddy (authentic mudflats mud) yellow, child’s boot sent to them. I’ll contribute to the cost if you decide to go this route.
January 1st, 2010 at 5:25 PM
I do kind of like the trophy with the splat on it.
January 1st, 2010 at 5:28 PM
Thanks for the awards…..now please please please tell us what was in your mystery letter!
January 1st, 2010 at 5:37 PM
I love the trophy! Great art work AKM!
January 1st, 2010 at 5:47 PM
I got two out of three. W.A.R was one of my votes.The night he was voted down was one of the highlights of the year for me!
January 1st, 2010 at 6:02 PM
Yea! I needed this post. This is awesome … I love your “let go of my shirt.”
January 1st, 2010 at 6:09 PM
I think I should go to bed. We are having the coldest spell in 50 years here in Ireland. Teenagers are safely home. I’m on the last 70 or so pages of the second book of the trilogy that I am reading. Life is good.Happy New Year to everyone.
I know I am on the wrong thread AKM. Cut me some slack!
January 1st, 2010 at 6:18 PM
AKM – re: speech……you know, you COULD re-post the quitter speech. It’s a classic that shows the weird desperation in full form.
January 1st, 2010 at 6:33 PM
We could have a contest and make up a Snitty Quitty Twitty speech for her!
“As a fish not dead and swimming upstream in my frozen lake, I accept this award, while standing next to and praying with the troops, with all of my gutteral heart and the red moon winks back at me as I say “Yes!”, I have made the big time…”
January 1st, 2010 at 6:36 PM
This is something she truly deserves…te he ..Tawd also , too he is a real piece of work..They truly deserve one another…
January 1st, 2010 at 6:50 PM
They were all truly deserving!
January 1st, 2010 at 7:03 PM
Whoever wins, you should accept it on their behalf, prehumusly. Wouldn’t want your shirt wrinkled !
January 1st, 2010 at 7:09 PM
Sarah Palin is the reverse Susan Lucci! Seriously, this was great fun. Thanks for continuiing the tradition.
January 1st, 2010 at 7:11 PM
Levi won my ‘like’ when he said he had nothing against Obama, thought he was a pretty cool dude – imagine, coming from the Palin household and saying a nice thing about the man who doesn’t see America the way Sarah (and Todd) does? That took a naivety and earnest goodness of heart.
He has been really gentle about Bristol too, he’s been protective of their relationship showing a respect far beyond his years (and Sarah’s as well ther too, also.)
January 1st, 2010 at 7:14 PM
The way Sarah Palin is racking up the awards this year, there won’t be a single one left for Joe Lieberman or Dick Cheney!
January 1st, 2010 at 7:18 PM
I’ve watched Greta Van Susteren interview Sarah Palin during the “On the Record” show last night and this evening. Twice I’ve heard Palin say that she was a strong mayor while in Wasilla. She may be using the adjective in an unsubstantiated qualitative way. Someone has probably told her that she was not a strong mayor (as that term is defined in politics, but Palin seems to be going with her interpretation because it sounds good if one doesn’t know she is fibbing again. I heard that the first thing she did after bing elected mayor was to hire a city manager. If she did hire one, she was not a strong mayor and her pants are really on fire.
She also said she was going to contact Newsweek about putting her on the cover wearing running shorts and nylon stockings. Greta did not engage in any sort of follow-up, but Sarah seems to want people to believe that she did not give permission for the photo.
What a mess …
January 1st, 2010 at 7:31 PM
One of those Levi votes was mine, because I messed up and didn’t read the rules first, I thought it was just most interesting…so take one of those 45 votes off
Go Team Levi!
January 1st, 2010 at 7:37 PM
How about a boot filled to the rim with mud as the Muddy trophy?
January 1st, 2010 at 7:50 PM
“OK FINE! Just ignore your Plastic Queen’s speech and burn in the he11 with which I am bound to by my ring of fire from Todd (have you SEEN Todd and his RING?)!”
January 1st, 2010 at 7:51 PM
I well earned and well deserved award to Bimbo Barbie!
January 1st, 2010 at 7:56 PM
Wow! She should be so very proud. All this recognition and these coveted titles couldn’t go to a more deserving person. Thanks Sarah for not quitting on impressing us with your far-reaching talents. We will wait with baited breath to see how you can attempt to surpass your many highs and lows of the past year in the coming 12 months. Better yet, maybe you should quit now while you’re ahead.
January 1st, 2010 at 8:03 PM
“Oh Quitty Quitty Bang Bang! I meant ring of POWER. You accolades know what I mean since you are all my troops of fire – so quit telling me not to have my Bloody Mary tonight because I see RED all the time and I want that Bloody Marys are the very best red drink, because they change your cou to that color OMG, I swear by the salmon (which sometimes are rouge even, doncha know!)”
January 1st, 2010 at 8:10 PM
Like Barbara, I too saw Palin’s “interview” with Greta and I can honestly say that the woman makes no sense when she speaks! None! She sounds like someone sitting around shooting the bull in a hair salon that one would be wise to not take seriously since she speaks with no thought to a beginning, middle, or end to her statements. Whoever coined “word salad” hit the nail on the head.
She is possibly the worst politician to ever hit the national stage and remain there for reasons that escape me entirely. Empty headed, dim witted, and thoroughly out of her league when it comes to knowledge of the issues at hand yet like the Energizer Bunny, she keeps prattling on.
What in the hell was John McCain thinking foisting this No Nothing into the arena? She even makes Michele Bachmann look like Socrates in comparison. Truly strange.
January 1st, 2010 at 8:16 PM
Cronopio @ 24 – it’s okay if you voted for Levi. Had I read the instructions, he woulda got my 2nd vote. So it’s all even as I don’t particularly care for him. He ought to get a real job to help support his kid. And he ought to instruct his attorney to put in an immediate motion to guarantee his visitation rights and other rights as a parent. He needs to start acting like a responsible parent instead of traipsing around.
Is s’error still claiming to have been a strong mayor of that little town? If she was a strong mayor, then I’ve just earned the right to give her a mud bath in the flats.
January 1st, 2010 at 8:17 PM
30 PJ Says: January 1st, 2010 at 8:10 PM
What in the hell was John McCain thinking foisting this No Nothing into the arena?
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Early onset of senility?
January 1st, 2010 at 8:48 PM
my three made the also-rans.
January 1st, 2010 at 9:04 PM
I only wish Don Young would finish 10th in a real election. Don is probably the most crooked of the bunch. The reason people don’t fixate on him like they do Sarah is he’s a lot smarter than Sarah, which ultimately makes him more dangerous. Don is a crook plain and simple and I hope I get to see him pay for his crimes in the near future.
January 1st, 2010 at 9:19 PM
justafarmer. the fact that you care is more important than that you guessed something. Your love and your views weigh more than anything else.
January 1st, 2010 at 10:28 PM
Any one of the nominees would be deserving of the First Place Award( well, excepting Levi..he’s too young to have a Dastardly Record) ; it’s just that Sarah is the gift that keeps on giving, even if she isn’t in an elected position to do any more damage directly. Alaskans are either gonna have to vote them out ( Don Young ?) or start looking into recalls….it CAN be done, Cal did it to Grey Davis, and put ARNN – OOLD in instead ( hasn’t done any damage, and doesn’t draw a salary….now THAT’S a lesson Sullivan could take to heart !!
Excellent Contest AKM !
January 1st, 2010 at 11:11 PM
Just a thought regarding Levi. Last year about this time, Levi had disappeared and no one knew where he was. Then Caribou Barbie “innocently” let it slip that he had gotten an apprenticeship up on the North Slope. The fit hit the shan as people figured that she had used her influence to get him that position which he did not meet the qualifications for. His dad came out and insisted that he had gotten Levi that job. I remember thinking “yeah, right, you are just try to give Sarah some cover”. Now after what has happened, including the custody lawsuit, I am wondering if she didn’t put that info out there on purpose. Maybe things were already falling apart between Levi and Bristol and Sarah saw it as a way to screw him over. Nah, she wouldn’t be that vindictive.
January 1st, 2010 at 11:15 PM
Oh, as far as TAWWWWDDDD, goes. I think that he is trying to get his manhood back any way that he can, by trying to do something to make himself seem important. Like banning people from a book signing. We saw it with the phantom governorship where he was copied on official emails. He needs to feel like he is involved. I bet it killed him to quit his job just to be her coat holder at book signings.
January 2nd, 2010 at 6:27 AM
I’m so glad you added Prince Prevo in a special category. He deserves a very special category, but Im not sure where that would be. Any ideas.
As I stated previously, Levi is just a kid trying to survive a bunch of crap he didn’t put in for. Let’s leave Levi alone and wish he and his son the best.
January 2nd, 2010 at 7:15 AM
There should also be a separate category for all those Palin “supporters” who must be the dumbest people on the planet. Anybody looking to this moron for “common sense” are delusional. Since when did “incoherency” become fashionable? This has to be the same bunch who think “reality shows” are based on reality.
Idiots.
January 2nd, 2010 at 7:43 AM
Great choices all.
And note to Levi, keep Butler as well, I am sure you know better that anyone, Sarah never forgive sor forgets, she just reloads.
I still think you should have moved to Canada as soon as she conned you into going onto the Campaign Trail.
Be smart, be humble, be true to youself, and love that kid of yours to pieces.
January 2nd, 2010 at 8:39 AM
My choices? SP, WAR and Chevron! So glad many of you helped to bring Chevron up to #8! I would have loved to have seen them in the top Five!
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The scale of damage they have done, are doing, and will continue to do, is more than any of us really can imagine, and I am grateful to those of you who acknowledged it by voting for those Rogue Oilers! Not that they are the only ones…
AKM, thank you for listening to our cranky clankings and clamourings.
Giving the (dis)honorable prizes to Prevo and Burke was a gratifying bonus!
Here we are in an open and equal democracy! And of course, on this blog you definitely are the primus inter paris!
January 2nd, 2010 at 8:50 AM
I too caught Greta and it was pathetic to listen to Palin blab on while Greta rarely questioned her responses. My takeaway was that:
Palin’s solution to the financial crisis is to cut taxes & let the free market work instead of government control, because people can figure out solutions to these problems without the government (OK, let’s have those great ideas). Also kept referring to Regan’s tax cuts in the 80’s and how we just need to repeat his actions (cuz it’s just like the 80’s now?)
Even claimed those tax cuts would help the very poor when Greta asked, and in regard to health care reform said the poor can go to hospitals & ERs when needed & will be taken care of because we’re a compassionate society so it’s not a concern. (Duh, these huge bills get paid by the people & it still doesn’t address how the uninsured can get routine healthcare to stay healthy).
She insinuates everything negative has happened under Obama, like how it’s so terrible that so many jobs have been outsourced to India and she wouldn’t allow that. And how the stimulus is causing us to owe money to other countries. Hello? neither of these problems started with Obama.
On foreign policy she said we shouldn’t hesitate to try to mend relations between countries but didn’t say how. She said Obama hired McCrystal (did he or was he in place?) so he should listen to his input about more troops in Afgahanistan & send the message that we want to “win” the war. Greta did say we’ve been there 8 years with no success, so why should this be the solution? No real answer but Obama should stop “dithering”.
Said Obama doesn’t show enough respect for troops and he only does photo-ops when necessary. What about when he and Michelle walked through the military cemetary in the rain on Memorial Day, talking to family members of fallen soilders (which got very little press coverage)? And when he flew to the military base to bring home the fallen soilders (which Bush & Cheney never did). And how he thought long & hard about sending more troops due to the human sacrifice?
She said she left as govenor to help the state because she was bogged down from fivolous law suits. Said Alaska is different than any other state & that she was not protected by the ethics claims and had to pay for the legal fees herself and was afraid to say or do anything at the end. If she ran for higher office she would fight for ethics reforms so this doesn’t happen again. Said she just “won” the suit about her wearing a snowmobile jacket that she was inadvertantly advertising (true?)
Basically just babbled her standard rhetoric, but I did think she sounded more sane and knowledgeable, although it’s hard to know what’s fact or fiction. Said her book was all facts, not filtered by the media & people should read it to learn of her accomplishments, and it may sway more leftys to support her, if not, “they just don’t get it”.
January 2nd, 2010 at 9:37 AM
I want to see a concentrated information blitz on Prevo and his crowd of faithful haters. At the very least his political agenda needs to be completely exposed so we, as citizens, can start a real conversation on the ability of churches to use the pulpit to preach politics, yet skate free of federal tax and disclosure obligations. It is my opinion that any religious organization over a certain income size, not only cash income, but property too, minus proven charitable donations, must pay income tax. What do you think AKM? There’s a pot that would surely boil over if stirred sufficiently!
January 2nd, 2010 at 1:28 PM
Thank you Thank you AKM And isn’t it a real shame when a 19 year old kid has to have a bodyguard to protect him from the likes of the palins and the heaths.What are we all coming to when free speech and freedom of assembly are stopped by the likes of the palins and the heaths with apparently the help of the Wasilla police dept.Everyone brings up Levis Mom.She did the crime and now is doing the time but what happened to Todds sister? Seems the last I read she got off with a slap on the wristand she did just as bad.
January 2nd, 2010 at 1:51 PM
bucsfan I have always thought SP said what she did about Levi working to get him let go or fired if that’s the case.She knew just what she was doing and C Heath went right along with it than cried about child support payments ect.How could Levi in a state with a population that is less than some of our lower 49 cities have a chance to get a job with the palins and heaths at his back waiting to stab if they could.Remember what she tried to do to her ex brother-in – law she and her family tried there best to get him fired till a judge told them to leave the man alone if for no other reason than he needed his job to pay support and all the complaints came from the Heaths,palins and close friends,no one else and the heaths and palins went along with a lot of things they complained about during the custody hearings.When people read SP book why can’t they see she is getting even and being vindictive???
January 2nd, 2010 at 3:57 PM
My alma mater, University of Dayton, made the #1 slot in Playboy Magazine’s year-end wrap-up of the “top ten party schools” for many years. However, just before my Freshman Year, UD failed to show up at #1. As a matter-of-fact, UD failed to show up in the top ten list at all!
Fans were aghast! School officials were relieved! Then everyone read the fine print at the bottom:
“Note: Fans will be aware that the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio has held the #1 spot since this list started. You will also notice that Dayton does not appear on this year’s list. It has been decided by the management that we will no longer rank professionals with amateurs.”
That’s how I think we should look at Palin’s “ownership” of “The Muddy” from now on!
January 2nd, 2010 at 5:49 PM
Now that $P has placed her Muddy trophy on her virtual mantle……can we please take her to the public cyber-square and place her in the pillory???
Heck…. let’s take ‘em all to the pillory and dispose of some virtual rotten eggs and tomatoes!!
Except Levi. His “sins” are none of my business……Live long and prosper, Levi……And please learn a thing or two along the way, young man.
January 2nd, 2010 at 6:13 PM
Sword Nose? Sword Nose took 4th place? I voted for the old sword nose to get 2nd. Recount needed….