The Beast's 50 Most Loathsome People of 2008
Normally, we find listicles pretty lazy, but the Beast's year end wrap-up of 2008's worst people is a gem. The list is spot-on and the writing is hilarious. Case in point, #29 Mary Matalin:
Charges: Surgically mortified face creates the impression of a barely passable “earthling” mask worn by an insectoid alien.... Matalin has served in more unholy positions than Jenna Jameson. To this day, Matalin simply denies the well-documented story of Atwater’s deathbed repentance, which is not surprising considering her main skill is obscuring reality. Matalin’s main contribution to undermining the truth and bolstering closet racism this year was publishing World Net Daily plagiarizing lunatic Jerome Corsi’s Obama Nation, a collection of blatant falsehoods that didn’t come close to meriting its non-fiction categorization, in her role as “Editor” of Threshold Books, a conservative imprint that inestimably diminishes Simon and Schuster’s prestige by its simple existence. Matalin called the book, riddled with easily debunked lies, “a piece of scholarship,” claiming it “does not set out to be a political book,” while Corsi himself said “the goal is to defeat Obama.”
We were happy to see that neck-choker-wearing hack M. Night Shyamalan made the list. And here's our #1, Hank Paulson. (Their number 6)
6. Hank PaulsonGo read the whole damn thing. It's hilarious so we'll forgive them for not including Michael Bay, who should be on every most loathsome list.
Charges: From Chief of Staff for original Mayberry Machiavelli Lee Atwater to Adviser to George W. Bush, Counselor to Dick Cheney and member of the best sales team in history, the White House Iraq Group, Matalin has served in more unholy positions than Jenna Jameson. To this day, Matalin simply denies the well-documented story of Atwater’s deathbed repentance, which is not surprising considering her main skill is obscuring reality. Matalin’s main contribution to undermining the truth and bolstering closet racism this year was publishing World Net Daily plagiarizing lunatic Jerome Corsi’s Obama Nation, a collection of blatant falsehoods that didn’t come close to meriting its non-fiction categorization, in her role as “Editor” of Threshold Books, a conservative imprint that inestimably diminishes Simon and Schuster’s prestige by its simple existence. Matalin called the book, riddled with easily debunked lies, “a piece of scholarship,” claiming it “does not set out to be a political book,” while Corsi himself said “the goal is to defeat Obama.”Exhibit A: “This is a crime and -- and he did not commit a crime. He had a mis-remembrance of when it was that he heard about it, but clearly he's not one of the guys that revealed it in the first place, which the revelation of such was not a crime.”
Sentence: Sex with James Carville.
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Posted by: replica watches | March 17, 2010 10:21 PM
They have done one of these for the last 3 or 4 years - it's absolutely worth going back and reading every one of them. I look forward to this list every year.
Posted by: eric. | January 13, 2009 04:45 PM