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And the Winner Is

by John Cole|  January 5, 200911:09 pm| 43 Comments

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And the winner for comment of the year is…. Krista, in a runaway.

[poll id = 6]

Congrats. Also, should have a new regular poster here shortly. You all will recognize him, and yes, just as with Tim, we have recruited our own talent from the comments section.

Speaking of- go vote for Tbogg.

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  1. 1.

    srv

    January 5, 2009 at 11:10 pm

    This is a slap in the face for Michael D and Hillary.

  2. 2.

    kommrade reproductive vigor

    January 5, 2009 at 11:11 pm

    Congrats Krista!

    And welcome B.O.B!

  3. 3.

    Royston Vasey

    January 5, 2009 at 11:12 pm

    Yay! A new poster. Hope they are as gritty as Mike D. I sure you have chosen wisely.

    All the best!

    RV

  4. 4.

    srv

    January 5, 2009 at 11:12 pm

    Him? Another slap in the face.

  5. 5.

    The Moar You Know

    January 5, 2009 at 11:15 pm

    You all will recognize him, and yes, just as with Tim, we have recruited our own talent from the comments section.

    You should have asked me first before just announcing it to everybody like this.

    Wait, it’s not me?

  6. 6.

    tripletee

    January 5, 2009 at 11:17 pm

    I can’t feel bad about losing to Krista, who is made of awesome and win.

    Bet your ass I’m going to scratch and claw for second place, though. I hope your lawyer has directions to Recount City, JasonF.

  7. 7.

    Delia

    January 5, 2009 at 11:18 pm

    Congrats to Krista. I actually voted for Jason, but it was one of the toughest decisions of my life. Almost as tough as when I came under enemy fire at the cosmetics counter at Macy’s . . . .

    But that’s a story for another day.

  8. 8.

    Martin

    January 5, 2009 at 11:29 pm

    I hope it’s a troll. You’re not a quality snark blog until you’ve promoted a troll to the rss.

  9. 9.

    TenguPhule

    January 5, 2009 at 11:29 pm

    You all will recognize him, and yes, just as with Tim, we have recruited our own talent from the comments section.

    Wonderful, instead of wondering where DougJ is spoofing from the comments we get to guess who he is on the posts.

  10. 10.

    libarbarian

    January 5, 2009 at 11:31 pm

    TBONE!!!!

  11. 11.

    Ninerdave

    January 5, 2009 at 11:38 pm

    Congrats Krista! I’m sure this will go down in your record books as the finest day ever.

  12. 12.

    burnspbesq

    January 5, 2009 at 11:53 pm

    Is Krista an Ohio State fan? If so, she may not be alive to accept her award. God, that was a stupid call by the defensive coordinator.

  13. 13.

    Xenos

    January 6, 2009 at 12:03 am

    Did Krista get a shout-out from Rachel Maddow like Jason F. did? That shoulda counted for something. Still, congrats are in order.

  14. 14.

    Brick Oven Bill

    January 6, 2009 at 12:30 am

    Krista seems to be a very fun and honest person who will be an excellent mother. Assuming I am right, her husband is a lucky man. Good luck with the rest of your pregnancy and congratulations.

  15. 15.

    Zuzu's Petals

    January 6, 2009 at 1:01 am

    Speaking of- go vote for Tbogg.

    The Mormon lady seems to be running away with it right now.

  16. 16.

    oh really

    January 6, 2009 at 1:21 am

    I’m pretty sure Krista teamed up with ACORN to steal this election. I certainly hope Tbone will contest the outcome, demand a recount, a re-vote, and then the intervention of the Supreme Court. Surely, they will see the threat that Krista poses to everything we hold dear; all that is good, and pure, and worth whining about.

  17. 17.

    R-Jud

    January 6, 2009 at 1:39 am

    Humph. I am still waiting for the original copy of Krista’s birth certificate.

  18. 18.

    Tattoosydney

    January 6, 2009 at 2:18 am

    @Zuzu’s Petals:

    Oh god…. please go and vote for tbogg!

    When the Mormon lady writes crap like this, she does not deserve to live, let alone win…

    I welcomed you with a baby swimming inside my ready-made placenta.

    I ended my 30th year, thereby official became a thirty-something.

    We bought a second home, Retro House an unassuming structure of wonders.

    I contracted.

    And contracted.

    And finally pushed.

    In so doing, became a mother.

    And Chup a father.

    I realized the secret to happiness is to continually fall in love.

    To give the soul reasons for butterflies.

    And babies, they’ll do it to you.

  19. 19.

    TheAssInTheHatOnMyCat(Formerly Comrade Tax Analyst)

    January 6, 2009 at 2:55 am

    TenguPhule
    You all will recognize him, and yes, just as with Tim, we have recruited our own talent from the comments section.
    Wonderful, instead of wondering where DougJ is spoofing from the comments we get to guess who he is on the posts.

    Nice call, Tengy.

  20. 20.

    Brick Oven Bill

    January 6, 2009 at 2:58 am

    TattooSydney;

    I’m a couple of cocktails into the evening, but if you suggest that new life should be denied to Mormon women who have their first child at the age of thirty, you are kind of weird.

    Fatherhood has been the most rewarding aspect of my life. I have led a rich life. This guy is a dummy Krista.

  21. 21.

    TheAssInTheHatOnMyCat(Formerly Comrade Tax Analyst)

    January 6, 2009 at 3:03 am

    Well, Congrats again to Krista. I would have voted for her "fucking astronaut" comment over any other comment made at BJ except for T-Bone’s incredible HRC war tale. Her comment was both sharp and succinct, and if I didn’t have a natural predilection for long and somewhat manic works I would have picked her’s without a second thought, even if she is a Canadian.

  22. 22.

    john c

    January 6, 2009 at 3:10 am

    Does anyone care that it was fey on snl and not palin who said she could see russia from her house? oh well, makes for good comedy, and especially if it assuades cole’s perpetual moral boner (erect since his great crossover). love and kisses to my moral and intellectual superiors!

  23. 23.

    iluvsummr

    January 6, 2009 at 3:34 am

    Congratulations Krista!

    As for the blog award, looks like 3Jane, I mean, cjane is waaay ahead.

  24. 24.

    Zuzu's Petals

    January 6, 2009 at 4:31 am

    @Tattoosydney:

    I know. But it is a fundraising site for her critically-burned sister, so what are ya gonna do?

    I suspect everybody in her LDS ward is piling on the votes.

    PS, I was voting for BJ but my next one will be for TBogg.

  25. 25.

    R-Jud

    January 6, 2009 at 4:47 am

    @Tattoosydney:

    I welcomed you with a baby swimming inside my ready-made placenta.

    This lady is a miracle of science; it’s no wonder people are voting for her. And if I had known you could get a placenta ready-made I could have saved a lot of time and energy– does Sam’s Club do them, or is it a secret LDS thing like the long underwear?

  26. 26.

    Tattoosydney

    January 6, 2009 at 5:22 am

    @Zuzu’s Petals:
    @R-Jud:

    Why do you hate placenta butterflies?

  27. 27.

    bago

    January 6, 2009 at 5:54 am

    Chup’s sperm is so sacred it pre-impregnates the woman (virginal placenta!) while leaving a trail of butterflies.

    Imagine if she swallowed. Talk about butterflies in your stomach.

  28. 28.

    Zuzu's Petals

    January 6, 2009 at 6:29 am

    @R-Jud:

    Uhm, I think it has something to do with the "fertility challenges" she mentions. Maybe she had in vitro fertilization.

  29. 29.

    kommrade reproductive vigor

    January 6, 2009 at 7:01 am

    Chup’s sperm is so sacred it pre-impregnates the woman (virginal placenta!) while leaving a trail of butterflies.

    The Virgin Mary had to settle for a beam of light in the ear and one lousy dove.

  30. 30.

    Tattoosydney

    January 6, 2009 at 7:29 am

    @Brick Oven Bill:

    … you are kind of weird.

    Coming from you, Bill, that almost counts as a compliment…

  31. 31.

    Tattoosydney

    January 6, 2009 at 7:32 am

    @john c:

    Does anyone care that it was fey on snl and not palin who said she could see russia from her house?

    No.

  32. 32.

    Krista

    January 6, 2009 at 7:39 am

    @john c:

    Does anyone care that it was fey on snl and not palin who said she could see russia from her house?

    Does anybody care what you think? I’m guessing not.

    However, I’m feeling indulgent this morning, so I’ll remind you that the actual quote from Palin was "you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska.”

    That is the quote of which I was making fun, not Fey’s hilarious send-up of it.

    Dumbass.

    With that out of the way, I’d like to thank everybody who voted. That quip was really just a stroke of luck bestowed by the gods of snark, and I really don’t feel like I even deserved to be in the same company as the other three contenders. But I’m happy to have contributed to the mockery of Palin in my own small way.

    /music plays, as she is escorted offstage by two B-list actors.

  33. 33.

    The Other Steve

    January 6, 2009 at 8:42 am

    I voted for JasonF, but some how my vote ended up getting tallied for Krista.

    I WAS ROBBED!

    I demand a recount! I demand absentee ballots be counted! I demand Justice!

    I DEMAND A CHICKEN DINNER!

  34. 34.

    The Other Steve

    January 6, 2009 at 8:43 am

    Does anyone care that it was fey on snl and not palin who said she could see russia from her house?

    Al Gore called. He says he didn’t say he created the internet.

  35. 35.

    R-Jud

    January 6, 2009 at 9:21 am

    @Zuzu’s Petals:

    Being pregnant is lovely; raising kids with the person you love is even better. But "placenta" does not mean what she thinks it means. Babies swim (or kickbox, if they’re like my current tenant) in the amniotic sac. They couldn’t swim in the placenta, because it’s this big floppy thing attached to the uterine wall. Even with IVF it isn’t ready-made, it grows from the same clump of cells the baby does, whether said clump implants in her uterus naturally, or with a nudge from medicine.

  36. 36.

    comrade scott's agenda of rage

    January 6, 2009 at 10:52 am

    I voted for Jason and am bringing in James Baker to contest this. I own the Supremes so Krista’s arse is toast!

  37. 37.

    Krista

    January 6, 2009 at 11:11 am

    I own the Supremes so Krista’s arse is toast!

    What the hell does Diana Ross have to do with any of this?

  38. 38.

    tripletee

    January 6, 2009 at 11:41 am

    I’m pretty sure Krista teamed up with ACORN to steal this election. I certainly hope Tbone will contest the outcome, demand a recount, a re-vote, and then the intervention of the Supreme Court.

    Oh, don’t worry, I’m on it. I’ve successfully petitioned John to refrain from seating Krista until my legal challenge is resolved. Next, Norm Coleman and I will stage a sit-in on the steps of the Supreme Court, where we’ll hold our breath and stamp our feet until we get our way. My eventual victory is assured, no matter how much personal dignity I have to jettison in the process.

  39. 39.

    TheAssInTheHatOnMyCat(Formerly Comrade Tax Analyst)

    January 6, 2009 at 3:28 pm

    My eventual victory is assured, no matter how much personal dignity I have to jettison in the process.

    I admire your pouting spirit, tripletee. Remember, that is what made this country great. Who was it that said, "I have not yet begun to pout"?

  40. 40.

    Krista

    January 6, 2009 at 3:50 pm

    I’ve successfully petitioned John to refrain from seating Krista until my legal challenge is resolved.

    Aw…here sweetie. I’ll scootch over a bit and we can share the seat. It’s always nice to have company.

  41. 41.

    Zuzu's Petals

    January 6, 2009 at 6:15 pm

    @R-Jud:

    Congratulations on your little tenant. And yes, I’ll vouch from personal experience that pregnancy and motherhood is wonderful.

    But you’ll have to take up the scientific accuracy of her comments with her, I’m just speculating on what I think she may have meant.

  42. 42.

    rapier

    January 6, 2009 at 6:59 pm

    Ah, links?

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