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Year-end lists
Political Animal — ... ," and I actually went through the whole darn thing. That said, there are a couple of year-end lists that I found especially interesting. The first comes by way of Media Matters, which lists the " Most Inane Punditry of the 2008 presidential campaign ," and lets readers vote on the worst of the worst. There are some real gems in there, some of which I'd forgotten about. The 10 examples include: * Barnes: Obama not "strong on national security" because he opposed war "when the entire world believed" Saddam had WMD * Defending Givhan's cleavage coverage, Harwood asserted ...

Too much stupid for just one fork
Lawyers, Guns and Money — The Most Inane Punditry of 2008. I'm glad to say I'd never even heard of some of these items. For example: "Well, here's the other thing that we saw on the tape, Chris, is that, when Obama went in, he was offered coffee, and he said, 'I'll have orange juice.' " Matthews replied, "No," to which Shuster responded: "He did." Shuster continued: "And it's just one of those sort of weird things. You know, when the owner of the diner says, 'Here, have some coffee,' you say, 'Yes, thank you,' and, 'Oh, can I also please have some orange juice, in addition to this?' ...

Midday Open Thread
Daily Kos — ... People are hurting: Sixty-three percent in this ABC News/Washington Post poll now think the country is in a "long-term economic decline"..An identical 63 percent say they themselves have been hurt financially by this recession, 10 points higher than the damage in the recession of 1990-91. Three in 10 say they've been hurt "a great deal," double what it was just after that recession 17 years ago. Get your vote in for the most inane moment of political pundity in 2008. Via TPM: ...

Mike's Blog Roundup
Crooks and Liars — ... zombie bank, takes bailout billions, then cuts taxes to one percent by moving profits offshore.  The Swiss have come up with a great way to handle those golden parachutes and executive bonuses.  ANNALS OF JOURNALISM: The year in media errors and corrections...Murdoch's new hire... Inside Iraq...Media Minutes...Crusader for torturers...Dire economy is a media ploy to make Obama look good...Most inane punditry of the 2008 campaign...WaPo crashed-and-burned watch...Chris ...