It was a very busy week for losers…so my apologies if I forgot any really special people who have made noteworthy negative contributions to the country’s political discourse!

And fair warning, this week seems heavy laden with contests, dancing cowboys, burnings, threats and even a few witches!   It must be Halloween!

First up is a double header!   Both the Democratic National Committee and Fox News gets a nod for an ad competition being run by the DNC as a way to promote health care reform.    Showing an American flag being sprayed with graffiti IS covered under Free Speech…but that doesn’t mean you are required to make it a finalist in your competition.   Didn’t you realize that the negative publicity was a great way to distract from the important issues you are promoting?    

And Fox News gets the nod for its’ hypocritical negative coverage of the contest.   You can’t call out the DNC for disgracing the flag when you have Glenn Beck doing it not once but twice on your network or when you ignored then President George W. Bush for using a permanent marker to autograph a flag!   Talk about people living in glass houses!

The Capital Crossroads Gay Rodeo Association gets labeled LOSER for its’ annual Barn Dance.   Held inside a barn, the dance competition featured several young “cowboys” dressed only in chaps.   Now this would normally come under the heading of “consenting adults in privacy” BUT the association decided to leave the barn doors open…thus exposing the house across the road to their contest.   To advertise your “shortcomings” to children during a time when you are lobbying for the repeal of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” or the “Defense of Marriage Act” is probably not a wise move!

The Christian Broadcasting Network attempted to get into the Halloween spirit on its website by scaring us all with the assertion of Kimberly Daniels that Halloween candy purchased in stores has been prayed over by witches and is responsible for sending “curses” to children everywhere!

Here’s our first ever TRIPLE hit!   NorthJersey.com, a LaRouche political action committee and an unknown health care reform supporter all earn the title of LOSER OF THE WEEK!    Apparently the LaRouche people were protesting with signs showing Obama as Hitler (for which they get named loser)! They were showered with purple paint thrown on them by an unknown health care supporter (for which she gets the award).    Liberals need to remember that Freedom Of Speech encompasses distasteful speech as well as speech you agree with.   And NorthJersey.com (a local newspaper) gets the title for originally reporting that instead of the conservative nutcase organization LaRouche, the Hitler signs were being held by members of La Roche Pharmaceuticals.   Way to fact check, NorthJersey.com! 

Lou Dobbs wins mention for his assertion on his radio show on Monday and with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Thursday that his wife had been shot at because of his anti-immigration stance.    When real journalists double checked the facts they found the bullet “shot at his wife” had actually hit the apex of his house and FAILED to penetrate his vinyl siding, falling to the ground next to his wife.   Since he lives in a rural area and it was the middle of hunting season, New Jersey police seem more inclined to label this as a hunting incident rather than an attempted murder!   Dobbs gets a second mention for insisting that when the incident happened it was NOT hunting season…a fact disputed by the New Jersey Division of Fish & Wildlife.  And you think they would know!

Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) gets the award for his decision to support a Republican filibuster of any Health Care Reform Bill that includes a public option.    This is makes him a REALLY BIG LOSER because in 1994 he labeled the filibuster a “dinosaur” that was “a symbol of what ails Washington”.    Hope you’re not planning on staying Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee for long, Joe!

Dave Leach (an anti-abortion activist) promised an on-line auction designed to raise money to support Scott Roeder (accused of killing Dr. Tiller).  Items to be auctioned include an Army of God manual, a prison cookbook (check out the cheesecake recipe) and an autographed bullhorn.   Kudos to e-bay auctions for refusing to host this sick idea!

Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fl) earns notice for referring to Linda Robertson as a “K Street Whore”.    Way to show some class, Congressman!

And finally, Randall Terry of Operation Rescue has started a new contest…..the Harry Reid & Nancy Pelosi “Burn in Hell” contest.   Submit a video showing these Democratic leaders roasting in a Dante-like inferno and win a prize!    So much for that old biblical adage about “Love thy neighbor”!