I've seen a fair number of 2004 year-end wrap-ups, but none to match Michelle Malkin's must-see Listmania (2004).
Some of my favorites from her list are:
No comment necessary for this meltdown of the ages (though let me add to the mix this priceless video link)
I actually did vote for the $87 billion…
While Dean’s Scream is for the ages, Kerry’s Flipper’s “I actually did vote for the $87 billion, before I voted against it,” was the most influential quote of the year. It was undoubtedly worth $87 billion to the Bush campaign. Surely when that eeeeevil genius Rove first heard it, he sharpened his fangs on the catacomb walls beneath Washington D.C., in preparation to bite the still-beating hearts out of the chests of Kerry staffers and DNC operatives. Yes, it was that good.
For full appreciation, Mr. Unhingement’s Al Gore’s Brownshirt rant has to be taken in concert with his apoplectic "He betrayed this country! He played on our fears!" This transcends political screed, my friends; this is sheer theatre, the likes of which takes a back seat only to Dean’s scream.
I was so intrigued by Bush's "hard work" references in the first debate that I blogged on it. Indeed, Bush was laboring in that first debate so much that it was painful to behold. Bush’s performance in the first debate was so bad I wanted to climb in the spiderhole Saddam had vacated. Hugh thought Bush did great, but I’m convinced to this day that Hugh and I were watching a different debate that night.
Hey wait a minute, the article in Michelle’s link was written on December 15, 2003! I thought this was a 2004 wrap-up. No matter, it gives me a chance to bask once more in the glow of perhaps my second favorite event in recent memory, maybe only eclipsed by the dual event of Bush’s ’04 reelection and John Effin’ Kerry’s defeat.
I can’t pass by this Saddam reference without mentioning Allah’s (formerly Allah’s) photoshop of a ratty, post-spiderhole Saddam saying to himself in his jail cell:
“President Bush sends his regards.” Har dee har, JERK. Five hundred more votes in Palm Beach County and I’d be on a gold-plated waterbed right now, eating Chunky Monkey and watching Kurds being fed into a smelter on closed circuit. But then, pushing a chad all the way through a slip of paper can be tricky, right? […]
One of the things we'll always remember Kerry for is his excruciatingly-lame 'Nam-reference-plus-salute to open his nomination speech.
Kerry’s salute is immortalized in this gotta-watch photoshop movie, set to the theme song of the TV cartoon Super Chicken.
PS—Don't miss Michelle's End-Of-The-Year ListMania II: The Teh Ray Zah Edition (because 'Her Heirness' deserves her own category) ;-)
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