Our asshat nominees this time out included a less than compassionate Florida hospital, a halfwit rapper, some anonymous billboard-destroying vandals, and Pope Benedict XVI.
Hardly a fair fight, and no surprise that the Catholic Church's Grand Poobah is here adding to his funny hat collection. Still, the vote this week was closer than you'd think. Find out who gave His Holiness a run for his money after the break.
Here are the voting results for this week's poll:
We'll be back with a new selection of
Asshat Smackdown nominees on Friday in editor
Michael Jensen's
Best Gay Week Ever column.
Submitted by
on Mon, 2009-10-05 11:55.
Possible to nominate the pope
for the asshat of the year award? If there is to be such a thing...
"Open up your mind and then open up your heart. And you will see that you and me aren't very far apart." - Blessid Union of Souls
Why limit it to Asshat of the Year?
*cough*
Let's not get carried away
Face it, it took the Church almost 400 years to get their act together during the first millenium, so that could disqualify them given the stiff competition from the Roman Empire, Attila the Hun, and plague. But I'd argue they're pretty much a lock for the past 1000 years though.
1. Crusades
2. Persecuting Galileo
3. Inquisition
4. Red cowboy hats