Your Asshat of the Week: Two-thirds of "Rob, Arnie & Dawn in the Morning"

Is it just me, or do these guys seem pleased with themselves for winning AfterElton.com's first ever Asshat of the Week?

For all the details on how this dastardly duo bested the other challengers, read on!

Why they won: Rob & Arnie went far beyond the usual gay-baiting crassness one often finds in radio shock jocks when they pontificated on how to deal with transgender children.

Here are some of Rob and Arnie's pearls of parenting wisdom:

"I’m going to look at him and go, ‘You know what? You’re a little idiot! You little dumbass! Look, you are a boy! Boys don’t wear dresses."

"Hit him with one of my shoes ... I would probably throw a shoe at him." 

"I look forward to when they go out into society and society beats them down. And they end up in therapy."

The audio clip of Rob & Arnie's tirade had been available via their website, but they wisely chose to pull the clip this week. What is still available is their self-serving response to the uproar. You can listen to that here, but I wouldn't really recommend it.

What they won: In addition to the coveted asshat crown, Rob & Arnie take home some valuable parting gifts in the form of lost advertising revenue. Several admirable companies have chosen to pull all their advertising from Rob & Arnie's radio station KRCQ in response to their repugnant transgender tirade and subsequent non-apology.

Those companies, all worthy of your support, are Chipotle Mexican Grill, the Sonic Drive-In restaurant chain, and Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, which is responsible for 40+ consumer brands including 7-UP, Country Time, Crush, Hawaiian Punch, Mott's, Orangina, Welch's and Yoo-hoo.

I don't know about you, but a Sonic cheeseburger washed down with a Yoo-hoo sounds really good right about now! 

How they won: Rob & Arnie took nearly two-thirds of the votes this week (63%). Their closest competitor was Bill O"Reilly, who received 22% of the vote for being morally complicit in the murder of Dr. George Tiller. When you can resoundingly beat Bill O'Reilly in an asshat contest then you know you're truly heinous. So way to go, Rob & Arnie!

Just a few write-in votes this week. The most common being "All of the Above" and Barack Obama. 

We'll be back with another smackdown on Wednesday, when your votes will determine which blowhard, homophobe, harridan and/or self-righteous harpie will inherit the asshat crown next week!