Top Political Moments of 2006

Here are the top-10 political moments of the year, starting from ten and counting down to one.

10) Katherine Harris' campaign ends before it even got off the tracks.  It was a disaster from the beginning.  Harris went on Hannity & Colmes and tried to flirt with them.  From then on, it was down hill.  (And no, I did not make this video.  It was the only one I could find of her appearance on Hannity & Colmes.)

9) David Gregory's battles with Scott McClellan and Tony Snow.  After lying down and playing dead in the run-up to the Iraq war, NBC White House Correspondent David Gregory began asking the tough questions that view dared to ask.

To Scott McClellan

To Tony Snow

8) Tom DeLay resigns.  CNN's John Cafferty on the resignation of the former House Majority Leader for allegedly taking bribes from lobbyists.

7) Rush Limbaugh makes fun of Michael J. Fox's Parkinson's disease.  This is just sad -- but it cost Republicans the Missouri Senate race, and therefore majority in the Senate.

6) Keith Olbermann on Habeas Corpus.  Keith Olbermann responds to the signing of the Military Commissions Act, which suspends habeas corpus for anyone, including U.S. citizens, that the government lists as an "enemy combatant."

5) Mark Foley.  This is a montage of all the late-night comedians (Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Jay Leno, etc.) reacting to the Mark Foley sex scandal.  Some of the language is graphic.

4) Macaca.  George Allen's racial remark towards a member of the Webb Campaign helped turn the tide, helping Webb beat Allen by a razor-thin margin, and allow the Democrats to take control of the Senate.

3) Bill Clinton on Fox News.  Simply putting it, Clinton had enough.  ABC News' movie Path to 9/11 brought this to a boiling point.  Conservatives have accused Clinton over the years of ignoring terrorism -- even though during the 90s they blamed him for being too "obsessed" with Osama bin Laden.  On Fox News Sunday in September, Bill Clinton responded to criticisms from the right-wing network known as Fox News, and made Chris Wallace look like a fool.  It also gave progressives some extra motivation to fight hard for the remaining two months of the campaign.

2) Brian Williams interview with Brian Williams.  I am completely convinced that this was the most disastrous interview of the Bush presidency.  It happened in late-August from New Orleans.  Bush has an "ecelectic reading list," and his goal is to "keep expectations low."

1) Democrats Celebrated Victory in November.  After a long and intense campaign, the Democrats grabbed a majority in both chambers of Congress, ending the days of endless Republican rubber stamps for the Bush Administration.

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Comments

[George]

#2 is absolutely Bush in his prime. I know I posted about this when I first saw this clip but I must comment again. It is not possible to watch that clip and be proud to be an American. What a complete embarrassment that man is. He even dodged the question about what the book he supposedly read was about. How sad is that? How ridiculous can you get? This interview was off the charts pathetic. Every second of it. Every word of it. He doesn't care about short term history. He doesn't pay attention to criticism. He thinks people are too critical of him but can't cite even one example. He should be impeached simply based on this video for incompetence. I mean make another Republican the President. I dont care. Just get this guy out!

"Youre still not watching TV huh?"

"(grumbles) I watch baseball game"

[O'Brien]

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