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Posted by Kush and Associates on January 03, 2005 at 11:27:02:
Ladies and Gentlemen the 2004 Kushy Awards. Please visit www.kushandassociates.com
2004 Kushy Awards
Gay But Not Happy: Awarded to former NJ Governor Jim McGreevey -
His resignation began with, “Throughout my life, I have grappled with my own identity, who I am. As a young child, I often felt ambivalent about myself, in fact, confused.”
Then the famous line, “And so my truth is that I am a gay American.”
Monica Lewinsky: Awarded to Golan Cipel -
The New York Times reported:
"On Jan. 24, 2002, with great fanfare, Mr. McGreevey announced the creation of an office of counterterrorism and appointed Kathryn Flicker, a respected assistant attorney general, to the post.
"But in late February, reporters discovered that there were two Homeland Security officials. Mr. Cipel, who listed Mr. McGreevey's largest contributor, the developer Charles Kushner, as the sponsor on his visa application, and was paid $30,000 a year for a public relations job with Mr. Kushner's company in 2000, had actually been hired, with no fanfare, on Jan. 15, a full week before Ms. Flicker."
Cipel denied being gay and denied having consensual sex with McGreevey. He issued a brief statement through his lawyers that used the word "victim" at least three times. The McGreevey camp struck back, claiming that Cipel had demanded $50 million as the price of his silence, later lowering the price to $5 million, and then $2 million, with the negotiations continuing right up until minutes before McGreevey went before the cameras to give his “I am a gay American” speech.
The Emperor’s New Clothes: Awarded to Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy -
The New York Times, The New Jersey Section, October 10, 2004: “THERE are photographs of one candidate naked and slumped over on his front porch.” The title of the Times story was, “The Naked and the Dead Jersey City Mayor's Race, Where Hitting Below the Belt Is a Soft Touch”
Amazingly Councilman Healy managed to win the race.
Respected....All Those Beers Ago: Awarded to Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy -
The New York Times, The New Jersey Section, October 10, 2004: “Last week, Mr. Healy, a diabetic, said that photographs showing him naked were the result of a night out drinking six to eight beers over a three-hour period - though he is still scratching his head and wondering how he ended up on the porch. ‘I wish I recall how I got back out there,’ he said. ‘But I don't.’
Only six to eight beers?
The Politician Formally Known As: Awarded to William Swain Lee -
Delaware Judge William Swain Lee, famous for sentencing Thomas Capano to death, becomes Bill Lee to run for governor because the name polled better.
Golden Girls Award: Awarded to Delaware Governor Ruth Ann Minner -
She may look like a kind old granny, but she was tough enough to earn another term for Governor of Delaware. Still she’s no Bea Arthur.
You got your 15 minutes of fame now sit down: Awarded to Barack Obama -
DNC speech. Get over yourself you won an election against Alan Keyes, a Maryland resident.
And your 15 seconds so shut up: Awarded to Michael Moore -
For his appearance at the RNC for USA Today. We’ll like you after you buy yourself a bra.
Screaming Implosion: Awarded to Howard Dean -
After losing to both John Kerry and John Edwards in the Iowa caucuses, Dean sought to rally his troops with a speech. "Not only are we going to New Hampshire," he said, "we're going to South Carolina and Oklahoma and Arizona and North Dakota and New Mexico! And we're going to California and Texas and New York! And we're going to South Dakota and Oregon and Washington and Michigan! And then we're going to Washington, D.C., to take back the White House! Yeeeaaarrrrgghhhh!"
It was that final un-spellable release of energy and frustration that ended Mr. Dean's apparent lock on the nomination. Replayed on television almost 1,000 times, the scream gelled his image as a loose cannon not yet ready for prime time. On February 18th he ended his campaign, completing one of the most spectacular implosions in American political history.
Best Po rn Audition: Awarded to Kimberly Guilfoyle-Newsom (wife of San Francisco mayor) -
Appearing at a gay-rights event in New York City she said (and did), “I know that many of you wanted to see my husband and some of you had questions out there. Is he hot? Yeah. Is he hung? Yeah. Is he (she waved her hand to suggest bi sexua1)? Not unless you can give a better (she mimicked eating a banana) than me. Thank you very much.”
Then she left the stage to cheers and applause. Unfazed were Cate Edwards, daughter of John Edwards, Jim McGreevey, Betsy Gotbaum, Alan Hevesi and a host of other Democratic politicians — and Mayor Bloomberg.
Isn’t it ironic that McGreevey was there?
Stand By Your Man: Awarded to Dina Matos-McGreevey -
Dina McGreevey presented a perfect picture of unshakable love and loyalty standing beside her husband throughout the televised news conference in which he declared, “My truth is that I’m a gay American.”
James McGreevey confessed to a consensual extramarital affair and announced his intention to resign the governorship of New Jersey, because, he said, the situation left him “vulnerable to rumors, false allegations and threats of disclosure” — an apparent allusion to alleged extortion attempts by his former lover who, aides said, threatened to sue him for sexual harassment.
Our advice to Dina McGreevey: next time you marry a gay American, take lessons from Kimberly Guilfoyle-Newsom.
Worst Use Of Fake Documents: Awarded to 60 Minutes -
60 Minutes attempted to shed a negative light on President Bush’s military record using 32-year-old documents. Unfortunately, for 60 Minutes, the fonts used in some of the documents were not available at the time the documents were supposedly made.
Way to go CBS!
A Real Job: Awarded to Teresa Heinz-Kerry -
The ketchup lady was quoted, “I don't know Laura Bush. But she seems to be calm, and she has a sparkle in her eye, which is good. But I don't know that she's ever had a real job.”
For the record, the First Lady is a former teacher and librarian.
Someone should explain to Mrs. Kerry that teaching is a real job. The Teachers Union, who supported her husband, would be happy to clarify any confusion.
Perhaps Mrs. Kerry thought a "real job" was to sleep with a ketchup heir and then cash the plane crash check.
We Think He’s An Idiot: Awarded to Nelson Polite, Lancaster, Pennsylvania Councilman -
He wanted a picture of the President of the United States taken down from a private business. Here’s the story as it appeared in the Lancaster New Era newspaper:
Flap erupts over photos of Bush at market stand
Democrat City Councilman Nelson Polite says the photos are inappropriate in a public place. Others rally behind standholder.
By John M. Spidaliere
Lancaster New Era
LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - David Stoltzfus says there’s only one reason he would take down the photos of President George W. Bush that he has displayed at his Central Market baked-goods stand.
Bush would have had to have lost the recent election. Instead, he beat Democratic challenger John Kerry to win a second term. “If it were Kerry that won, he’d be up there,’’ says Stoltzfus, who operates the Upper Crust stand. Doesn’t matter, says City Councilman Nelson Polite. “It should come down. This is a public market.” Besides, says the Democrat, “Bush didn’t win here (in Lancaster City). It is like rubbing salt on a wound.” Polite approached Stoltzfus on Nov. 12 and ask him to remove the pictures. The standholder has refused to do so, prompting Polite to say he will ask City Council to change the law so that all political items would be banned in public places. Today, Stoltzfus pointed proudly to a photo of a smiling Bush, framed in green, that hangs above his stand. The photo, attached to the stand portico with four brass screws, has hung there for nearly two years, since Stoltzfus and his wife, Nina, opened the market stand in March 2003. They sell cakes, cookies and other baked items. They also have a signed 8-by-10-inch photo of the president and first lady Laura Bush sitting on a shelf below, “right next to the pictures of my grandkids,’’ says Stoltzfus. “I’m just trying to sell a few cakes and give honor to the president,’’ he says. But Polite, a Democrat, says the photos should go. When he approached Stoltzfus three weeks ago, he said the photo offended him and city Democrats. Polite says he had received complaints from constituents who thought the photos were inappropriate, especially after the presidential election. The market is public property and displaying political paraphernalia, no matter what the intent, says Polite, is inappropriate and divisive. Stoltzfus is a Republican, but that hardly matters, he says. He displays the photo to honor the office, not the man. Polite says political items do not belong in Central Market and if Stoltzfus refuses to take down the photos, he’ll take the matter before City Council to get the city law changed to ban all political items in public places. “There should be rules,’’ says Polite. Even if Kerry had won, he’d be asking Stoltzfus to take the photos down, says Polite. A string of supporters, including Republican Mayor Charlie Smithgall and former Republican Mayor Art Morris, have made their way to the Upper Crust to offer their support to Stoltzfus. “We have no regulations against it,” says Smithgall. “He is the president of the United States. If he wants to put a picture of (Democratic) Gov. Rendell up, that’s fine by me.” Smithgall said Stoltzfus asked for a picture of him to hang up. “I said, ‘Yeah, right.’” Some of Stoltzfus’ fellow standholders are considering putting up photos of Bush in solidarity with Stoltzfus. Kim Moyer, at the Lancaster Juice Company, says Polite was “out of line.” “(Stoltzfus) has every right to put the pictures up. We pays rent here. Anyway, we’re in America.” Market Master Ernie Thomas said there are no rules about hanging political items at market stands. Even if there was, says Thomas, “That is our president, whether it is a Democrat or a Republican.” Jim Zink, the owner of the Herb Shop stand, says he is a Democrat. But he’ll hang a photo of Bush to support Stoltzfus’ right to hang his. “He has every right to hang it,’’ Zink says of Stoltzfus. He says it doesn’t offend him as a Democrat to see Bush.
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