The Top 10 Douchebags of 2008

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From the "Pick-Up Artist" to "Joe The Plumber," find out who really sucked at life in 2008.

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Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher aka Joe The Plumber let Sarah Palin use him as a pawn in hers and McCain's campaign, and then in an all-too transparent move, votes Obama. Totally effective.

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Joe the Plummer? What does a plummer do exactly?
Comment by snarky from surf city on Dec 30th, 2008, 14:40 pm
I like her. Your a lib not hard to tell. why dont you just move to France. You voted for B-HO now get ready to shrink like a pussy because he is going to bring the shitty politics of C-town to the front pages of America.
Comment by Mark from Chicago on Dec 30th, 2008, 14:47 pm
What a bunch of left-wing liberal garbage. Is this a blog from some malnourished angry teenager?

Well, when the "fairness" doctrine (the most unfair thing imaginable) gets passed, we will see it applied to slideshows like this, perpetuating eternal flame wars.

Oh, I'd forgotten. Anything to the right of center is "HATE SPEECH". Disagreement to the lefties is HATE.
Comment by Travis S from Milwaukee on Dec 30th, 2008, 14:50 pm
What kind of dolt doesn't know how to spell "plumber"?
Comment by Gurn on Dec 30th, 2008, 14:54 pm
So where exactly did you hear that Joe the Plumber (not Plummer, please have your editors do a better job of spell checking) voted for Obama? I have spent a few hours scouring the net and I find no evidence to back up this claim. Do you just make up the news? If so, shame on you. A reporter, an editor and a fact checker should all lose their jobs over incompetence this drastic. If not your "news" organization is a waste of a carbon footprint.
Comment by Duncan Mac on Dec 30th, 2008, 14:57 pm
Don't forget about the bigfoot hoax guys. Definitely should be on the list. http://www.myfoxkc.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=8720888A7CE312542E689EE5645F24BD?contentId=7195999&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1
Comment by Ron from San Diego on Dec 30th, 2008, 15:08 pm
Uhhhhh.....

NEWSFLASH FOR YOU PEOPLE IN THE MEDIA. YOU DO NOT DECIDE WHO'S A DOUCHEBAG. YOU MAY RETURN YOUR "ARROGANCE" CARD AT THE FRONT DESK, THANK YOU, THAT IS ALL.
Comment by Reality from NYC on Dec 30th, 2008, 15:12 pm
He voted for Obama? Says who? I don't think he has said who he voted for.
Comment by the_saltminer on Dec 30th, 2008, 15:13 pm
Whoever made this list into a slideshow should be number eleven.
Comment by Adrian on Dec 30th, 2008, 15:14 pm
I have actually met Mystery.
He levetated and bent spoons in my friends kitchen.
While normally that would be cool.
He is a Douchebag, indeed.
Comment by Clay on Dec 30th, 2008, 15:16 pm
Sure that's his real name? "Lucas Davenport" is also the lead character in a series of Minnesota-based mystery thrillers by John Sandford.
Comment by Zak44 from Philadelphia on Dec 30th, 2008, 15:36 pm
Ann Coulter has to be the BIGGEST douche bag of modern times.
Comment by Rick from Putnam on Dec 30th, 2008, 16:07 pm
Bush should be on the list for his financial sector bailout. Paulson could appear in the photo.
Cheney should be on the list for general principles. Only problem is finding a recent photo.
Comment by KC on Dec 30th, 2008, 16:28 pm
This liberal scumbag should be fed feet first into a dull, rusty woodchipper
Comment by Scott from NW FL on Dec 30th, 2008, 16:35 pm
Prince never made any anti-gay statements. Maybe you are perplexed by your inability to check your sources.
Comment by squeek1101 from Seattle on Dec 30th, 2008, 16:43 pm
I came here hoping for some humorous slideshow, and while I absolutely despise Perez Hilton and a few of the others, over all this article was about as bland as instant grits.

Not to mention left-wing bias.
Comment by J from Portland on Dec 30th, 2008, 16:46 pm
Wow! One of these lists I actually agree with. Nice Job!
Comment by Wayne from Fullerton on Dec 30th, 2008, 16:47 pm
After reading the comments on this article, I think you need to expand your list of douchebags to about twenty. About ten of the first 15 comments are total douchebaggery. You people would bag on someone who found a cure for cancer for misspelling a word in their thesis..., and then call them a liberal. Keep it up..., please. You are the only ones who don't see you are the ones killing the conservative movement. Not because the ideals are bad, but because you have so many nut-job spokemen and women.
Comment by Wayne from Fullerton on Dec 30th, 2008, 16:57 pm
The creator of this list is still #1!!!!!!
Comment by A Smart Person on Dec 30th, 2008, 17:04 pm
And Wayne from post #18 is easily in the top five!!!!! Douche and idiot in one!!!!!
Comment by A Smart Person on Dec 30th, 2008, 17:10 pm
The biggest douche of the year wasn't in that list. The biggest douche of the year was the writer of this little ditty.
Comment by Honeydog from Eden Prairie on Dec 30th, 2008, 17:39 pm
Whoever selected these are the real douchebags.

Stay classy, CityPages.
Comment by Frank on Dec 30th, 2008, 17:53 pm
Plumber, not plummer.
Comment by WILLOBIE from Hamilton on Dec 30th, 2008, 20:22 pm
Asshole, yes, but he's the tip of the iceberg in Chicago Politics. Another favorite son, Obama, would have been snared in the wiretap if Bush's guys hadn't warned him to stay clear. Hope for improvements from here, even if it isn't probable.
Comment by Richard Williams from la canada, CA on Dec 30th, 2008, 20:56 pm
Yeah, because he then realized that gay people took up the majority of his fan base.
Comment by Kellie on Dec 30th, 2008, 21:17 pm
You forgot Ted Nugent, who seems to be under the impression that anyone cares what he thinks. He was a has-been over twenty years ago.

Sarah Palin should be on the list, too.
Comment by Suze from nashua on Dec 30th, 2008, 21:44 pm
I cannot defend anyone in this list other than Perez Hilton. His blog is for pure entertainment and many people do enjoy it. How can you explain that he has survived plenty of lawsuits? Many will hate him but I love him. You can say he adds his personal touch to the pictures. For every four stories he advertises charitable organizations and he never forgets his roots.
Comment by karolina from McAllen on Dec 30th, 2008, 22:23 pm
I don't think the St. Paul police should be on the list. Their job was crowd control and sometimes you have to break some eggs to make an omelet. Blame the anarchists for the idiocy of that day.
Comment by Brett from St. Paul on Dec 31st, 2008, 00:47 am
No sh*t. You'd think listing a simple top ten list was a crime punishable by execution. All those people ARE in fact douchebags, Jerkwads.
Comment by Lindsay on Dec 31st, 2008, 02:10 am
You forgot Sarah Palin.
Comment by Roger Weaver from Seattle on Dec 31st, 2008, 02:48 am
first off... as a writer for anything I think you suk -10 sp!
Secunt... how did you become a writer for anything above the first grade? Was it because you have a journalism degree... or someone that paid for it? I am not hear(-10 sp) for bashing you weather(-10 ) or not you think that nor am i retarted.(damn -10 sp again) Sorry, retarded is to hold someone back. Good thing I am not one to hold you back
! However, your journalism would suggest you will blame anything on your performance!
Comment by adam hartman from Charleston on Dec 31st, 2008, 03:33 am
Brett did not betray Green Bay. He came back to play for them, and they wouldn't let him. Green Bay is my all-time least favorite team in the world, and I can't stand Brett Favre as well, but we can not call him a douchebag for wanting to keep doing what he loves. As far as not making the playoffs... I don't think it matters who qb's for them, they weren't gonna make it, but at least Favre made it interesting. But to say he betrayed a team that he wanted to play for by them trading him away? Get your facts straight!
Comment by Timmy from Michigan on Dec 31st, 2008, 07:05 am
Typical Smelly Hippy Liberal trash.
Comment by Prince Underwood from Atlanta on Dec 31st, 2008, 08:02 am
This list is just slightly politically biased, which I should have figured, coming from you all.

You didn't remind your readers that Blago is a Dem. And, to add injury to insult, you left out:

a) John Edwards
b) Kwame Kilpatrick
c) James Carville
d) the guys who reported that Sarah Palin wasn't really the mother of her youngest child
e) Cynthia McKinney
f) this crook Madoff, who was a contributor to leftist causes that are now begging for money
g) Caroline Kennedy, who thinks she's entitled to a Senate seat without ever running for election
h) Eliot Spitzer

And those are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head.
Comment by Juancho from Barcelona on Dec 31st, 2008, 09:26 am
Why wasn't Norm Coleman on this list? I mean, have you heard th is guy talk? Total douchebag.
Comment by Joe from Minnetonka on Dec 31st, 2008, 18:14 pm
This list is sorely lacking Joe Lieberman and Casey Anthony.
Comment by sine on Dec 31st, 2008, 19:25 pm
He's a dirt bag
Comment by Perry from Mesa on Jan 2nd, 2009, 14:32 pm
lol @ first few comments...losers. prolly just one person leaving multiple comments to seem likeother people support him/her/shim. what a dork.
Comment by Dido from Northfield on Jan 4th, 2009, 01:33 am
Where's King George the W? No need to cut the dumb ass that ruined this once great nation any slack.
Comment by Charlie on Jan 13th, 2009, 20:13 pm