2007 Losers 

Some of the losers in 2007 were a surprise, while others should have been anticipated. Here’s my short list of losers —

            1.    Congress. After the big Democratic landslide one would 
                   have thought that the leadership in both houses would 
                   have been riding high. But what a disaster. Nancy Pelosi 
                   and Harry Reid may well go down in history as two of the 
                   most ineffective leaders in the US Congress. After a year 
                   in power the only thing they passed successfully was a 
                   minimum wage bill and that was basically crafted by the 
                   Republican majority. With the lowest popularity rating in 
                   history, the US Congress is one of the biggest losers 
                   of 2007.    

            2.    Harry Reid. I know that Reid is the "leader" of the US 
                   Senate, but he deserves special recognition for being a 
                   big loser on two accounts. First, for telling the American 
                   people that "The surge has failed" before it even had a 
                   chance to work (which it did, to the astonishment of 
                   detractors and supporters alike). Second, for a 
                   ham-handed attempt to smear Rush Limbaugh as anti-
                   military.  This latter effort backfired in his face and caused 
                   him to encourage others to support Limbaugh’s efforts to 
                   raise millions of dollars in support of our troops and 
                   their families.

            3.    Daily Kos, MoveOn.org and George Soros, etc. After being 
                   the force behind the Democratic sweep in 2006, and 
                   focusing on turning tail and running in Iraq, this group of 
                   prairie radicals from the far left stumbled and bumbled. The 
                   height of their misfires was the "General Betraus" ad in the 
                   New York Times. They have gone from a force to be
                   reckoned with to a group to be laughed at. Their 
                   anti-American antics have lost traction.

            4.    The New York Times. Whatever reputation the NYT had left 
                   for objectivity was vaporized by the revelation that they 
                   gave a huge discount to run the "General Betraus" ad noted 
                   above. The "Gay Lady" has become the "Pink Lady.

            5.    CBS, ABC, and NBC. The news monopoly of the old media is 
                   gone forever and their audience continues to shrink with 
                   each passing year. Their self-destructive insistence on 
                   pushing the liberal agenda continues to be their downfall.

            6.    Katie Couric. A great fit on The Today Show™, as predicted, 
                   Couric bombed miserably as the anchor of CBS Nightly 
                   News. The clock is ticking.

            7.    Michael Vick. Dog fighting! Just how stupid and cruel can 
                   you be?  Vick has apologized and is now behind bars. Vick 
                   is a loser, but when he has fully paid for his crime, here’s 
                   hoping he is allowed to rejoin the NFL.

            8.    Barry Bonds and his fellow druggies. Why, oh why, would 
                   you destroy your personal and professional reputation 
                   forever in an attempt to cheat and steal baseball records? 
                   Now a very good career is in the toilet and can never be 
                   recovered. Bonds and all those other cheaters will have 
                   years to regret their actions, and they should. Fie on all 
                   of them!

            9.    Doom & Gloom Forecasters. The "sky is falling" crowd 
                   had a bad year. Quarter by quarter they predicted the 
                   economy was in a free-fall. It wasn’t. They touted the 
                   housing bust as the end of prosperity, but the economy 
                   refused to go along. They confidently forecasted that 
                   holiday spending would be a bust, but the consumers 
                   didn’t listen. Now they tell us that the sub prime 
                   lending problem is sure to drag us into a recession. 
                   Maybe, maybe not. If you keep shouting "wolf" long 
                   enough one will eventually appear.

            10.  American Institute of Philanthropy. This self anointed 
                   "watchdog" group attacked many of America’s finest 
                   military and veterans organizations. Although it set off a 
                   news media firestorm that ignited Congressional hearings 
                   by Representative Waxman, its one-dimensional rating 
                   system turned out to be inaccurate and inconsistent with 
                   other ratings groups. As an example, while AIP gave Ollie 
                   North’s Freedom Alliance group an "F" rating, the more 
                   thorough rating group, Charity Navigator, gave FA four 
                   stars and its seal of approval. Shame on AIP for not doing a 
                   more thorough job of analyzing all aspects of nonprofit 
                   groups, including their impact for good.

            11.  Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In an act of 
                   sheer partisanship, the Academy gave their Best 
                   documentary to the undocumented "An Inconvenient 
                   Truth." This piece of political propaganda further tarnished 
                   a reputation that has sunk so low it is becoming harder and 
                   harder to tarnish.

            12.  Nobel Peace Prize Committee. By awarding the Nobel Prize 
                   to Al Gore, the Committee has made it very clear that it is 
                   really no more than an ignoble tool of leftists who have lost 
                   total touch with reality.  Its founder must certainly be 
                   turning over in his grave. Its most current award recipient 
                   falls in the footsteps of other crackpots like Jimmy Carter. 
                   Boo.