The 2007 Bum Steer Awards

[meegbear]

YOU KNOW IT’S GOING TO BE A GOOD YEAR for Bum Steers when 61 percent of the people vote against the governor’s reelection and he wins anyway. When Kinky Friedman asks, “How hard could it be?”—and finds out. When Tom DeLay steps down as U.S. House majority leader, resigns from Congress, and hands his district to a Dem­ocrat he had redistricted into oblivion in 2004. When DeLay’s temporary replacement, Shelley Sekula-Gibbs, runs off his holdover staff with a temper tantrum and runs her chance to win the seat in 2008 into the ground. When George W. Bush contributes “thumpin’” to the political lexicon. When the Longhorns beat Southern Cal for the national championship but can’t beat Kansas State or Texas A&M. When the Spurs can’t beat the Mavs, the Mavs can’t beat the Heat, and the Rockets can’t beat anybody. When Bobby Knight is shown on national television slapping a player—imagine that—and Drew Bledsoe, who began the season as the Dallas Cowboys’ starting quarterback, plays like he could use a good slap. But none of these antiheroes measure up to the man we’re here to honor. A politician and a sportsman. A man who’s a real blast to go hunting with, who this year gave the country (and his friend Harry Whittington) a shot in the arm, among other places. He may be number two in the White House, but to us he’ll always be number one with a bullet. Or a pellet. Come out from that undisclosed location, Dick Cheney. You’re our Bum Steer of the Year.

<snip>

http://texasmonthly.com/csc/5212feature.php

-------------------

The list is great and no words could do justice for that cover.

[PDittie]

1. Texas Monthly's best effort

Buy it. read it online if you can't. You'll laugh your ass off.

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. K & R!!

:rofl:

[Canuckistanian]

3. K& 5th R!

The picture alone is worth it.

[AnneD]

4. I love TM

and have been known to give gift subscriptions, esp to my northern friends that are clueless about Texas. The Bum Steer edition is always the highlight-like the Swimsuit edition, but generally without the sexiness (but not always). This magazine will show you a whole new side of Texas you never would have imagined. It has all of the wit of Ann Richards, the sassiness of Molly Ivins, the political astuteness of LBJ, the intelligence of Bill Moyers, and the gumption of Dan Rather. I can't wait to read it.

[Geoff R. Casavant]

5. My three favorite end of year publications

Texas Monthly's Bum Steer Awards;
Esquire's Dubious Achievements;
and our local Houston Press - Turkeys of the Year

[AnneD]

6. We are in the same neck of the woods....

HP Turkey's of the year are great. Shelly Sekula Gibbs got basted this year. Thanks for all you did for us taxpayers SSG. Houston won't forget any time soon!

[Geoff R. Casavant]

7. I read the write-up about SSG to my wife

And she could not stop laughing. Especially with the list of written-in names that were accepted by the bipartisan commission. The one that made her blow coffee out of her nose, alas, cannot be printed in good taste here.

[AnneD]

9. We all know

it was some smart assed Dems taking pot shots just to see what got counted.:rofl:

[AspenRose]

8. Another good cover from back in the day