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PubliCola to Announce Award Winners

News   September 15, 2009 at 2:36 pm Josh Feit

This week we will announce the winners of our first annual awards for sycophants—at the federal, state, county, and local levels: The 2009 Eve Harrington Awards.

EVE

Why is a certain Republican U.S. Rep. from Washington state rising so fast in party leadership ranks? How was a certain conservative Democratic state Rep. able to secure such a plum committee chairmanship in Olympia? Who at the local level has made a career out of taking credit for other people’s ideas?

These and other stories about brown nosing, back stabbing, and crass ambition will be answered when our winners get notified with a text that says: “Hi, Eve!”

Yes. We’ve got your number.


  • pl

    snark snark snark…love love love!

  • pl

    snark snark snark…love love love!

  • Dan

    I nominate Sandeep Kaushik for Publicola’s highest award at both the city and county levels. Mr Kaushik is an individual, who despite a resume of failure as a political consultant and spokesman for political candidates, is today employed as spokesman for KC exec candidate Dow Constantine while also serving as an adviser for Publicola, a local political blog that reports and comments about his employer.

    Mr Kaushik’s most famous advice to a politician? During the recount of votes in the contest for Governor between Gregoire and Carlson he, in his role of political pundit at The Stranger, advised Gregoire to concede the race.

    Recognizing Sandeep’s political genius Ron Sims quickly lured him away from Seattle’s “only newspaper” to serve as a highly valued staff member.
    The rest is history.

  • Dan

    I nominate Sandeep Kaushik for Publicola’s highest award at both the city and county levels. Mr Kaushik is an individual, who despite a resume of failure as a political consultant and spokesman for political candidates, is today employed as spokesman for KC exec candidate Dow Constantine while also serving as an adviser for Publicola, a local political blog that reports and comments about his employer.

    Mr Kaushik’s most famous advice to a politician? During the recount of votes in the contest for Governor between Gregoire and Carlson he, in his role of political pundit at The Stranger, advised Gregoire to concede the race.

    Recognizing Sandeep’s political genius Ron Sims quickly lured him away from Seattle’s “only newspaper” to serve as a highly valued staff member.
    The rest is history.

  • http://publicola.net/ Josh Feit

    @2,

    That’s a good nomination.

    Unfortunately, we do not seek input on the prestigious Eve Harrington Awards.

  • http://publicola.net/ Josh Feit

    @2,

    That’s a good nomination.

    Unfortunately, we do not seek input on the prestigious Eve Harrington Awards.

  • Luigi Giovanni

    @2

    Gregoire never ran against Carlson; she twice ran against Rossi.

    My take on these awards is that they are for public officials, although I can think of reporters and pundits who are sycophantic.

  • Luigi Giovanni

    @2

    Gregoire never ran against Carlson; she twice ran against Rossi.

    My take on these awards is that they are for public officials, although I can think of reporters and pundits who are sycophantic.

  • Dan

    Of course you don’t Josh. You guys are outputters not inputters.

  • Dan

    Of course you don’t Josh. You guys are outputters not inputters.

  • Susan B.

    Mmmm… I don’t know about this. It seems unnecessarily mean.

  • Susan B.

    Mmmm… I don’t know about this. It seems unnecessarily mean.

  • D H

    Mad brilliant. Please call. I think you have the number 225 2006.

  • D H

    Mad brilliant. Please call. I think you have the number 225 2006.

  • A. Hochberg

    @6,
    Mean? Yes. Unnecessary? No. I love this idea. And I have lots of nominations. But it sounds like you’ve already got it figured out.

  • A. Hochberg

    @6,
    Mean? Yes. Unnecessary? No. I love this idea. And I have lots of nominations. But it sounds like you’ve already got it figured out.

  • GOP

    @7,
    Area code?

  • GOP

    @7,
    Area code?

  • Dave

    This week huh?

  • Dave

    This week huh?

  • Not Impressed

    Whatever happened to this?

  • Not Impressed

    Whatever happened to this?