# 50 Most Loathesome People in America: 2006 **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 21, 2007, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-most-loathesome-people-in-america-2006/388788 "2007-01-21T02:58:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-most-loathesome-people-in-america-2006/388788/21 "2007-01-21T08:19:28Z")
Ahem…well, actually, it was more those left _off_ the list that had me a’frothing, but given your mischaracterization of me as a dittohead it’s not surprising to see that you have problems with reading comprehension in this thread as well. Cheers, **SA** ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-most-loathesome-people-in-america-2006/388788/22 "2007-01-21T10:16:05Z")
[QUOTE=Starving Artist] No Michael Moore [/QUOTE] Michael Moore was a non-factor in 2006. He’d already milked the Democrats for everything he was going to get. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-most-loathesome-people-in-america-2006/388788/23 "2007-01-21T10:30:36Z")
You are correct that Moore was a virtual non-entity in 2006. I was remiss in vetting my own post. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-most-loathesome-people-in-america-2006/388788/24 "2007-01-21T12:43:50Z")
The entry on George Bush mentions that he seems bored by being president. That is it. Exactly it. Bored, a little annoyed, perhaps just a bit ticked off. Perhaps his shoes are pinching. He is fed up with having to answer questions and be on TV. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-most-loathesome-people-in-america-2006/388788/25 "2007-01-21T14:11:02Z")
I can’t really get behind Ben Gibbard’s place on the list. Not because I’m a Death Cab fan (though I am), but because he didn’t release anything in 2006. There are also plenty of politicians who deserve a spot more than Nancy Pelosi. I’d replace these two with Larry the Cable Guy and (in a rare moment of agreement with **Starving Artist** ) Rosie O’Donnell, just because I hate both of them so very much. Other than that, great list, particularly #1. McCain is to politicians what Corona Light is to beer–it isn’t necessarily worse than any of the other horse piss beers out there, but it’s no better, and they have the audacity to charge a premium/import price for it. McCain is no better or worse that your standard GOP politician these days, but people act like he is. ---
**Author:** ![kung\_fu\_lola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kung\_fu\_lola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kung_fu_lola)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-most-loathesome-people-in-america-2006/388788/26 "2007-01-21T14:13:31Z")
That was pretty funny, but very easy not to take seriously. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-most-loathesome-people-in-america-2006/388788/27 "2007-01-21T14:58:59Z")
[QUOTE=kung fu lola] That was pretty funny, but very easy not to take seriously. [/QUOTE] It’s not exactly supposed to be taken seriously. Although they’re not going to say anything that isn’t true, they are going to put the meanest possible spin on anything they present. I loved James Carville’s entry: > [@](#): > > This unholy cross between Batboy and Terry Bradshaw has been vastly overrated as a political strategist based on the fact that he managed to win with the most charismatic Democratic candidate of the post-war era and a split conservative vote. I personally think _The Beast_ is the coolest weekly in anglophone North America. **Diogenes** , how did you come to start reading it? ---
**Author:** ![kung\_fu\_lola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kung\_fu\_lola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kung_fu_lola)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-most-loathesome-people-in-america-2006/388788/28 "2007-01-21T15:03:05Z")
[QUOTE=saoirse] It’s not exactly supposed to be taken seriously. Although they’re not going to say anything that isn’t true [/QUOTE] Sure they did. ---
**Author:** ![Roonwit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/54ee81/32.png) [@Roonwit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roonwit)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-most-loathesome-people-in-america-2006/388788/29 "2007-01-21T15:07:12Z")
> [@](#): > > Trump’s popularity is the clearest imaginable proof that Americans value wealth over decency and bravado over character. Damn. They hit the nail squarely on that one. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-most-loathesome-people-in-america-2006/388788/30 "2007-01-21T15:12:40Z")
[QUOTE=saoirse] I personally think _The Beast_ is the coolest weekly in anglophone North America. **Diogenes** , how did you come to start reading it? [/QUOTE] Somebody linked it from another board once. I thought it was dyspeptic, mean-spirited and misanthropic. In other words I loved it. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-most-loathesome-people-in-america-2006/388788/31 "2007-01-21T15:15:37Z")
Would have been a better list if they didn’t have to lie about people to make it funny. There is plenty of truth to lampoon. (See, for example, the entries on Carlos Mencia, Gerald Ford, and Bill Gates, all of which contain easily verifiable factual errors. And those were just the ones _I_ spotted.) ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-most-loathesome-people-in-america-2006/388788/32 "2007-01-21T16:22:47Z")
A conservative thinking Olberman should be on the list of most loathsome people is like an ugly person pitting a mirror. ---
**Author:** ![George\_Kaplin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3e96dc/32.png) [@George\_Kaplin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/George_Kaplin)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-most-loathesome-people-in-america-2006/388788/33 "2007-01-21T16:26:45Z")
Great link **Diogenes**. The bits about Donald Trump and (rather disconcertingly) Suri Cruise, made me laugh so hard I embarrassed myself. Hey, since when could we edit stuff? Coolness! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-most-loathesome-people-in-america-2006/388788/34 "2007-01-21T16:28:26Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] (For the righties in the crowd, the piece also contains entries on Nancy Pelosi, James Carville and Cindy Sheehan, so you won’t feel left out) [/QUOTE] Except that the reason Pelosi and Carville are on the list is because they aren’t far enough to the left. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-most-loathesome-people-in-america-2006/388788/35 "2007-01-21T16:47:28Z")
[QUOTE=John Mace] Except that the reason Pelosi and Carville are on the list is because they aren’t far enough to the left. [/QUOTE] Yeah, that’s a point i was going to make. Personally, i _like_ the fact that they’re on the list for that reason, and i agree with his take on them and their politics. But their presence is hardly going to convince a conservative that The Beast is going for “fair and balanced.” ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-most-loathesome-people-in-america-2006/388788/36 "2007-01-21T16:58:02Z")
The Beast isn’t trying to be fair and balanced, but there really aren’t many liberal equivalents to people like Ann Coulter. There is no symmetry these days between the loathesomness of the right and the left. Sometime one side is just wrong and that’s all there is too it. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-most-loathesome-people-in-america-2006/388788/37 "2007-01-21T17:03:18Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] There is no symmetry these days between the loathesomness of the right and the left. Sometime one side is just wrong and that’s all there is too it. [/QUOTE] I agree with that. It was to be expected after such a long period of so much power. But now, the choice before the Democrats is to clean it all up or settle in for their due. We’ll see what happens. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-most-loathesome-people-in-america-2006/388788/38 "2007-01-21T17:06:02Z")
I notice the list refers to both Gandhi and “Ghandi”. Didn’t we have a Pit thread about that not long ago? About half the list were people I’ve never heard of. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-most-loathesome-people-in-america-2006/388788/39 "2007-01-21T17:20:18Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] The Beast isn’t trying to be fair and balanced, but there really aren’t many liberal equivalents to people like Ann Coulter. There is no symmetry these days between the loathesomness of the right and the left. Sometime one side is just wrong and that’s all there is too it. [/QUOTE] Maybe. I don’t really care that he’s “fair and balanced” or not. The list was funny enough, in its own way. I just wanted to correct the mistaken implication of the last part in your OP. ---
**Author:** ![Caridwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@Caridwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caridwen)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-most-loathesome-people-in-america-2006/388788/40 "2007-01-21T18:10:16Z")
[QUOTE=Starving Artist] You are correct that Moore was a virtual non-entity in 2006. I was remiss in vetting my own post. Thanks. [/QUOTE] I think he was on the list last year if I remember correctly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-most-loathesome-people-in-america-2006/388788.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-most-loathesome-people-in-america-2006/388788.md?page=3)