# The Beast 50 Most Loathsome People in America, 2008 **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 14, 2009, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beast-50-most-loathsome-people-in-america-2008/481253 "2009-01-14T13:58:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beast-50-most-loathsome-people-in-america-2008/481253/21 "2009-01-14T21:36:29Z")
> [@](#): > > You think it’s your patriotic duty to spend money you don’t have on crap you don’t need. How did they _know?_ That’s just me all over! ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beast-50-most-loathsome-people-in-america-2008/481253/22 "2009-01-14T21:36:30Z")
> [@Jolly\_Roger](#): > > Did I miss one? Why isn’t Ann Coulter on the list? Because it isn’t nice to pick on retarded people. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beast-50-most-loathsome-people-in-america-2008/481253/23 "2009-01-14T21:55:36Z")
How dare they talk about Brett Favre that way! And how dare they talk about my man M. Night like that. Just because he’s an overpaid talentless hack is no reason to disrespect. The man is sensitive artist, he’s got more feeling to hurt than you or I. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beast-50-most-loathsome-people-in-america-2008/481253/24 "2009-01-14T22:05:42Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > You’re right. I thought it was Clinton who said she wouldn’t run for President, then did. I don’t recall Obama ever saying he wouldn’t. Actually, I think it was some time after his speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. I’m heavily paraphrasing all of this; please don’t take any of it as in any way resembling actual quotes. He got a big boost of nationwide recognition from that, some people started asking him questions in interviews about whether he’d run for president in 2008. He said that he would at least finish out his current term as a US Senator. Later when he entered the presidential race, he did acknowledge his previous stance, but said he felt that the nation was in bad enough straits that he felt he had to run for the office. As a resident of Illinois, I was disappointed in his turnaround at the time, and did in fact repeat the canard that ‘it’s too hard to get elected President as a Senator,’ saying he should go for Governor of Illinois next and run after that, which would actually give him a chance of winning. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beast-50-most-loathsome-people-in-america-2008/481253/25 "2009-01-15T01:10:40Z")
> [@Jolly\_Roger](#): > > Did I miss one? Why isn’t Ann Coulter on the list? She is usually on it. The previous ones can be seen .Look at the bottom. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beast-50-most-loathsome-people-in-america-2008/481253/26 "2009-01-15T03:11:57Z")
> [@](#): > > Did I miss one? Why isn’t Ann Coulter on the list? Maybe they felt it was unfair to the other competitors to have to compete against her every year and moved her to the Loathsome Hall of Fame. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beast-50-most-loathsome-people-in-america-2008/481253/27 "2009-01-15T04:06:39Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > Why would we need the military to repel a Canadian invasion? The boy scouts could do it. A case of Moulson can do it too. You get a Canadian far enough South, say, Los Angeles, and they will drop the “Eh” accent and forget they aren’t Americans. See William Shatner and Alex Trebek, neither of whom were assholes before they forgot they were Canadian. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beast-50-most-loathsome-people-in-america-2008/481253/28 "2009-01-15T05:10:52Z")
Eh, I’m an American and arguably only one-half of one thing on that list applies to me. But I’m not telling you what it is because, dammit, I have a right to privacy! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beast-50-most-loathsome-people-in-america-2008/481253/29 "2009-01-15T16:23:28Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > \ > > Can you see me now? Wait, let me adjust the scope on my .30-06. Ah yes…there you are…random bastard! ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beast-50-most-loathsome-people-in-america-2008/481253/30 "2009-01-15T17:29:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Eh, I’m an American and arguably only one-half of one thing on that list applies to me. I support gun rights, but do not get a chubby when I fire a gun. I don’t even own a gun or want one. Don’t like the things. So, one half of one item on the list applies to me. The whole article is a lame, “JibJab”-style “don’t offend anyone by trying to ‘offend’ everyone” softball. ---
**Author:** ![dre2xl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@dre2xl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dre2xl)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beast-50-most-loathsome-people-in-america-2008/481253/31 "2009-01-15T17:37:54Z")
Thinking that the collective television memes are what consist the average American seems pretty loathsome to me on its own… ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beast-50-most-loathsome-people-in-america-2008/481253/32 "2009-01-15T18:31:04Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > A case of Moulson can do it too. You get a Canadian far enough South, say, Los Angeles, and they will drop the “Eh” accent and forget they aren’t Americans. See William Shatner and Alex Trebek, neither of whom were assholes before they forgot they were Canadian. Almost every Jeopardy board has a Canadian answer. He never forgot how to think funny, just to talk that way. Say organization. That is the Canadian outing word. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beast-50-most-loathsome-people-in-america-2008/481253/33 "2009-01-15T18:52:15Z")
He does pronounce “dollars” in a funny way. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beast-50-most-loathsome-people-in-america-2008/481253/34 "2009-01-15T18:57:15Z")
I love the Beast. I used to have them in a big stack in the restaurant I was running in Buffalo. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beast-50-most-loathsome-people-in-america-2008/481253/35 "2009-01-16T03:52:46Z")
Stephenie Meyer is #31. I love these guys. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beast-50-most-loathsome-people-in-america-2008/481253/36 "2009-01-16T04:34:14Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > He does pronounce “dollars” in a funny way. Alex Trebek’s an android. He doesn’t have an “Accent,” he has a synthesizer. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beast-50-most-loathsome-people-in-america-2008/481253/37 "2009-01-16T21:33:55Z")
Joe Lieberman and the donkey. Love it! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beast-50-most-loathsome-people-in-america-2008/481253/38 "2009-01-17T01:31:48Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > As a resident of Illinois, I was disappointed in his turnaround at the time, and did in fact repeat the canard that ‘it’s too hard to get elected President as a Senator,’ saying he should go for Governor of Illinois next and run after that, which would actually give him a chance of winning. :smack: These days all you get for being governor of Illinois is a prison sentence. Robin [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beast-50-most-loathsome-people-in-america-2008/481253.md?page=1)