Dickhead of the Week - Ladies Edition

katherine harris
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A few months ago, Condi Rice was the first woman to win B&E's exclusive Dickhead of the Week Award. She has remained the only female recipient. I would therefore like to present a few standout female Dickheads from the past week. None are runaway winners, although that Katherine Harris has had it coming for a long time, so she gets pictured.

Katherine Harris
We all know that Katherine Harris stole the 2000 election. The Dickheadedness did not, however, stop there. She is now running the most spectacularly awful Senate campaign in history. She has more staff turnover than a temp agency. It's been a fun spectator sport, watching her campaign implode. This week, she said that separation of Church and State is a lie and that God chooses our rulers. The whole article makes for a pretty good read. Perhaps it's unfair to give her a Dickhead honor. It's probably more accurate to give her the Bat-Shit Crazy Tammy Faye Look-Alike Award.

But I'm a big fan of the photo (taken from her own campaign website's photo gallery). Her arm's around the child, and yet she can barely stand to touch her. Bask in the glow of Katherine Harris's warmth, dear B&E readers.

Elizabeth Dole
Often considered one of the not-so-bad Republicans, Liddy now heads up the Senate Republican Campaign Committee. So when Conrad "My Best Friend is Jack Abramoff" Burns said that he checked the immigration papers of his gardener, "a nice little Guatemalan man," Liddy came to Conrad's defense. No, he was not being condescending. The Guatemalan man is, in fact, short in stature. That Guatemalans are short is a stereotype Conrad had no intention of perpetuating. That's why he immediately turned around and ordered a "tall Guatemalan" from the nearest Starbuck's. (OK, I made that part up.)

Anyway, Liddy called it "a silly thing" because, as we all know, racial stereotyping is totally silly. As silly as the chicken dance at minor league baseball games.

Jean Schmidt
I recommend keeping an eye on Jean Schmidt. She first came onto my radar while running against Paul Hackett in Ohio in a special election for the House of Representatives last year. It was closer than it should've been in the Republican district, but she beat him. Her first order of business in the House was to call Vietnam Veteran Jack Murtha a coward, shortly after he recommended troop withdrawal from Iraq. Now it looks like she might be lying about her athletic exploits. Can she really run a marathon in less than three-and-a-half hours? Who knows? But if the photo is truly doctored, it will be one of the most awesomely stupid lies ever concocted to get elected.

Vote for me! I run fast!

Yes, it's true. Even the dickless can be Dickheads.