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We are proud to announce the winners of About.com's 2nd annual awards competition saluting the best political humor on the Net.

This year's awards recognize some of the brilliant, cathartic, and wildly popular humor that emerged as America launched its counter-strike against terrorism.

Thanks to all those who voted, and congratulations to the comic geniuses behind these sites who helped us laugh when we needed to most.

And the Winners Are…

Best Humor Coverage:
War on Terror

About.com's Pick:

Modern Humorist:
Comedy Under Siege

People's Pick:

Newgrounds:
Osama bin Laden Flash

Honorable Mention:

The Onion: 
Holy F***ing S**t: Attack on America

Nominees:

• Modern Humorist:
Comedy Under Siege
• National Lampoon:
America Laughs
• Newgrounds:
Osama bin Laden Flash
• The Onion: 
Holy F***ing S**t: Attack on America
• Pro Cartoonists Index: 
Terror Attack Cartoons

Best Bin Laden Bashing Site

About.com's Pick:

MadBlast

People's Pick:

Newgrounds:
Osama bin Laden Flash

Honorable Mention:

Osama, Yo' Mama!

Nominees:

• Bin Laden Liquors
• MadBlast
• Newgrounds: Osama bin Laden Flash
• Osama bin Laden Page O' Hate
• Osama, Yo' Mama!

Best Doctored Photo
or Parody Picture

About.com's Pick:

WTC "Tourist Guy" Parody Series

People's Pick:

WTC "Tourist Guy" Parody Series

Honorable Mention:

Evil Bert Meets Evil Osama

Nominees:

• Evil Bert Meets Evil Osama
• New World Trade Center Design
• Taliban Singles Online
• The Turbanator
• WTC "Tourist Guy" Parody Series

Best Animation

About.com's Pick:

The Binch

People's Pick:

Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide
("Day-O" Parody)

Honorable Mention:

Diplomacy

Nominees:

• The Binch
• Diplomacy
• Nowhere to Run ("Day-O" Parody)
• Osama's Cave of Evil
• Taliban Telemarketing Assault

Best E-mail Forward

About.com's Pick:

Get Your War On

People's Pick:

Get Your War On

Honorable Mention:

Taliban TV Guide

Nominees:

• Crocodile Hunter vs. Bin Laden (MP3 Audio)
• Frightening CIA Warning (Text Joke)
• Get Your War On (Comic Strip)
• Taliban on Broadway (MP3 Audio)
• Taliban TV Guide (Text Joke)

Best News Spoof or Satirical Publication

About.com's Pick:

(Tie) Modern Humorist, SatireWire

People's Pick:

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart

Honorable Mention:

The Onion

Nominees:

• The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
• Modern Humorist
• National Lampoon Dotcom
• The Onion
• SatireWire

Best Ongoing Parody

About.com's Pick:

White House.org

People's Pick:

Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian

Honorable Mention:

Dubya's Dayly Diary

Nominees:

• Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian  
• Dubya's Dayly Diary
• F***ed World.com
• White House.org
• Modern Humorist: War Update  

Best Cartoon Site

About.com's Pick:

Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index

People's Pick:

This Modern World

Honorable Mention:

Doonesbury Electronic Town Hall

Nominees:

• Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index
• Edivu
• Doonesbury Electronic Town Hall
• Captain RibMan
• This Modern World

Best Site for Jokes and Top 10 Lists

About.com's Pick:

TopFive.com

People's Pick:

TopFive.com

Honorable Mention:

Daily Wonk Lists

Nominees:

• The Comedy Lab  
• Argus Hamilton
• Daily Wonk Lists
• Late Show With David Letterman
• TopFive.com

Best Humor Columnist

About.com's Pick:

Andy Borowitz
The Borowitz Report

People's Pick:

Howard Mortman
The Hotline

Honorable Mention:

Molly Ivins
Syndicated

Nominees:

• Andy Borowitz
The Borowitz Report
• Will Durst  
Working Assets
• Jim Hightower
Syndicated
• Molly Ivins
Syndicated
• Howard Mortman  
The Hotline

Best Site for Partisan Warfare

About.com's Pick:

Media Whores Online

People's Pick:

(Tie) BartCop, Bush Watch

Honorable Mention:

Free Republic

Nominees:

• BartCop
• Bush Watch
• Free Republic
• Lucianne.com
• Media Whores Online

Best Site for Political News and Entertainment

About.com's Pick:

Hotline Scoop

People's Pick:

BuzzFlash

Honorable Mention:

Salon.com

Nominees:

• BuzzFlash
• Drudge Report
• Hotline Scoop
• Salon.com
• Slate

Related Links • War on Terror: Full Humor Coverage • Osama bin Laden Jokes & Cartoons • Today's News, Satire, Top 10 Lists • Late-Night Jokes • American Flags and Patriotic Gifts • Bin Laden Gag Gifts • 2000 Political Dot-Comedy Awards • The Bushie Awards

Note: All voting in the 2001 Political Dot-Comedy Awards was conducted in strict accordance with Florida election law, utilizing state-of-the-art polling equipment recently purchased on eBay. Results were certified by our impartial elections monitor, Katherine Harris. If you'd like to contest the vote, we invite you to direct your grievances to her.

A special thanks to Bush Watch and BartCop for all the laughs — and for living up to their billing as the best sites for "partisan warfare." Fans of both sites engaged in an epic match of ballot-box stuffing and other amusing electoral shenanigans, only to end up tied in legitimate votes cast. You can read an account of the showdown here, dutifully reported by a contributor to Bush Watch.