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2003 Political Dot-Comedy Awards

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We are proud to announce the winners of About.com's 4th annual awards competition saluting the year's best political humor.

Thank you to everyone who voted in this year's competition, and congratulations to the comic geniuses behind these winning entries, whose dedicated service helped keep America laughing through war, terror alerts, the California recall, the Democratic presidential race, and similar disasters.

And the Winners Are…

Best Overall Humor


White House.org
 
About.com's Pick

White House.org
www.whitehouse.org
Borowitz Report People's Pick

The Borowitz Report
www.borowitzreport.com
 
Nominees
 
• The Borowitz Report

www.borowitzreport.com

• Mark Fiore's Animated Cartoons www.markfiore.com
• The Onion www.theonion.com
• Too Stupid To Be President.com www.toostupidtobepresident.com
• White House.org www.whitehouse.org

Best Web Cartoons


Mark Fiore
 
About.com's Pick

Mark Fiore's Animated Cartoons
www.markfiore.com
Mark Fiore People's Pick

Mark Fiore's Animated Cartoons
www.markfiore.com
 
Nominees

• Get Your War On

www.mnftiu.cc/mnftiu.cc/war.html

• Mark Fiore's Animated Cartoons www.markfiore.com
• Political Strikes www.politicalstrikes.com
• Registered's Political Parody www.registeredmedia.com
• Too Stupid To Be President.com www.toostupidtobepresident.com

Best Satirical News


The Onion
 
About.com's Pick

The Onion
www.theonion.com
Borowitz Report People's Pick

The Borowitz Report
www.borowitzreport.com
 
Nominees
• The Borowitz Report

www.borowitzreport.com

• Broken Newz www.brokennewz.com
• Chortler www.chortler.com
• The Onion www.theonion.com
• The Specious Report www.thespeciousreport.com

Best Parodies
 (Ongoing Achievement)


White House.org
 
About.com's Pick

White House.org
www.whitehouse.org
White House.org People's Pick

White House.org
www.whitehouse.org
 
Nominees
• Betty Bowers: America's Best Christian

www.bettybowers.com

• Internet Weekly Report www.internetweekly.org
• MadKane's Political Humor www.madkane.com
• The Propaganda Remix Project homepage.mac.com/leperous/
• White House.org www.whitehouse.org

Best Parody
 (Individual Achievement)


Endless Love
 
About.com's Pick

Bush and Blair's "Endless Love"
Kobra
Cannot Find WMD People's Pick

Cannot Find Weapons of Mass Destruction
www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
 
Nominees
• Bush and Blair's "Endless Love"

Kobra

• Cannot Find Weapons of Mass Destruction www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
• French Military Victories www.albinoblacksheep.com
• Gulf Wars Episode 2: Clone of the Attack Mad Magazine
• Ready.gov Parody Forwarded Email

Best Bush Humor


Too Stupid To Be President
 
About.com's Pick

Too Stupid To Be President.com
www.toostupidtobepresident.com
White House.org People's Pick

White House.org
www.whitehouse.org
 
Nominees
• Dubya's Dayly Diary

www.madkane.com/bush.html

• GeorgeWBush.org www.GeorgeWBush.org
• Internet Weekly Report www.internetweekly.org
• Too Stupid To Be President.com www.toostupidtobepresident.com
• White House.org www.whitehouse.org

Most Entertaining Left-Wing News & Commentary


Michael Moore
 
About.com's Pick

Michael Moore.com
www.michaelmoore.com
BartCop People's Pick

BartCop
www.bartcop.com
 
Nominees
• BartCop

www.bartcop.com

• Bush Watch www.bushwatch.net
• BuzzFlash www.buzzflash.com
• Democratic Underground www.democraticunderground.com
• Michael Moore.com www.michaelmoore.com

Most Entertaining Right-Wing News & Commentary


Right Wing News
 
About.com's Pick

Right Wing News
www.rightwingnews.com
Free Republic People's Pick

Free Republic
www.freerepublic.com
 
Nominees
• Best of the Web Today

www.opinionjournal.com/best/

• Drudge Report www.drudgereport.com
• Free Republic www.freerepublic.com
• NewsMax www.newsmax.com
• Right Wing News www.rightwingnews.com

Best Print Comic Strip


This Modern World
 
About.com's Pick

This Modern World
www.thismodernworld.com
This Modern World People's Pick

This Modern World
www.thismodernworld.com
 
Nominees
• Bad Reporter (Don Asmussen)

www.sfgate.com/columnists/asmussen/

• The Boondocks (Aaron McGruder) www.workingforchange.com
• Doonesbury (Garry Trudeau) www.doonesbury.com
• Schlock 'N' Roll (Ward Sutton) www.villagevoice.com/sutton/
• This Modern World (Tom Tomorrow) www.thismodernworld.com

Best Late-Night TV Comedy


Daily Show
 
About.com's Pick

Daily Show With Jon Stewart
www.comedycentral.com
Daily Show People's Pick

Daily Show With Jon Stewart
www.comedycentral.com
 
Nominees

• Daily Show With Jon Stewart

www.comedycentral.com

• Tonight Show With Jay Leno www.nbc.com
• Late Show With David Letterman www.cbs.com
• Late Night With Conan O'Brien www.nbc.com
• Real Time With Bill Maher www.hbo.com
• Saturday Night Live www.nbc.com

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