Palin Receives Multiple Nominations in Huffpo Political Oscars

Arianna Huffington, in a blog entry today at Huffington Post, compared real cinema Oscar winners for this year, to American politicians who did as poorly in 2008 and 2009 in similar categories, as the Oscar winners did well. Here are some of her examples:

Sex Scene:
Best: Kate Winslet and David Kross in The Reader
Worst: Eliot Spitzer and Ashley Dupré in Client #9

Rip Off:
Best: the compromising photo stolen in The Bank Job
Worst: the $50 billion Bernie Madoff stole from his hapless clients

Return on Investment:
Best: Slumdog Millionaire, which cost $15 million to make and has grossed over $130 million worldwide.
Worst: the $350 billion we gave to Wall Street banks -- with nothing to show for it.

Sequel:
Best: The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan's brooding follow up to Batman Begins
Worst: TARP II, Tim Geithner's vague follow up to Hank Paulson's Bailout Begins

Arianna then asked readers to make similar nominations. Although Huffington somehow skipped nominating Alaska Governor Sarah Palin in any category, her readers didn't. Here are some of the better nominations from the comments:

Best vision: President Obama 's vison of the future
Worst Vison: Palin vision of Russia from her house

Best Knowledge in Geography:
Best: Obama's staff, that shows foresight in world's diplomacy
Worst: Sarah Palin who didn"t even know Africa was a country.


Performance By A Female in a Lead Role:
Best: Kate Winslett, The Reader
Worst: Tie; Sarah Palin, "On The Campaign Trail", Michelle Bachman, "On The Talk Show Circuit"

Best overblown performance by a diva with a dubious sense of right and wrong: Meryl Streep in "Doubt"
Worst overblown performance by a diva with a dubious sense of right and wrong: Sarah Palin in "Doubt She Has Any Business on the Ticket"

Best Achievement in Costume Design to Jacqueline West for her work on "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Worst Achievement in Costume Design to the Republican National Committee for their work on "The Curious Candidacy of Sarah Palin"

Supporting Actress:
Best: Meryl Streep, DOUBT.
Worst: Sarah Palin, CLUELESS (the remake)

Best Documentary Feature: Trouble the Water
Worst Documentary Feature: Interview of Sarah Palin and Katie Couric
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Best costume design: The Duchess
Worst costume design: Sarah Palin's $150,000 + wardrobe

Best Portrayal of an Interviewer:
Michael Sheen as David Frost in "Frost/Nixon".
Worst Portrayal of an Interviewer:
Greta Van Sustran as herself, interviewing Sarah Palin at home for Faux News.

Best Actress: Kate Winslet in Revolutionary Road
Worst Actress: Sarah Palin at the GOP convention. Runner up Senator Craig in airport bathroom.

Kiss.
Best: Kate Winslet and David Kross in The Reader
Worst: Sarah Palin's kiss of death in The Campaign.

Best Supporting Actress: Michell Obama
Worst Supporting Actress: Sarah Palin

Best Cinematography: The photo of Obama campaigning in the rain
Worst Cinematography: Sarah Palin and the turkey execution

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