John Hawkins alerts readers to a new Andrew Sullivan award ripping Michelle Malkin:
One sentence; four cliche-ridden, playground insults. Can you beat it? Contestants can be nominated from either right or left; but the sentence must be entirely devised to insult; it should be completely devoid of originality; it must have at least two hoary, dead-as-a-Norwegian-parrot cliches; and it must assume that readers already agree with the writer. Arbitrary mean-spiritedness wins extra points.
Curiously, all of Hawkins's nominations are... Andrew Sullivan. I see no reason to break the pattern, but I think I've got a better quotation:
Nominations for the Malkin Award are now open.
It could be argued that there's only one dead-as-a-Dutch-conservative cliché in there, but I think Sullivan more than makes up the difference by the sort of playground insult in which he indulges. At least Michelle's comment is that of a brawler put out there to be heard by those meant to be pricked. Sullivan's is of the playground snoot snickering behind the back of his hand.
ADDENDUM:
Well, just in case that one is disqualified, here's another one:
Flag-burning, fag-burning. Anything for a few votes.Posted by Justin Katz at December 9, 2004 12:07 AM

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