This is going to be a tough call.


Is it Ayman Al-Zawahiri? His latest speech is just overflowing with lunacy: "The war with Israel does not depend on cease-fires...It is a Jihad for the sake of God and will last until (our) religion prevails...from Spain to Iraq...We will attack everywhere."

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Pretty strong candidate there. Or maybe Howard "I hate all Republicans" Dean, who has all sorts of gems this week.

He said of Katherine Harris, "This is not Russia and she is not Stalin."

Nice. And of Iraq's Prime Minister, he said, "The Iraqi prime minister is an anti-Semite." This from the guy who campaigned while sporting a symbol of Palestinian resistance. Et tu, Howie?

The punch line, though, comes with this AP take on the speech: "Down with divisiveness was the message Wednesday delivered by Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean as he told a group of Florida business leaders that Republican policies of deceit and finger-pointing are tearing American apart."

And hey, they may be coming to a town near you, 'cause Screamin' Dean says, "We're going door-to-door. We're going to picnics." Oh, goodie.

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Our number three candidate is no less than Kofi Annan, who's had a few choice bits of his own this week. Like this one: "While Hezbollah's actions are deplorable, and as I've said, Israel has a right to defend itself, the excessive use of force is to be condemned."

Let's not forget his accusations that Israel deliberately fired at a U.N. post (despite his own people's words on the subject)

Oh, and check out this unbelievable bit of wisdom:
"I really think that if we do make peace you will see a different Middle East."

Well, duh. The issue is, what kind of different Middle East? Appease, and it'll be different, all right. It'll stretch from Spain to Iraq. Didn't you listen to Zawahiri?)

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Rounding out the field, of course, is Ahmedinajad of Iran. If he opens his mouth, he says something that qualifies. Here are a few:

"We are calling on the parties to sit down for talks without any preliminary conditions," he said, adding: "The aggressor should compensate for the damage incurred on Lebanon and apologize before the entire world community."

"The United States wants to recarve the map of the Middle East, acting through Israel. The United States is conducting its international policy through deceit, money and treachery..."


I really just don't know who to pick here. Who gets your vote for Nutjob of the Week?