The Left-Cheek Ass Clown for December, 2022

With only two more Ass Clown awards to present in this farkakte year, I need to make good selections without resorting to the presentation of out-of-cycle special awards (two of which I've already presented this year*). Fortunately, I found today's pick to be pretty simple.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Readers, the tinfoil and toilet paper crown of

The Left-Cheek Ass Clown for December, 2022

is presented to

Kari Lake

Former television news anchor Kari Lake ran for governor in Arizona in this years election, endorsed by Der Furor and running on a single-minded platform of grievance, imaginary voter fraud, stolen elections, and generally "owning the libs." She was opposed by Democratic candidate Katie Hobbs, who ran an issue-based campaign that addressed economic issues of concern to Arizonans. When the dust finally settled, Ms Lake lost, albeit narrowly.

The post-mortem analyses of her campaign continue, but a major reason for her defeat appears to have been a slavish parroting of Der Furor's style of issue-free, grievance-based politics. Her campaign was so inept and so poorly focused that a high-ranking Arizona Republican official was quoted as saying, "I don’t really know what to say beyond outrageous arrogance and never getting out of primary mode. This election wasn’t stolen. It was given away." Naturally, she has filed a lawsuit challenging the ballot counting and certification of the midterm election and asking a court to arbitrarily declare her the winner. 

While the fact that the election was decided by a mere 17,000 votes indicates that the angry, unfocused politics of Der Furor still command a lot of support among the MAGA faithful, it also indicates that a growing number of voters are looking for elected officials who have actual plans to address issues of actual concern to real families. 

Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Readers, Arizona shrieking gargoyle Kari Lake is designated as the Left-Cheek Ass Clown for December, 2022, with all the well-earned derision that applies. She also earns a Gohmert Stupidity Scale score of 850,000, leaving plenty of room for the near certainty of higher scores on a regular basis in the future.

Have a good day, and be sure to come back tomorrow for Cartoon Saturday ... more thoughts then.

Bilbo

* To Kyle Rittenhouse in June and to Der Furor earlier this month.