Dubious Achievements

Since former President, Bill Clinton, has just been named “Father of the Year” by the National Father’s Day Council … see: USA Today Story, a dubious achievement if there ever was one, I thought I might also assemble a number of other recent winners of equally dubious honors.  They are:

Tim Tebow – “The Bronzed Bench” from the New York Jets

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad – American Jewish Congress’s “Best Friend of Israel” Sash

Nancy Pelosi – the Plastic Surgeons’ Patient of the Year Award (the “Golden Scalpel”)

Harry Reid – Four gold-framed U.S. Budgets from the previous four fiscal years
Rush Limbaugh – Time Magazine’s “Man of the Year”

Elizabeth Warren -- Honorary Membership in the Cherokee Nation

Bashar al-Assad – UNESCO’s “Greatest Love of One’s Countrymen” Gold Medal

Joe Biden – Honorary Doctor of Philosophy from Harvard University

Anthony Weiner – Cosmo Magazine’s “Sexiest Centerfold” Award

Maya Angelou – the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Hillary Clinton – “Most Underrated Politician” Loving Cup from the U.S. House
Mohamed Morsi – the Muslim Brotherhood’s blood-framed “Sacred Oath”

Barney Frank – “Handsomest Couple of the Year” Award from Bride’s Magazine

Justin Bieber – People Magazine’s “Most Metrosexual” Honor

Mayor Tom Menino of Boston – the Demosthenes Award for Outstanding Diction

Barack Obama – the Nobel Peace Prize