The following is a list of the Turkeys of the Year I have award over the last two decades at Right-Thinking and at Ordinary Times:<\/p>\n
2007<\/a>: Alberto Gonzalez, Nancy Pelosi, Hugo Chavez<\/p>\n 2008<\/a>: Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s critics, Hillary Clinton, Congress, Joe Biden<\/p>\n 2009<\/a>: Mike Steele, Glen Beck, the State Department, Sarah Palin, Andrew Sullivan.<\/p>\n 2010<\/a>: Janet Napolitano and TSA, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, MSNBC, Lower Merion Schools, California Voters.<\/p>\n 2011<\/a>: Nancy Pelosi, Republican Presidential Field, Occupy Wall Street, Anthony Weiner, the Eurozone.<\/p>\n 2012<\/a>: The Culture Warriors, Unions, The Poll Unskewers, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, MSNBC<\/p>\n 2013<\/a>: Healthcare.gov, the Platinum Coin, the Shutdown Caucus, the National Park Service, Fiscal Cliff Panic Mongers.<\/p>\n 2014<\/a>: Jonathan Gruber, Lamenting Democrats, Barack Obama, Jim Ardis, Paul Krugman<\/p>\n 2015<\/a>: The Presidential Field, College Students, The Election Media, Rolling Stone, Barack Obama<\/p>\n 2016<\/a>: Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Clinton Supporters, the Clown Panic<\/p>\n 2017<\/a>: Donald Trump, the Resistance, Anti-Anti-Trumpers, Congressional Republicans, David Mueller<\/p>\n 2018<\/a>: Michael Avenatti, Jacob Wohl, Donald Trump, Delicate Trump Supporters, NBC<\/p>\n 2019<\/a>: Democrat Presidential Field, Trumpists, Elon Musk, Anonymous, Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn<\/p>\n 2020<\/a>: The Trump Campaign, Bill DeBlasio and Andrew Como, Woke Democrats, COVID skeptics, Michael Bloomberg<\/p>\n 2021<\/a>: COVID-19 “Skeptics”, Election “Skeptics”, Andrew Cuomo, Congress vs. Big Tech, Frustrated Democrats<\/p>\n 2022<\/a>: Elon Musk, GOP Crazies, Vladimir Putin, Alex Jones, Ron DeSantis<\/p>\n 2023<\/a>: Kevin McCarthy, George Santos, The Republican VP candidates, Elon Musk, Stockton Rush<\/p>\n And then the Golden Drumsticks:<\/p>\n 2007: Arnold Schwarzenegger; Ron Paul; Barack Obama; David Petraeus; Juan Carlos; Burma\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s monks<\/p>\n 2008: US Military; Jeff Flake; Ron Paul; Republican Governors; Barack Obama<\/p>\n 2009: The American Fighting Man; Kimberly Munley and Mark Todd; George W. Bush<\/p>\n 2010: The Tea Party; Chris Christie; Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles; the Next Wave of Republicans; David Cameron and Nick Clegg; American Soldiers<\/p>\n 2011: Seal Team Six; Mark Kelly; The Arab Spring; the Technicians at Fukushima<\/p>\n 2012: Down Ballots; The Sandy Responders; Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods; Mathew Inman<\/p>\n 2013: Francis I; Edward Snowden; Rand Paul; The American Military; The Institute for Justice<\/p>\n 2014: Ebola Responders; Francis I; Rand Paul; David Brat; The Supreme Court<\/p>\n 2015: New Horizons and Dawn; Spencer Stone, Alek Skarlatos and Anthony Sadler; Amnesty International; Video and Body Cameras; The Non-Crazy Presidential Candidates<\/p>\n 2016: Dallas Police Chief David Brown and Dr. Brian H. Williams; Disillusioned Democrats; Kellyanne Conway; Nate Silver<\/p>\n 2017: Women Speaking Out; Ronan Farrow; Jake Tapper; the Competent Trump People; Houston<\/p>\n 2018: Robert Mueller, Justin Amash, Justin Trudeau, Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron, The Sane Republicans, The Thai Soccer Team and their Rescuers<\/p>\n 2019: Justin Amash, Seth Moulton, Nancy Pelosi, The NATO Stalwarts<\/p>\n 2020: Front Line COVID Workers, COVID Scientists, Joe Biden, Jim Clyburn, Election Workers<\/p>\n 2021: Vaccines and Therapeutics, Space, Simon Biles and American Gymnasts, Dissident Republicans, Eugene Goodman, Dan Quayle<\/p>\n 2022: Zelenskyy and Ukraine, NATO, Moderates, Iranian Protesters, Bengals Fans and Chiefs Fans<\/p>\n 2023: Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, Damar Hamlin, Barbenheimer, Jamie Raskin, Jack Smith<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The following is a list of the Turkeys of the Year I have award over the last two decades at Right-Thinking and at Ordinary Times: 2007: Alberto Gonzalez, Nancy Pelosi, Hugo Chavez 2008: Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s critics, Hillary Clinton, Congress, Joe Biden 2009: Mike Steele, Glen Beck, the State Department, Sarah Palin, Andrew Sullivan. … Continue reading Turkeys and Drumsticks<\/span>