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AN HONOR JUST TO BE NOMINATED ETC.

Fuckin' lolcats.DO NOT WANT: Your Wonkette got shut out at the Bloggies. We were nominated in the politics, humor and “group sex” categories, and were Soundly Beaten by Nate Silver, the LOLcats, and fucking Gawker. Congratulations everybody! [Bloggies SXSW]


3:33 PM on Mon March 16 2009
By Ken Layne
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  1. Giant Robot says at 3:39 pm, March 16th, 2009

    Maybe you should’ve gotten Sara’s picture out there a little sooner? Couldn’t have hurt…

  2. facehead says at 3:39 pm, March 16th, 2009

    WINNIN INTERNET STUFF? UR DOIN IT WRONG.

  3. MathewBrooks says at 3:39 pm, March 16th, 2009

    NEVER FORGET

  4. captqitn says at 3:41 pm, March 16th, 2009

    (passing out the Lifesaver brand candy treats)

    Next year!!!!

  5. Doglessliberal says at 3:42 pm, March 16th, 2009

    Gawker?????????????

    That is simply BS.

  6. Sarah Palin (vp@whitehouse.gov) says at 3:42 pm, March 16th, 2009

    I thought we were a shoe-in for the group sex one. Also.

    -SP

  7. V572625694 says at 3:42 pm, March 16th, 2009

    The Bloggies site FAILs because of that totally wack crabwise scrolling. Yuck-o!

    SJDoc knew this was going to happen, though.

  8. P Drizzle says at 3:44 pm, March 16th, 2009

    To be fair, Gawker kills Wonkette in the unforgiving “morning-after Gossip Girl overanalysis” category.

  9. The Unfairman says at 3:44 pm, March 16th, 2009

    I am so sorry, Eds. We tried, but we lost to better candidates, my friends/

    The most important thing we can do is move on from this pork barrel, I support Sarah and am so proud of her. Now is the time to undermine those who did win in any way possible, like on the Tweeters.

    HENGH?!

  10. Schadenfried says at 3:45 pm, March 16th, 2009

    Crime Against Humanity—>Beaten by Gawker.

  11. Colander says at 3:46 pm, March 16th, 2009

    Wonkette needs to start liveblogging Degrassi. It’s the only way I see them pulling this one out next year.

  12. Monsieur Grumpe says at 3:46 pm, March 16th, 2009

    This is group sex??? Boy, am I disappointed.

  13. shanemacgowan says at 3:46 pm, March 16th, 2009

    Next year demand a special category for Best Eco-drive Blog.

  14. hobospacejungle says at 3:49 pm, March 16th, 2009

    I assume the Bloggies won the award for most disastrously-designed awards web site. I can only imagine many Wonketteers visited, looked at it and left, not wanting to expose their brains to such a multitude of fail.

  15. tunamelt says at 3:50 pm, March 16th, 2009

    Colander: Degrassi. It’s the only other thing besides Wonkette that unfailingly Goes There.

  16. freakishlystrong says at 3:52 pm, March 16th, 2009

    LOL Cats??!

  17. queeraselvis v 2.0 says at 3:53 pm, March 16th, 2009

    hobospacejungle: Word. Side-scroll = EPIC FAIL.

  18. trondant says at 3:54 pm, March 16th, 2009

    Goddamnit, why weren’t we nominated for BEST WAR BLOG?!

  19. JadedDIssonance says at 3:55 pm, March 16th, 2009

    sorry. I did what I could.

  20. saggyboobedhag says at 3:55 pm, March 16th, 2009

    New Yorkers suck.

  21. Lionel Hutz Esq. says at 3:56 pm, March 16th, 2009

    My friends, we have — we have come to the end of a long journey. The web has spoken, and it has spoken clearly. A little while ago, I had the honor of calling Gawker — (boos) — to congratulate them — (boos) — please — to congratulate them on being elected the best group sex blog of the country that we both love.

    In a contest as long and difficult as this campaign has been, FiveThirtyEight’s success alone commands our respect for Nate Silver’s ability and perseverance. But that he managed to do so by inspiring the hopes of so many millions of Americans who had once wrongly believed that they had little at stake or little influence in the election of an American president is something we deeply admire and commend him for achieving.

    This is an historic election, and we recognize the special significance it has for bloggers and for the special pride that must be theirs tonight.

    We’ve always believed that blogs offers opportunities to all who have the industry and will to drink heavily. I Can Has Cheezburger? believes that, too. But we both recognize that though we have come a long way from the meth fueled days that once stained our blog’s reputation and denied some commenters the full blessings of blogging, the memory of them still had the power to wound.

    –Ken Layne, March 16, 2009.

  22. chascates says at 3:57 pm, March 16th, 2009

    THEY WILL PAY FOR THIS OUTRAGE!!!

  23. magic titty says at 3:57 pm, March 16th, 2009

    Still with the LOLCats, huh?

  24. S.Luggo says at 4:01 pm, March 16th, 2009

    hobospacejungle: and pastels.

  25. Yes You Can Own A Piece of History says at 4:02 pm, March 16th, 2009

    Wonkette would have kicked ass if there was a Blingee catagory. And a furry catagory.

  26. El Pinche says at 4:02 pm, March 16th, 2009

    Gawker, what a bunch of misogynist sexists. They can’t blog without a teleprompter. We should have won!
    - CreekbedPinche

  27. mdotsota says at 4:04 pm, March 16th, 2009

    Can we still use this as an excuse to WAR WIF PUMAS?

  28. S.Luggo says at 4:10 pm, March 16th, 2009
  29. Botswana Meat Commission FC says at 4:10 pm, March 16th, 2009

    Lolcats? Pfft.

    I thought we’ve moved on to Lol Xzibit.

    http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/48-xzibit-yo-dawg

  30. Naked Bunny with a Whip says at 4:11 pm, March 16th, 2009

    I was too busy having group sex to vote.

  31. Atheist Nun says at 4:11 pm, March 16th, 2009

    Did Wonkette lose because of the Fairness Doctrine? THEY IS TRUMPLING MAH FREE AMENDMENT RIGHTS, Y’ALL!!!11!!!!1!!!

    This must be rigged, I’ve never read anything by Nate Silver referencing TRUCK NUTZ.

  32. AnnieGetYourFun says at 4:16 pm, March 16th, 2009

    If I didn’t personally know the decent people behind LOLCats, I might be offended. They’re good peeps. Not so big on teh group sex, though.

    Today, we are all Wonkette. Akshully.

  33. Texan Bulldoggette says at 4:25 pm, March 16th, 2009

    hobospacejungle: Not only that but I voted & was supposed to get a confirmation email but never received such email, so I don’t think my vote was ever even counted. And I did not have enough energy or wherewithal to go vote again. Sorry Wonkette.

  34. suchsweetthunder says at 4:29 pm, March 16th, 2009

    Sometimes the sky looks gray and cloudy, and it’s dark, and you think the storms will never end. But here’s what I know: As long as we stay together, then there’s nothing we can’t do.

  35. hockeymom says at 4:32 pm, March 16th, 2009

    Gawker jumped the ship long ago. I claim shenanigans…and maybe some computer program that rigged the vote for them.
    Pareene is good (but that’s probably due to his Wonkette past) and Richard is funny (I’m a fan of recapping shows with absolutely no value, whatsoever).
    But they don’t have the EXCELLENCE from top to bottom (who’s the top? who’s the bottom) of Wonkette.
    I feel shame.

  36. problemwithcaring says at 4:34 pm, March 16th, 2009

    Don’t tell PUMA/Denby that the kryptonite for fanboy/snarky women is the sidescroll.

  37. iz in ur awards, stealin ur prizes

  38. Botswana Meat Commission FC says at 4:44 pm, March 16th, 2009

    hockeymom:
    People have been proclaiming Gawker’s imminent demise forever, though. The bitchiest critics of Gawker are its commenters.

    That said… I don’t know how any blog could be more relevant than Wonkette this past year. They waged two wars simultaneously against the Paultards and the Pumas, all while trying to keep tabs on whomever Larry Craig/David Vitter/Mark Foley were trying to finger at the moment.

  39. Ken Layne says at 4:44 pm, March 16th, 2009

    AnnieGetYourFun: Oh the lolcats deserved it. We were even forced to use a lolcat to illustrate this post, as it was appropriate.

    BUT NEXT YEAR WE KILL THE CATS ….

  40. Obviously the way to fix this for next year is to illustrate all posts with LOLcats, and either Ken, Jim or Sara has to become a mathematician.

    Enclosed are a number of stuffed animal carcasses in various adorable and photogenic positions, and a copy of “Buster the Badger Meets the Lurking Variable.” Don’t let us down!

  41. recharged95 says at 4:59 pm, March 16th, 2009

    Huh? LOLcats won?$@!

    Really? In other words:
    http://www.hjo3.net/orly/gal1/orly_owl.jpg

  42. sanantonerose says at 4:59 pm, March 16th, 2009

    Monsieur Grumpe: It usually is disappointing.

  43. SayItWithWookies says at 5:19 pm, March 16th, 2009

    This is great news! Wonkette gets to claim underdog status for another year. You’re now the little David up against those Goliaths of Big Web. Stay scrappy, Wonkette! Also, I forgot to vote. Sorry.

  44. Ken Layne: Spamming lolcats with trucknutz and blingees?

  45. OPRAHGAYLEHOTTLUV23 says at 6:17 pm, March 16th, 2009

    Pareene is a little bitch

  46. Scandalabra says at 6:31 pm, March 16th, 2009

    How did this happen? I am always ready to don my wartime frock at the drop of a hat, but no one informed us.

  47. TeddyS says at 8:05 pm, March 16th, 2009

    Wonkette rules!

  48. dirigibleman says at 11:00 pm, March 16th, 2009

    Ken Layne: *Masturbates furiously*

  49. BobLoblawLawBlog says at 5:12 am, March 17th, 2009

    Gawker blows. That is all.

  50. Atlas Spanked says at 12:16 pm, March 17th, 2009

    The fact that LOLCats and FUCKING LAME Gawker won shows just what an empty award that truly was.

    But that’s just like magazine awards. Manhattan editors in a well-lubed circle jerk. And if it ain’t their Manhattan cocktail crowd….crickets.

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