If it’s Thursday, it must be time for something entirely different:

From the Beast of Buffalo, we have the 50 most loathsome people of 2004. Surprisingly, Ann Coulter is number 50, the least most loathsome (can I say that?) of the 50. Considering just how loathsome Ann is, how can that be? I’m glad you asked. I give you the Beast:

The Beast 50 Most Loathsome People in America, 2004

50. Ann Coulter. Crimes: Coulter plummets down the list as she slips into irrelevance. As her columns degenerate further into absurd, incoherent attacks … we find our outrage slowly giving way to a baffled “I can’t believe I used to go out with you” feeling. Her arguments are ridiculous, her vitriol forced, her hatchet face even harder to look at. Still, she insulted a one-armed war veteran, called reports of the hundreds of tons of missing munitions in Iraq false, claimed Wesley Clark was pro-infanticide …

6. George W. Bush. Crimes: Too numerous to mention. The worst piece of shit ever to run this country, including King George III; when’s the last time a president made half his country want to move to Canada? Lays claim to the legacy of Jesus Christ as he hungrily sucks what little life-essence is left from the world. Appears to be only dimly aware that he is destroying the future, but seems to think it’s kind of funny.

3. You. Crimes: You gaze idly at the carnage around you, sigh, and go calmly back to your coffee and your People magazine. You can’t stop buying useless crap, though you’re drowning in a deepening pool of debt. ... You really thought everything would be okay if Kerry won. Not only do you believe in an invisible man who magically farted out the universe, you also excoriate and marginalize those who disagree. You have a poorer understanding of your country’s foreign policy history than a third world peasant, but you can’t wait to see what Julia Roberts will be wearing at the Oscars. ... You can’t think, you can’t organize, and you won’t act. This is all your fault.

And the Numero Uno, primo loathsome critter of 2004:

1. Kenneth Blackwell. Crimes: The greasy, rancid piece of crap that delivered Ohio for Bush by any means necessary, and then bragged about it in a recent fundraising letter. A black man who has no reservations about screwing over his own people in his lust for power and money. Blackwell is the kind of soulless traitor without whose complicity no nefarious evil plot ever goes down. In step with the future of global elections. Smoking Gun: Phony recounts, media lockouts, intentional misallocation of voting machines, you name it. Just Punishment: Dissolved in barrel of acid.

Not to worry, Cheney, Kerry, and all or our friends are in there, except Bill O’Reilly, a guy I find especially loathsome. Check the entire list at http://www.buffalobeast.com/66/pf50_most_loathsome2004.htm.