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FEATURE

OVER THE EDGE NEWSPAPER, NOVEMBER 22, 2006

2006: Year in Review

Welcome to the first ever Over the Edge end-of-the-year reader's poll.

How it works is pretty simple: take a

gander at what we have here, circle your vote, and either drop off your choices at the Over the Edge office
(inthe Wintergarden) or email them i into over-the- -edge@unbc.ca with the title “Year- End Poll: : All votes
_ must be in by January 5, 2007. If you choose other for any of the votes, please specify. 2

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Democratic

Leader
1. Khaled Mashaal,
Ismail Haniya (Hamas)-
Palestine

2. George W. Bush
(Republican) - the United
States

3. Viadmir Putin (United
Russia)- Russia

4, Nouri al-Maliki
(Islamic Dawa Party)- Iraq

"5. Hugo Chavez (Fifth
Republic Movement)-
Venezuela

6. Other

Worst
Republican

1.“Cheney’s Got A Gun.”
February 11: Tired of
shooting off his mouth,
everyones favourite vice-
president instead shot his
friend Harry Whittington
in the face while hunting
quail.

- 2.“Foley’s Folly.’
September 8: Florida
Congressman Mark Foley
resigns after it is revealed
he has sent sexually
explicit e-mails to teenage
boys who had served as
pages in the Congress.
Ironically, he had based
much of his career in -
Congress around cracking
down on sex offenders,

and had been the
chairman of the House
Caucus on Missing and
Exploited Children. The
initial characterization
of the emails by House
Speaker Dennis Hastert
was ‘overly friendly.’

3. OK, so it wasn't actually
the Republicans. But a
supporter of the party,
billionaire J. Patrick

~ Rooney, paid for some

ads that were designed
to appeal to black voters
during the midterm
elections. As follows:
MAN #1:“If you make a
little mistake with one of
your ‘hos, you'll want to
dispose of that problem
tout suite, no questions
asked.”

MAN #2: “That's too
cold. I don't snuff my own
seed.”

MAN #1:“Maybe you
do have a reason to vote

Republican.’

4. Allen steps in Macaca:
During his August
campaign, Republican
senator George Allen was
giving a speech in Virginia
when he singled out S.R.
Sidarth, a Univerisity of
Virgina student. Allen
pointed to Sidarth, a
native of Virginia who

is of Indian descent

and referred to him as
“Macaca,’ saying, “welcome
to America and the real
world of Virginia.” Though
it is not known what Allen
meant by“macaca,’ it was
pointed out that it is a
type of monkey, and has

been used as an ethnic

slur. Allen later apologized
and said “macaca’ was a
nickname he and his staff
had given Sidarth because
it sounds like “mohawk.”
When told of this, Allen

said he has a mullet.

5, Other

Best
New Leader

1. Stephen Harper- Prime
Minister, Canada

2. Shinzo Abe- Prime
Minister, Japan

3. Elizabeth May- Leader,
Federal Green Raarig obi.
Canada

4. Ban Ki-Moon-
Secretary General, United

Nations (incumbent)

5. Don Cozzetto-
President, UNBC

6. Other

Best Movie
(Action)

1. Pirates of the
Caribbean: Dead Man's
Chest

2. X-Men: The Last Stand
3. Superman Returns

4. Casino Royale

5. Snakes on a Plane

6. Other

Best Movie
(Comedy)

1. Clerks 2
2. Jackass 2

3. Talladega Nights: The
Ballad of Ricky Bobby

4. Trailer Park Boys: The
Movie

5. Borat: Cultural
Learnings of America for
Make Benefit Glorious
Nation of Kazakhstan

6. Other

Best Movie
(Drama)

_ 1. Flags of our Fathers

2. Marie-Antoinette
3. The Departed

4. United 93

5. The Queen

6. Other
Best Movie
(indie)

1. Little Miss Sunshine

2. A Prarie Home
Companion

3. The Road to

Guantanamo

4. An Inconvenient Truth

5. Thank You For
Smoking

6. Other

Best TV
(Comedy)

‘1. South Park

2. My Name Is Earl
3. The Office
4. Kenny vs. Spenny

5. Family Guy

6. Other

Best TV
(Drama)

1. Heroes
2. Grey's Anatomy

3. The OC

4. CSI: (any)

5. Prison Break

6, Other

Best Political
Commentator

1, Tina Fey
2. Rick Mercer

3. George

Stroumboulopoulos
4. Jon Stewart

5. Stephen Colbert