Canada Wins Dumbest Gov't At World Stupidity Awards

The Gomery inquiry into the sponsorship scandal secured the award for Canada, said Spence. Dubbed the "Oscars of Idiocy," host Lewis Black of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart led a team of comics and celebrities who handed out awards recognizing achievement in ignorance and stupidity. "I was dumbfounded," Spence said in a statement. "To see so much stupidity in one room, I almost lost my mind. In fact, I did..." U.S. President George W. Bush may not have led the dumbest government, but he was honoured with the award for the Stupidest Statement of the Year after telling a news conference: "They never stop thinking of ways of harming America, and neither do we." Accepting the award for Bush was Darth Vader. Hotel heiress Paris Hilton won in two categories. She was named Stupidist Woman of the Year and was star of The Simple Life, which was named Stupidest Show of the Year. Conservative columnist Ann Coulter won the award as Stupidest Man of the Year. She beat out Bush, U.S. Senator John Kerry, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and Players Association director Bob Goodenow, and former Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma. http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2005/07/21/pf-1143766.html [Proofreader's note: this article was edited for spelling and typos on July 25, 2005]

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