Politicians Deserve Oscars, Too: New at Reason

And the Oscar goes too…

John Stossel writes:

Sunday, Hollywood sycophants give out Oscars.

But they will miss some of the better performances of the year because Academy Awards just go to movie actors. They leave out political actors.

That’s not right. Politicians deceive and manipulate people just as much as actors do. Some of their performances deserve recognition.

So, I created the Stosscars to fill the gap. Here are this year’s awards:

Best Performance by a Rich Elitist goes to Nancy Pelosi. In her eagerness to trash Republican tax cuts, she said this about $1,000 bonuses: “The crumbs that they are giving to workers to kind of put the schmooze on is so pathetic.”

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