The worst person in the world : and 202 strong contenders

The stinkers, the rascals, the reprobates. . . and the just plain dumb. (Yes, Bill, he's talking about you.) Geraldo Rivera. The Coca-Cola Company. Victoria Gotti. Tom Cruise. Various members of the Bush administration. All have earned the dishonor of ''Worst Person in the World,'' awarded by MSNBC's witty and controversial reporter Keith Olbermann on his nightly MSNBC show Countdown with Keith Olbermann. Now, he brings all his bronze, silver, and gold medalists together in this wildly entertaining collection that reveals just how twisted people can be—and how much fun it is to call them out on it. From tongue-in-cheek observations to truly horrific accounts, Olbermann skewers both the mighty and the meek, the well-known and the anonymous for their misdeeds, including: Ann Coulter, for, among other things, calling Muslims ''ragheads'' in a speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington Barbara Bush, for making a generous donation to the Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund earmarked exclusively for the purchase of computer software . . . software sold by her son, Neil The staff of Your World with Neil Cavuto, for the story about the murders of Iraqi civilians that was accompanied by the on-screen graphic: ''All-out Civil War in Iraq: Could It Be a Good Thing?'' Olbermann also reports on some of the recent fallout from his awards, such as the controversy with John Gibson and the mysterious disappearance of remarks about Cindy Sheehan on Rush Limbaugh's Web site. Plus, he reveals the winner of the most coveted award of all: ''Worst in Show.'' THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD: AND 202 STRONG CONTENDERS......Page 5 Prologue......Page 7 July 2005: Our panel holds a grudge.......Page 15 Alone in This Universe......Page 17 Chest for Hire......Page 18 Free the Press......Page 19 Time to Buy......Page 20 The Lion Is Meat......Page 21 Try Being Sorry......Page 22 Deferred Success......Page 23 Deceased, Do Not Contact......Page 24 Me Included......Page 25 She’s Really Crazy......Page 26 Designated Passenger......Page 27 August 2005: This is from somebody who ran away in terror from a pie.......Page 29 Let’s Play Two......Page 31 Cleaning Up Our Streets......Page 32 Honorary Worst: Joy Ride......Page 33 What Would Be the E-ticket Ride?......Page 35 When Fishes Don’t Behave......Page 36 Glove Cleaner......Page 37 Rush to Judgment......Page 38 Honorary Worst: A Golden Predicament......Page 39 Sharing Costs $19.99......Page 44 We’re Weary Too......Page 45 Friends Don’t Let Friends Drive Drunk......Page 46 Pie Lady......Page 47 September 2005: Does he get visibly dumber as the hour wears on?......Page 49 Revisit Your Commitment......Page 51 Honorary Worst: Jumping the Shark......Page 52 Surprisingly Still Employed......Page 54 It Should Be Called Negatronic......Page 55 Does He Get Visibly Dumber?......Page 56 A Bill O’Reilly Glossary of Terms......Page 57 Naming Rights......Page 60 Honorary Worst: Everyone’s Doing a Heckuva Job......Page 61 You Say Nudge, I Say Noodge......Page 63 The National Scold......Page 64 Blood Drive......Page 65 October 2005: And then realized they had a really bad public relations nightmare on their hands.......Page 67 Ice Storm......Page 69 The Student Is Now the Master......Page 70 Picture Perfect......Page 71 Iran County, Florida......Page 72 The Farthest End of Foolishness......Page 73 We’re Proud of What We’ve Accomplished; We’ve Just Begun......Page 74 Honorary Worst: We Report, You Decide......Page 75 Balls......Page 82 Omar Shamshoon......Page 83 The Astronomer Who Discovered a Web Page......Page 84 Think, Don McNulty......Page 85 The Going Rate of a Soul......Page 86 The Most Confusing Parking Sign......Page 87 We’re Still Paying for Him......Page 88 Spanking Bill......Page 89 Honorary Worst: One of the Greatest Pitchers of All Time......Page 90 To Get Girls......Page 94 Totally Supporting the Troops......Page 95 November 2005: Do you wonder if he worries about what his job is going to be, in hell?......Page 97 Gilead Is the Balm......Page 99 A Mother Load of Semen......Page 100 You Vote, We Pay......Page 101 Honorary Worst: A Sticky Situation......Page 102 The Sky Fell......Page 104 Set Up......Page 105 Wonderbra......Page 106 Who Ya Gonna Call?......Page 107 He Had to Carry the Laundry Upstairs......Page 108 Bald Ego......Page 109 Free for $49.95......Page 110 Worse and Worse......Page 111 The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys......Page 112 Honorary Worst: Juggling the Facts......Page 113 Ham-Burglar......Page 116 Unintelligent Designs......Page 117 Speaking of Sucking......Page 118 Ronald MacDonald......Page 119 Secret Ingredient......Page 120 Triple Crown......Page 121 December 2005: Where does O’Reilly get this nonsense?......Page 123 Happy Holidays......Page 125 Honorary Worst: Millstone Baseball......Page 126 It’s Not the Faith......Page 127 The Lice-Man Cometh......Page 128 DCPD Blues......Page 129 None More Blak......Page 130 The Horror, the Horror......Page 131 Queso No Fresco......Page 132 The Balloon......Page 133 Plano Truth......Page 134 Come On, Pretty Mama......Page 135 Honorary Worst: False Arrest......Page 136 Catholics Against Christmas......Page 137 Man of Stone......Page 138 Bring Your Own Shovel......Page 139 My Three Sons......Page 140 January 2006: He walked right into a propeller again.......Page 141 Je Ne Sais Quoi......Page 143 Soccer’s First Rule......Page 144 Honorary Worst: Disturbing and Disgraceful......Page 145 Man of God......Page 147 Pity His Listeners......Page 148 Think Twice......Page 149 Honorary Worst: Errors......Page 151 Two’s a Crowd......Page 153 Practically Imperfect in Every Way......Page 154 Allegedly the Worst......Page 155 Game Misconduct......Page 156 Conversational, Not Confrontational......Page 157 Martin Luther Bill......Page 158 Savage Reminder......Page 159 Honorary Worst: Fan Interference......Page 160 Hotline to Heaven......Page 162 Jesus Wept......Page 163 The Other Big Giant Head......Page 164 “O’Reilly Has Really Gone Bonkers.”......Page 165 Bill and Payne......Page 166 Ripped from Yesterday’s Headlines......Page 167 Not Anymore......Page 168 Deconstructing Bill......Page 169 February 2006: Without personal attacks, Bill, you’d be a mime.......Page 173 Masters Playing......Page 175 The First Rule of Forgery......Page 176 Know Your Customer......Page 177 Scenic Overlook......Page 178 Fill a Need......Page 179 Honorary Worst: Enemies List......Page 180 Who Was the Signatory?......Page 181 The Crowd Really Did Go Wild......Page 182 If Only a Pigeon Were Driving the Bus......Page 183 Dear Editor......Page 184 She Said She Was the Original Blonde......Page 185 Irony Is Reborn......Page 186 I Hear They Are Calling......Page 187 Hero Librarian......Page 188 Nobody with Brains......Page 189 When Bills Attack......Page 190 Pinhead......Page 191 Graphic Idiocy......Page 192 Incredibility......Page 193 Honorary Worst: Stunned......Page 194 Factually Challenged......Page 197 March 2006: Sane. That’s one fella Mr. O’Reilly has apparently never met.......Page 199 Grace under Fire......Page 201 One Crazy Mother......Page 202 Party On, Wayne......Page 203 Window Dressing......Page 204 Calling Plan......Page 205 In a Sane World......Page 206 Stuck in the Middle with You......Page 207 Rush’s Masterpiece......Page 208 Honorary Worst: The Tighter They Squeeze......Page 209 Nosing Around......Page 210 Honorary Worst: Tip of the Iceberg......Page 211 Whack Job......Page 212 Scouting Mission......Page 213 Off-line......Page 214 Elementary Mistake......Page 215 All in the Family......Page 216 Don’t Pat the Bunny......Page 217 Church Business......Page 218 Endurance......Page 219 April 2006: What are you, Bill, Osama Bin Laden’s spokesman?......Page 221 A Small Problem......Page 223 Dewey Defeats Truman......Page 224 Ugly, Indeed......Page 225 Honorary Worst: Operation Predator......Page 226 Know Your Enemy......Page 227 Your Other Right Hand......Page 228 Monkey’s Paw......Page 229 The Leaders and Worst......Page 230 What’s in a Name?......Page 231 Multiplicity......Page 232 Looks Bad and Smells Worse......Page 233 Garbage......Page 234 A Losing Bet......Page 235 Honorary Worst: Go Ahead, Jeff......Page 236 Hoochie-Coochie Plan......Page 238 Honorary Worst: Upon Further Examination......Page 239 Clowns......Page 240 I Scream......Page 241 The Word Could Have Been Love......Page 242 Rerun......Page 243 Horseshoes and Hand Grenades......Page 244 Honorary Worst: Plea Bargain......Page 245 May 2006: Does that opinion come with the sheet and the hood, Bill?......Page 247 Now and Forever......Page 249 Tortured Logic......Page 250 Honorary Worst: Good Morning, Mr. Phelps......Page 251 Marriage Counselor......Page 252 By the Numbers......Page 253 Sign of the Apocalypse......Page 254 The Wrong Man......Page 255 You’re an Unprincipled Young Man, Hud.......Page 256 Loose Bonding......Page 257 He Had a Friend......Page 258 It’s a Miracle......Page 259 Doomed to Repeat It......Page 260 Barter System......Page 261 The End Is Near......Page 262 Tortured Logic Redux......Page 263 Bouffon......Page 264 What Would Jesus Press?......Page 265 She Stands......Page 266 Mr. Wrong and Ms. Right......Page 267 What’s One More Massacre?......Page 268 Eplilogue: The Worst in Show......Page 269

Nightly on MSNBC, the controversial and outspoken Keith Olbermann counts down the day's top stories with satire and style on his show Countdown with Keith Olbermann. One feature of this increasingly popular newscast is his daily award for The Worst Person in the World, which is bestowed upon the careless, the clueless, and the just plain cruel.

Now, Olbermann brings these legendary offenders together in The Worst Person in the World: And 202 Strong Contenders. Awarding bronze, silver, and gold medals, Olbermann offers a brash appraisal of humanity at its lowest—politically, socially, and morally.

From Amber Frey to Ann Coulter, from Donald Rumsfeld to the FOX News Channel, from sports figures to schoolteachers to stupid criminals, no one eludes Olbermann's gimlet eye. Winners include:

• 22-year-old Ronald MacDonald, who was accused of theft at his place of employment . . . Wendy's
• Mario Edney, the bus driver who literally threw a woman under the bus when she complained he bypassed her stop
• U. S. Olympic skier Bode Miller, who revealed that he has often competed while drunk—and that he may do so again
• Rush Limbaugh, who, among other things, admitted to taking some pleasure in the kidnappings in Iraq because I'm eager for people to see reality
• FEMA, for sending planes full of injured Hurricane Katrina evacuees to West Virginia when they were supposed to meet medical teams in South Carolina—not once, but twice

As the recipient of a bumper crop of medals, Bill O'Reilly receives special attention. Olbermann offers readers a handy O'Reilly Code of key terms to aid in the understanding of this generation's Joe McCarthy.

Olbermann also explains his methodology for choosing these unlucky winners, presents new honorary Worsts, and in the end names one person Worst in Show.

Geraldo Rivera. The Coca-Cola Company. Victoria Gotti. Tom Cruise. Ann Coulter. Various members of the Bush administration. All have earned the dishonor of "Worst Person in the World," awarded by MSNBC's witty and controversial reporter Olbermann on his nightly MSNBC show Countdown. Now, he brings all his medalists together in this wildly entertaining collection that reveals just how twisted people can be-and how much fun it is to call them out on it. From tongue-in-cheek observations to truly horrific accounts, Olbermann skewers both the mighty and the meek, the well-known and the anonymous for their misdeeds. He also reports on some of the recent fallout from his awards, such as the controversy with John Gibson and the mysterious disappearance of remarks about Cindy Sheehan on Rush Limbaugh's Web site. Plus, he reveals the winner of the most coveted award of all: "Worst in Show."--From publisher description. All of the failings and missteps of celebrities, politicians, and a few just-plain-dumb folks, as seen on MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann

Keith Olbermann is more popular than ever, and ratings for Countdown are up 85 percent over the last year. A key feature of the program is his daily award for "The Worst Person in the World." From Ann Coulter and Barbara Bush to Bill O’Reilly and more, he brings the best of his "worsts" together in a wildly entertaining collection that reveals just how twisted people can be–and how much fun it is to call them out on it. All of the failings and missteps of celebrities, politicians, and a few just-plain-dumb folks, as seen on MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann Keith Olbermann is more popular than ever, and ratings for Countdown are up 85 percent over the last year. A key feature of the program is his daily award for "The Worst Person in the World." From Ann Coulter and Barbara Bush to Bill O'Reilly and more, he brings the best of his "worsts" together in a wildly entertaining collection that reveals just how twisted people can be–and how much fun it is to call them out on it. A collection of top-ranked stinkers, rascals, and reprobates, plus a few just-plain-dumb folks, as seen and shared on MSNBCs Countdown with Keith OlbermannControversial, outspoken, and wildly entertaining, Keith Olbermann hosts a popular nightly newscast on MSNBC