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Marc at "The Genius I Was" brings us an update on the winner of the October 2003 Perfidy Award for Inadvertant or Vertant Asshattery.

Remember next time you see him that Tom Harkin (D - An Intellectual Plane Your Puny Mind Could Never Comprehend) thinks you're stupid.

"So many people are getting suckered into the supersize choice — supersize fries, supersize burgers, supersize soft drinks," Harkin said. "We're being led to believe that bigger means better value. The harsh reality is that if you consistently choose to supersize, the odds are that soon you will be supersize."

Yes, unless this legislation passes, people never once would have considered that twice as much food may in fact be twice as much food. Now in my observations, there are only two types of people who read labels: people on a diet and people with allergies. These are generally not the people who, after reading all the nutritional data in the grocery, walk into a fast food joint unaware that the grease fountain may not be good for them. But maybe this label will finally be the one that won't be ignored by everyone else.

Looks like Senator Harkin is a frontrunner for November!. In fact, based upon his record, I would recommend the Ministry rename the Perfidy Award for Inadvertant or Vertant Asshattery in his honor. However, to do so would be to slight other deserving parties such as Berman, Coble, Hatch, Byrd, Kennedy, Santorum, Fleischer, Goldberg, Derbyshire, Bloomberg, and a supporting cast of thousands.

[wik] A Sharpton Prize for Rhetoric goes to Senator Harkin for his remark, "if you consistently choose to supersize, the odds are that soon you will be supersize." The award includes a small cash prize, a souvenir cup from the 1999 MLB All-Star game, and a partially-used box of throat lozenges.