OUR NEW HALFBRIGHT FELLOW ANNOUNCED!

Ned and Prof Q A Wagstaff, FRS have sifted through an Everest of data and are now in a position to announce their 3rd HALFBRIGHT FELLOWSHIP. Ned's readers will recall the first two Halfbright Fellows to be George W Bush and Carly Fiorina.
Here are the candidates, all women since Ned and Wagstaff are no sexists:

Ned's readers will recall the female Halfbright field consists of:

SARAH PALIN: Half-term "Governor" of Alaska (a state with the population slightly in excess of Washington DC), mayor of Wasila (population 6,000 counting moose) and VP candidate with John McCain, Palin has shown, with her breathtaking sanctimonious hypocrisy, dysfunctional family life while running as a 'family values' candidate, and astonishing pride in her almost unlimited ignorance of important issues, that she is a natural and strong candidate for a Halfbright.

SHARRON ANGLE: The Republican fringe candidate for Senator from Nevada has come from nowhere to stand in the front row of strong Halfbright nominees. Her transcendentally ignorant remarks on almost anything of substance, her lack of rudimentary command of the English language (even that bastardized version practiced in the US), her incendiary remarks on firearms, and her clear lack of the slightest competence to be a US Senator all make her a strong Halfbright candidate. Additionally, her position as a sanctimonious hypocrite when it comes to opposing government pensions and health care, since her husband is drawing a Civil Service pension, and they both have federal health care under her husband's government-run policy, makes her a powerful Halfbright candidate.

MARSHA BLACKBURN: The comely face of southern Republicanism, Blackburn hails from the lily-white, gerrymandered 7th Congressional District of Tennessee. A strong proponent of "smaller" government, "lower" taxes and "more" freedom, she is tough as a hawthorne spike and exudes about as much empathy and intellect as a sea-snake. Always on CSPAN gabbling on about some preposterous issue or another to cement the support of the know-nothing racists that form her main constituency and, not to discriminate, the basis of support of every southern "states rights" Republican. A strong Halfbright candidate.

CHRISTINE O'DONNELL:"Tea-Party" endorsed candidate for the Senate Seat in Delaware. One of O'Donnell's prime qualifications is her ability to talk to God Himself. She says, "'During the primary, I heard the audible voice of God," she said. "'He said, 'Credibility.'" (h/t Josh Marshall)
Americans vote against such a Chosen Person at their peril: after all, look where it got us when Halfbright Fellow George Bush said he talked to God about invading Iraq. And Ms O'Donnell has considerably enhanced her qualifications for the coveted Halfbright by her revelation that she practiced witchcraft. In her own words, she "dabbled" in it. Perhaps in a similar vein to the Fuhrer's "dabbling" in eugenics.
Finally, Ms O'Donnell has recently been shown to have falsely claimed "Oxford University" as part of her education, when what she actually did was attend an "enrichment" course at a room leased from Oxford University, but run by the "University of Phoenix."

Ned and the prof proudly announce that the winner of the third Halfbright is:

CHRISTINE O'DONNELL!