General Categories
Best Blog – Andrew Sullivan
Best New Blog – ~ synthesis ~
Best Individual Blogger – Driftglass
Best Humor Blog – The Comics Curmudgeon
Best Comic Strip – xkcd
Best Online Community – Strobist
Best Liberal Blog – Wonkette
Best Conservative Blog – small dead animals
Best Political Coverage – FiveThirtyEight
Best Celebrity Blogger – Wil Wheaton
Other categories of interest to SDA readers –
Best Science Blog – Watts Up with That
Best Canadian Blog – Ezra Levant
And last year’s runner-up for Best Canadian Blog, Best Diarist – Raymi the Minx
The full list of results is here.
The list of people to thank is long, and will be by necessity, incomplete. First, to the loyal readers here who have put SDA at the top of our category for each of the five years we’ve been nominated!.(Four years as Best Canadian blog, before being retired by the awards committee and moved to the Best Conservative category.)
To our friends in talk radio, John Gormley and Charles Adler for the shout-outs they gave SDA over the past week (and over the past year, for that matter!). As my Dad says – blogging is talk radio for the internet!
Blogging Tories also played a big part, featuring the poll at the main site during the final couple of days.The endorsements from individual bloggers were a great help. They were all appreciated, and as you can see by the margin of victory, every one helped.
Truthfully, my initial goal was to finish somewhere in the middle of the pack. Then, when things began to swing into gear, it became apparent we had an outside shot of pulling it off. But talk about a nail-biter! After a see-saw battle with Ace, SDA didn’t pull into the final lead until about 15 minutes before the polls finally closed.
Speaking of Ace – the morons are great competitors, and what a great blog site. I don’t stop there nearly enough.
Someone called the other day, and asked “what’s next?”. The truth is that there is no “what’s next”. SDA is exactly what it was intended to be, and I have no greater aspirations or ambitions than to do exactly what I am now.
So, as you were.
Except for a few final words to our right leaning compatriots in the US. Some wondered why a blog from rural Saskatchewan had been included in the category… and how it was gaining on them.
Black is white, up is down and a Canadian wins “best conservative” at the Weblog awards.
Had conservatives in the US worked as hard at “getting out the vote” as the SDA Nation did this week, you might be getting ready to welcome Vice-President Sarah Palin today.
Good on ya’ darlin’. Enjoy the winter and here’s hoping your wood pile is a thing of beauty.
Regards,
Pat
A large Bravo Zulu from this ol sailor m’lady!!
sda, that small bit of sanity in each and every day.
As a side note, Beck’s first guest on Fox on Monday will be a beauty of the north who knows which end of a rifle to point at the game. Unfortunatly it is not our Kate, but it is Governer Palin. 5PM Eastern!
Thanks, Melissa, for the strategic voting for me once Ezra’s victory was a guaranteed slam-dunk. I endorsed him for number one right from the beginning myself.
Others tell me they also voted for me to ensure that us conservatives would keep the Leftists out of the top positions (Redneck Mommy’s non-partisan, so she doesn’t count as either conservative or leftist). Thanks also to Kate for suggesting this strategic voting as an option. We conservative Canadian bloggers/readers/commentors win as a group… it’s a shared victory, actually. Yet another reason to feel good about being Canadian since those awful Liberals were defeated in ’06 and again in ’08.
I’m pleased to have done my part to send a message to our Leftist blogger friends that their message isn’t going to win them anything except a little automatic agreement from the noisy, dazed-and-confused Leftist minority.
All in all, it was really fun and exciting, plus I get another cool little “finalist” badge to display on my blog… too bad there wasn’t some kind of prize, like money, a new 4X4, or perhaps a date with a hot, smart, conservative woman… mmmm!
Thanks, Melissa, for the strategic voting for me once Ezra’s victory was a guaranteed slam-dunk. I endorsed him for number one right from the beginning myself.
Others tell me they also voted for me to ensure that us conservatives would keep the Leftists out of the top positions (Redneck Mommy’s non-partisan, so she doesn’t count as either conservative or leftist). Thanks also to Kate for suggesting this strategic voting as an option. We conservative Canadian bloggers/readers/commentors win as a group… it’s a shared victory, actually. Yet another reason to feel good about being Canadian since those awful Liberals were defeated in ’06 and again in ’08.
I’m pleased to have done my part to send a message to our Leftist blogger friends that their message isn’t going to win them anything except a little automatic agreement from the noisy, dazed-and-confused Leftist minority.
All in all, it was really fun and exciting, plus I get another cool little “finalist” badge to display on my blog… too bad there wasn’t some kind of prize, like money, a new 4X4, or perhaps a date with a hot, smart, conservative woman… mmmm!
To a fellow Saskatchewanian, congratulations Kate. This is my little piece of sanity in a world gone mad. Thank you for that.
Kate:
You got shouted out on the Global Saskatoon Evening News last night by that lispy girl with the blonde hair.
Victory is ours. Nice job Kate, clarity and vision in a sea of poliically correct insanity.
Congratulations Kate and all.
Top Conservative blog bar none. And let the Philistines stew.
Even Ace is congratulating Kate
Top Headline Comments 01-16-09
—Gabriel Malor
Also: Congratulations to Small Dead Animals for winning Best Conservative Blog. It was a well-fought fight. Thank you to everyone for voting (and voting and voting and voting). I’m looking forward to next year’s contest.
Posted by Gabriel Malor at 09:17 AM New Comments Thingy
Yesterday I was at a Fraser Institute lunch event here in snowy Vancouver with honoured guest speaker Preston Manning (introduced as the “Brad Pitt” of Canadian politics). He gave a very thorough presentation of the current state of Canadian politics and I kept thinking what a nice and decent man – why isn’t he still in politics? Then it hit me. The reason I like Kate and Ezra and Kathy and Mark Steyn and Sarah Palin is that they are not nice – they kick ass and take no prisoners.
I am sure they are nice with their families and friends but in the public sphere they are unapologetic advocates for Conservatism and think there is nothing wrong with metaphorically punching you in the mouth if you deserve it – ie most lefties. There is a word for nice Conservatives like Joe Clark, Robert Stanfield and even John McCain (who did not want to attack the Big Zero for fear of being called a Racist) – that word is LOSER. There are way to many cheek turning conservative “Christian” politicians out there – Yawn. A salute to the WINNER Kate and all here fellow CONSERVATIVE WARRIORS.
While I was checking out Andrew Sullivans blog, I noticed this:
“The Dish enters its ninth consecutive year as Best Blog in the Weblog Awards 2008”
Kate gets bumped out of “Best Canadian Blog” because you are no longer able to win more than three years in a row. What is up with that? As “Best Blog, I guess they have no where to bump you to? I think there was some mention of a “Canadian Hall of Fame Blog” icon for the SDA marquis. Should not Sullivan have been bumped out into “Hall of Fame” status and give someone else a shot at “Best Blog”? Just wondering? Actually I’m thinking ahead to when Kate gets bumped out of Best Conservative Blog” after winning it many times in a row and has to compete for “Best Blog”! Congrats Kate on an impressive blog and an equally impressive campaign.
Kate said; “Had conservatives in the US worked as hard at “getting out the vote” as the SDA Nation did this week, you might be getting ready to welcome Vice-President Sarah Palin today.”
You know that’s true, and we tried hard, Good God we tried, but the fix was in and most Conservative Republicans and Moderate Liberals just could not stand McCain, McCain killed us, he was not electable, and I got banned for life on Lucianne for telling them so on a daily basis.
But, I am proud for you Kate, and if I had some small part in your success it was damn well worth it.
Also long time reader and fan. Congrats Kate! SDA is the first site I check into everyday. Pls keep up the excellent work!
Congrats Kate! Keep up the great work.
OK, Vitruvius, let’s see an examination of the vote for Best N. Am. Conservative Blog, by SDA webstats.
What percentageof daily site visits generated a vote?
etc
Kate Kate Kate Kate!
Excellent contest. Well fought Ace, and well won Kate. I think the dead gopher HOPE poster was a big factor. I HOPE it sticks to the SDA front page.
Sometimes have to make tough choices, like do we want to be right or do we want to win? During the last election some Republicans felt it was better to be right about John McCain and so they and their votes stayed home. That is a highly principled move but the costs are huge too. Politically, Canadian Conservatives have (hopefully) learned (the hard way) that first things come first. It is much better to take the disagreements and the fight to ones opponents and to win elections than it is to always be right on each and every issue. Kate and SDA are the best because she does both. She is right on the issues AND she wins. :0)
That’s exactly right Patrina, being the 2nd son from my Mothers 2nd Broken Marriage, I was trained to except dis-appointments at an early age and move on which is why voting for McCain was not an option for me. I vote Republican he was the Candidate.
But, the one thing that stuck with me (Thanks Mom) is if you want something really bad, fight for it.
And, one more time, just for the hell of it,
CONGRATS Kate !!!!
ps. can you spot me a $20, I spent all my money partying the nite you won, đŸ˜‰
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Andrew Sullivan?
Isn’t he a Trig-troofer?
Yup
Had conservatives in the US worked as hard at “getting out the vote” as the SDA Nation did this week, you might be getting ready to welcome Vice-President Sarah Palin today.
But they couldn’t because they weren’t running a conservative candidate and their incumbent president had not done anything conservative on the domestic front.
Only Sarah Palin made this election at all close.
Great. Excellent. Now, one last push for a federal majority.
Ratt @ January 16, 2009 2:54 PM
Maybe you should try donating a negative ammount to Kate on Paypal?
Congrats and well-deserved, Kate.
“Speaking of Ace – the morons are great competitors, and what a great blog site. I don’t stop there nearly enough.”
FWIW, I’m a pretty regular AoSHQ moron and I…um…voted for both sites. :-p
Had conservatives in the US worked as hard at “getting out the vote” as the SDA Nation did this week, you might be getting ready to welcome Vice-President Sarah Palin today.
Indeed. Thank the gods flying monkeys only get one vote in the real world. Be that as it may, congrats on being voted the tallest munchkin in munchkinland.
Again, I say “Yay, Kate”. Keep punching holes.
Congrat’s Kate. The best Conservative blog won. I just logged in since the 13th. You put it out there Kate and the commenter’s have their say, it has been entertaining, informative, educational and you have been my starting page for a long time now. Keep up the great work.