Top 9 of 2009
As 2009 comes to a close, it’s time to reflect. Below, our picks for the Top 9 moments of 2009:
#9. Oprah Winfrey announces she will leave Network television.
#8. Tiger Woods – and his crack PR team – deny a National Enquirer storywhich alleges that Tiger had an affair with a woman, Rachel Uchitel. Turns out they were perhaps, um, telling the truth… After all, Tigerdidn’t have just “an” affair.
#7. Sarah Palin announces she's resigning as Governor of Alaska. Numerous Republicans (including yours truly) say they can’t abide a quitter. Months later, crowds line up – some in tents for 24 hours! – for a glimpse, an autograph, and a handshake with Palin herself. Proof that we can’t quit you, girl!
#6. Barack Hussein Obama is inaugurated as America's first African-AmericanPresident. And for those who believe he was born in Kenya, I truly meanAfrican-American.
#5. The California Legislature passes the largest Tax increase on a people in U.S. History.
#4. Three months later, that same CA Legislature attempts another $16 Billion Tax increase at the Ballot Box, only to be defeated by a rag-tag team of Taxfighters who were outspent by big Special Interests 20-to-1. We surprised the pundits with a 65%-to-35% landslide victory.
#3. In (Video) Shots Heard ‘Round the World, Iran youth in their 20s and 30s risk death to protest their oppressive government, while members of the government’s Basij militia ride through the streets and are caught on tape beating their own citizens.
#2. California Assemblymember Mike Duvall is caught on a conference room microphone talking – in great detail – about an “alleged” sexual affair with an energy Lobbyist. Two days later, he denies everything.
#1. I began 2009 by saying “If you can’t tell your story in 140 characters, then you can’t tell your story.” Within months, Twitter and Facebook overtake old-fashioned Media as “THE” way to get the word out fast on breaking political news.
#9. Oprah Winfrey announces she will leave Network television.
#8. Tiger Woods – and his crack PR team – deny a National Enquirer storywhich alleges that Tiger had an affair with a woman, Rachel Uchitel. Turns out they were perhaps, um, telling the truth… After all, Tigerdidn’t have just “an” affair.
#7. Sarah Palin announces she's resigning as Governor of Alaska. Numerous Republicans (including yours truly) say they can’t abide a quitter. Months later, crowds line up – some in tents for 24 hours! – for a glimpse, an autograph, and a handshake with Palin herself. Proof that we can’t quit you, girl!
#6. Barack Hussein Obama is inaugurated as America's first African-AmericanPresident. And for those who believe he was born in Kenya, I truly meanAfrican-American.
#5. The California Legislature passes the largest Tax increase on a people in U.S. History.
#4. Three months later, that same CA Legislature attempts another $16 Billion Tax increase at the Ballot Box, only to be defeated by a rag-tag team of Taxfighters who were outspent by big Special Interests 20-to-1. We surprised the pundits with a 65%-to-35% landslide victory.
#3. In (Video) Shots Heard ‘Round the World, Iran youth in their 20s and 30s risk death to protest their oppressive government, while members of the government’s Basij militia ride through the streets and are caught on tape beating their own citizens.
#2. California Assemblymember Mike Duvall is caught on a conference room microphone talking – in great detail – about an “alleged” sexual affair with an energy Lobbyist. Two days later, he denies everything.
#1. I began 2009 by saying “If you can’t tell your story in 140 characters, then you can’t tell your story.” Within months, Twitter and Facebook overtake old-fashioned Media as “THE” way to get the word out fast on breaking political news.
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