Mad Magazine's 20 Dumbest People, Events and Things [2008]

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Mad #497 January 2009 The Mad 20 Dumbest People, Events and Things of 2008 1. Sarah Palin 2. China's Poisoned Products 3. The Massachusetts Teen Pregnancy Pact 4. The Pregnant Man 5. O.J. Simpson 6. Hillary's Campaign for the White House 7. Celebrity Moms and Dads 8. Rev. John Hagee 9. The Economic Collapse 10. Wesley Snipes' I.R.S. Troubles 11. Amy Winehouse 12. John McCain's Ugly Campaign 13. Texas Polygamy Wives 14. Rev. Jeremiah Wright 15. Brett Favre Unretires 16. Jesse Jackson Rants on Obama 17. The Yanked Rachael Ray Ad 18. Bigfoot Discovered 19. Celebrity Sex Scandals 20. Stunt Day in the Park with Blaine Credit: Collectmad.com

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23

1

Sarah Palin

Politician

20.49% (2077 of 10136 votes)

7

2

China

Location

57.93% (263 of 454 votes)

21

3

Massachusetts

State

29.09% (16 of 55 votes)

3

4

Thomas Beatie

Transsexual

66.67% (2 of 3 votes)

16

5

Billy Ray Cyrus

Vocalist

37.25% (19 of 51 votes)

22

5

O.J. Simpson

Football Player

28.22% (668 of 2367 votes)

10

6

Hillary Rodham Clinton

First Lady

52.23% (2351 of 4501 votes)

19

8

John Hagee

Religious Figure

32.00% (24 of 75 votes)

2

9

Lehman Brothers

Corporation

100% (2 of 2 votes)

27

9

Henry Paulson

Politician

0% (0 of 1 votes)

4

10

Internal Revenue Service (I.R.S.)

Organization

63.77% (176 of 276 votes)

31

10

Wesley Snipes

Actor

0% (0 of 1 votes)

20

11

Amy Winehouse

Vocalist

32.00% (32 of 100 votes)

18

12

John McCain

U.S. Senator

32.10% (26 of 81 votes)

9

13

Warren Jeffs

Religious Figure

54.55% (12 of 22 votes)

14

13

Texas

State

42.01% (71 of 169 votes)

11

14

Jeremiah Wright

Religious Figure

51.22% (21 of 41 votes)

8

15

Brett Favre

Football Player

57.72% (71 of 123 votes)

6

16

Barack Obama

U.S. President

59.34% (4700 of 7920 votes)

17

16

Jesse Jackson

Advocate

35.36% (93 of 263 votes)

12

17

Rachael Ray

Chef

50.0% (27 of 54 votes)

15

17

Michelle Malkin

Author

38.92% (72 of 185 votes)

1

18

Sasquatch

Fictional Character

100% (5 of 5 votes)

5

19

David Duchovny

Actor

60.0% (15 of 25 votes)

13

19

Gene Simmons

Vocalist

44.26% (27 of 61 votes)

24

19

John Edwards

U.S. Senator

5.71% (2 of 35 votes)

25

19

Kwame Kilpatrick

Politician

0% (0 of 0 votes)

26

19

Eliot Spitzer

U.S. Governor

0% (0 of 0 votes)

28

19

Vito Fossella, Jr.

U.S. Congressman

0% (0 of 0 votes)

29

19

Peter Cook (Architect)

Architect

0% (0 of 0 votes)

30

20

David Blaine

Magician

0% (0 of 0 votes)