{"id":10512,"date":"2010-05-03T07:25:39","date_gmt":"2010-05-03T12:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=10512"},"modified":"2010-05-03T08:49:23","modified_gmt":"2010-05-03T13:49:23","slug":"contest-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=10512","title":{"rendered":"Contest Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE AND BUMP:\u00a0 I&#8217;m moving this to the top for today.\u00a0 Get your votes in by noon!<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>As noted last week, it&#8217;s time for the &#8220;Write Lori&#8217;s Next Column&#8221; contest &#8211; in which you, the <em>Shot In The Dark <\/em>audience (Audience In The Dark) write Lori Sturdevant&#8217;s post-MNGOP Convention column for her &#8211; to move into its final phase!<\/p>\n<p>Judge each of the columns by the following criteria:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Which one best captures Strib columnist and DFL flak Lori Sturdevant&#8217;s writing style<\/li>\n<li>Which one best reflects her relentless DFL upsucking?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m going to publish one post for each of the contestants; I&#8217;ll take a poll at the end, with the winner to be announced on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>There are eight entries:<\/p>\n<p>Dave from Mound&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=10515\">A Tale Of Two Cities<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr D&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=10516\">The Republican Hangover<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ben&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=10517\">Teabags For 2,000<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bubbasan&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=10518\">It Was A Snark And Smarmy Night<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>JW Of Minnesota&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=10519\">We Are Women, Hear We Roar<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Speed Gibson, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=10525\">It&#8217;s The GOP&#8217;s Turn To Unify<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Golfdoc50&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=10530\">The Wind Is Blowing Left<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jed Berg&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=10535\">Anger Close&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=10535\">Vote!  Vote!  Vote!<\/a><\/p>\n<form action=\"http:\/\/poll.pollcode.com\/vGx3\" method=\"post\">\n<table style=\"height: 523px;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" width=\"370\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #000000;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=10535\">Which<\/a> Is The Best Lori Sturdevant Parody?<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\"><input name=\"answer\" type=\"radio\" value=\"1\" \/><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #000000;\">Dave from Mound&#8217;s &#8220;A Tale Of Two Cities&#8221;<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\"><input name=\"answer\" type=\"radio\" value=\"2\" \/><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #000000;\">Mr D&#8217;s &#8220;The Republican Hangover&#8221;<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\"><input name=\"answer\" type=\"radio\" value=\"3\" \/><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #000000;\">Ben&#8217;s &#8220;Teabags For 2,000&#8221;<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\"><input name=\"answer\" type=\"radio\" value=\"4\" \/><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #000000;\">Bubbasan&#8217;s &#8220;It Was A Snark And Smarmy Night&#8221;<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\"><input name=\"answer\" type=\"radio\" value=\"5\" \/><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #000000;\">JW Of Minnesota&#8217;s &#8220;We Are Women, Hear We Roar&#8221;<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\"><input name=\"answer\" type=\"radio\" value=\"6\" \/><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #000000;\">Speed Gibson, &#8220;It&#8217;s The GOP&#8217;s Turn To Unify&#8221;<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\"><input name=\"answer\" type=\"radio\" value=\"7\" \/><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #000000;\">Golfdoc50&#8217;s &#8220;The Wind Is Blowing Left&#8221;<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\"><input name=\"answer\" type=\"radio\" value=\"8\" \/><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #000000;\">Jed Berg&#8217;s &#8220;Anger Close&#8221;<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><input type=\"submit\" value=\"Vote\" \/> <input name=\"view\" type=\"submit\" value=\"View\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"right\" bgcolor=\"white\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: black;\">pollcode.com <a href=\"http:\/\/pollcode.com\"><\/a><span style=\"color: navy;\">free polls<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: black;\"><span style=\"color: navy;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/form>\n<p><strong>UPDATE!<\/strong> The column we&#8217;re parodying &#8211; or perhaps, joining in parodying &#8211; is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/opinion\/commentary\/92552689.html?elr=KArksc8P:Pc:Ug8P:Pc:UiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU\">already out<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Expect a full fisking Sunday or Monday.<\/p>\n<p>But until then &#8211; vote vote vote!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE AND BUMP:\u00a0 I&#8217;m moving this to the top for today.\u00a0 Get your votes in by noon! 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