As part of our look back at 2008, here are some of our finest moments covering politics in 2008. 

10. We went out on a limb and endorsed a dark horse for President: Mike Huckabee. Why? His proposal to quarantine AIDS patients just rubbed us the right way. “This guy has a future,” Stirling told me one day while we were bashing some gays in Chelsea. Sure enough the Huckster landed on his feet. He is hosting a new show on Fox News. 

9. There was a time when we weren’t as fond of Hillary Clinton. Frankly I’ve changed my opinion of her dramatically, and I think she really wants the best for the country. But last January we were a little worried that people around her kept mentioning some pesky detail about Barack Obama. What was it? Oh … right.He’s blaaaacccckkkk! America he’s BLACK! Glad that sort of politics ended with the primary season. 

8. It was that kind of campaigning that led Stirling to ask an important question, and create Pinko’s first trivia contest: Who Said It? Hillary Clinton, Karl Rove, or Batman Begins villain Ra’s Al Ghul?

7. It gets a little frustrating sometimes blogging in your underwear watching television working as hard as we do. So with a little righteous indignation we let it fly, shining a light on the top ten people we’d like to waterboard. Curt Schilling, we know where you live! 

6. As the primary dragged on we alienated three of Ben’s friends from college and Stirling’s best friend from high school were a platform for some real conversation about race and gender and the election, which we’re pretty proud of. 

5. Not to brag, but someone predicted Sarah Palin would be McCain’s Vice-President a full month before he chose her. Seriously, follow the link. 

4. We took on some important topics. I wrote a spirited defense of community organizing that I’m pretty proud of. Also we spoke out about the bailout, and what it meant for progressivism. Kate focused on the most important issue of our time: drinking, and the need to do it while watching the debate. 

3. The top ten reasons to attack spain.

2. General McClellan, Sarah Palin invoked your name in the Vice-Presidental debate. Would you care to respond. “God dammit Pinko, you better believe I’ll respond.“ 

1. Hillary Clinton? Ready to lead on Day One. 

Oh! Remember how John McCain had sex with that lobbyist and now nobody cares!? Us too.

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Ben Wyskida is a writer, activist, conscientious hedonist and political communications strategist living in Brooklyn. - Visit Ben's site.