The STUP Award

Rep. John Lewis (D-GA)

CSW 08-23

"Senator McCain and Governor Palin are sowing the seeds of hatred and division, and there is no need for this hostility in our political discourse.

"There was a Governor of the state of Alabama, George Wallace. He never fired a gun, but he created the climate and the conditions that encouraged vicious attacks against innocent Americans who only desired to exercise their constitutional rights."

When this story broke Mr. Lewis said, "Gee, you know, I really wasn't trying to link Senator McCain and Governor Palin to George Wallace."

Now Mr. Lewis may be a member of the civil rights leadership, but this comment was stupid, without rational basis and is racial in intent. Therefore, Mr. Lewis is awarded the coveted STUP Award for no other reason than being totally dumb.