The original Top Eight Biggest Douchebags in Politics (why eight? It’s easier than 10) is a little out of date.  I tolerate Jon Stewart much more these days, and Hillary Clinton for example has dropped out of the spotlight.  I’ve also renamed this the top dummies list.

Dropping of the original list were:

• Bill O’Reilly
• Jon Stewart
• Rosie O’Donnell
• Hillary Clinton
• Rudy Guiliani
• Al Gore

And now, the top dummies.

1. Keith Olbermann

I think that his producers wait for Fox News to go to commercial, then bring Olbermann back on the air and tell him to go off on O’Reilly or Hannity. When you can’t beat ‘em, blast ‘em, eh? Even MSNBC replaced Olbermann (along with Chris Mathews) in its presidential election coverage because Olbermann and Mathews were being too partisan. Anyone who gives as much a hoot about Bill O’Reilly as Olbermann does shouldn’t be on TV.

As if it’s not enough being the chief talking head at MSNBC, Olbermann accepted a position at NBC’s Football Night in America, making it much harder to avoid him.

2. Nancy Pelosi

Speaker of the House in one of the most unpopular congresses there have been. She either wants the economy to tank to help the Democrats in the elections in November, or she’s really inept enough to alienate Republicans with an anti-Bush speech when the Democrats were already split.

3. Barack Obama

He has to look at his bracelet to tell us who the soldier’s name on it is. He loses like 90% of his public speaking ability when the teleprompters are off. Anytime he has a gaffe, he blames it on something like lack of sleep.

What’s he going to do when he’s President? “Well, uh, hello there. Mr., uh. Prime Minister. Of England. Or – uh, the U.K. Whoa, hold on. Uh. I meant the U.K. I’m sorry – I haven’t gotten much sleep.”

4. Bill Maher

Hey liberals, wanna know how I feel about Bill Maher? How do you feel about Ann Coulter? I’m guessing it’s about the same.

5. Chris Dodd

Just check out the headline from this L.A. Times blog post:

Sen. Chris Dodd took millions from now-failing finance firms he oversees

Chris Dodd now tries to come across as someone spearheading the bailout movement, as if he’s just getting wind of it. He’s actually the chariman of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, so what does that tell you?

6. Joe Biden

He debates Sarah Palin tomorrow night, in which it will be classic Smug Long-time Washington Cog vs. Outsider. The contrast could really do him some harm. He also has a problem with gaffes, calling Barack Obama “Barack America.”

7. Harry Reid

Along with Nancy Pelosi, presides over the current, unpopular incarnation of Congress that is even less popular than George W. Bush. And it’s even in vogue to hate Bush.

8. David Letterman

He’s not really in politics, but neither is Rosie O’Donnell, and I had her on version 1.0. He seemed to take McCain’s cancellation of an appearance on his show personally and proceeded to rip him up. Maybe more people watch Jay Leno because simple fun and soft interviews are more pleasing than Letterman.