Winners of Louisiana elections post-mortem awards are

An election is not over without a proper post-mortem, or burial. Welcome to Bayoubuzz’s First Annual Louisiana Election Post-Mortem Awards. Now that the 2014 elections are history (and hopefully to be forever forgotten), we are proud to announce the victorious.

With Congressman Bill Cassidy narrowly beating US Senator Mary Landrieu in a heart-throbbing humdinger of a barn-burner, we can now release our results to the public. Please keep your comments to yourself as nobody cares anyway.

We also apologize for being so tardy in our releasing these very results. We are forever mindful how speedily the AP declared a winner Saturday night in the US Senate race--only two micro-seconds after the polls closed. However, speed to announce means nothing to us. Instead, we are driven by the quality of our endeavors, not the rapidity. Paraphrasing a great former Louisiana US Senator, who paraphrased a great US President, “The joy has been in the fight. The Bayoubuzz-mortem awards will always be worth fighting for”.

So, the envelopes please…and the winners, and losers are:

THE HOTTEST AND MOST BURNING QUESTIONS

How many Democrats can we fit into a phone booth?

Will Mary Landrieu reside in Washington DC or New Orleans?

Will Mitch Landrieu change his last name before running for statewide office, such as Governor?

Who paid the tab when the Cassidy’s met the Maness’s for dinner at Ye Olde College Inn

THE BIGGEST FLOP

The reality TV Show, The Governor’s Wife and Governor Edwin Edwards’ and his wife’s latest run for the Congressional roses

THE REAL WINNERS

Bill Cassidy, David Vitter, LSUHSC, the National GOP, Roger Villere and the Louisiana GOP

BIGGEST LOSERS:

Democracy and televised debates, Mary Landrieu, the Louisiana Democratic Party, the National Democratic Committee, President Barack Obama. Did we forget the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee for pulling out of the TV ad markets?

WORST TV AD

Mary Landrieu and Moon Landrieu talking politics

BEST TV AD

Student spelling Landrieu—O, B, A, M, A

GOOFIEST DECISION

Mary Landrieu’s last-minute radio interview with Jeff Crouere on WGSO which lasted roughly eleven minutes before the Senator had to go to the restroom, thus, a sudden departure.

MOST IRRELEVANT POLITICIAN DURING ELECTION

Bobby Jindal

MOST IRRELEVANT ORGANIZATIONS DURING ELECTION

Endorsements from the Times Picayune, The Gambit, The Shreveport Times, The Monroe Star and The Alliance for Good Government

MOST REPEATED WORDS

Obamacare, 97%, “I’m with you” and Amnesty (word on the street is the Cassidy campaign wanted to use Morris Bart’s “I’m on your side” instead but was threatened by a lawsuit for Trademark infringement.

BEST ACTRESS AWARD

Mary Landrieu delivering her concession speech

TEA PARTY’S WE THE PEOPLE AWARD

First prize goes to the Alligator. The second place goes to Sarah Palin who first endorsed Col. Rob Maness and then used the same speech to back Bill Cassidy

FASTEST FEET AWARD

Bill Cassidy leaving the last debate to avoid questions from the media about his LSU part-time stipend

Tie: Mayor Cravins’s statement regarding voting twice and his son’s (Landrieu Chief of Staff)Don Cravin’s remarkable revelation that Landrieu would vote for Obama 97 percent of the time, if she were re-elected.

BEST DRESSED

The airline stewardesses trailing Mary Landrieu during their Air Mary cameos

MOST BAGGAGE

Tie: “Air Mary” and “Double Bill”

JOHN WAYNE TOUGHNESS AWARD

Col. Rob Maness swaggert when announcing “Obamacareis an abomination and needs to pulled out by theroot”

BIGGEST FLOP

Democratic GOTV (get out the vote)

PRETTIEST KISS-OFF

Voters smack Vance McAllister in his comeback for US Congress after his “kissing congressman” scandal

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