I report, you decide

I am wary of doing polls on this page, it tends to get a little tedious and comes off almost as begging for comments, when in fact, comments are nice, but certainly not necessary. That being said, I have been doing the Asshat of the Week feature for a while now, and it has been an arbitrary thing, whatever I find to be the most inane usually wins. well, this week, we are going to change that a little bit, allowing you, the reader, to select just who the Asshat may be. I will, of course throw in some potential nominees, but in the end, you dear reader, will be the determining factor. It's is almost like the Oscars, minus the cool statuette and the lovely gift bag that the winners get. I will even leave an open slot, maybe you know someone more deserving than I, after all, I can't be all places at once, some things certainly could slip under my radar. That being said, here are some potential nominees;
1) The Pittsburgh Tribune Review - The Trib went to press with a story on Sunday saying that the Steelers would be making an offer to assistant coach Russ Grimm to be the next Steelers head coach. This after the AP, Sports Illustrated and ESPN all said Saturday that the Steelers would in fact be making Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Mike Tomlin their next head coach. If you are an asshat, you can guess how this turned out, Mike Tomlin is the new Steelers head coach.
2) Insight Magazine/Fox News - For running a story that Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama had attended a madrassah in Indonesia, one that preaches radical Wahabbism. Of course both news outlets cited unnamed sources, so there is no one to blame but the outlets that ran with the story. Of course the story was refuted a mere day later when CNN actually sent someone to the school in Indonesia that Barack attended, which in fact, wasn't a madrassah at all. This is either a blatant attempt to smear a political candidate, or very poor journalism. In either case, I would argue it is Asshat worthy.
3) Scott Baio - Former teen heartthrob and actor on such TV shows as Happy Days, Joanie Loves Chachi and Charles In Charge is peddling a memoir to prospective publishers about his sexual exploits in Hollywood. Included in the books is such tasty nuggets as losing his virginity to co star Erin Moran, during which experience he realized that part of the time he wasn't having intercourse with Erin, but with the cushions on the couch that they were on. His other insights include how he knew his former love interest Pamela Anderson was going "Hollywood" when she opted to have her breasts reduced.
4) Students at Tarleton State University that held a MLK day party - Included in the party was a slew of racial stereotypes including serving fried chicken and malt liquor and having the guests dress in either gang apparel, or wearing such items as Afro wigs and fake gold teeth.
5) Els Clottemans - the name may not mean much to you, so here is the background. Els and fellow sky diver Els van Doren were fellow sky divers. I say were, because one of them isn't anymore. As well as being sky diver, they were also friends, and as it turns out, love rivals. It is that rivalry that allegedly lead Ms Clottemans to tinker with the parachutes (both the primary and back up chutes) of Ms van Doren. One can guess what happens when someone jumps out of a plane at 13000 and doesn't have a parachute. Suffice it to say, there is no more rivalry, one is dead, the other in jail.
6) Your pick. Leave a comment as to why, and not just because you don't like someone, they have to earn the title of Asshat.