"Totally coup, yo."  The 50 Most Loathsome Americans, 2006
50. Ryan Seacrest   Exhibit A: “I am looking forward to being
part of the E! team. This unique opportunity allows my company
to take the next step in providing multimedia content.”
Sentence: Head permanently lodged in Brad Pitt’s ass.  49. Rich
Lowry  Charges: At 38, National Review Editor and Hannity stand-
in Rich Lowry still looks like he’s wearing a retainer and has a
trapper-keeper stuffed with Red Sonja comic books. The tragic
irony of Michael J. Fox’s life is that his breakout role as Alex
P. Keaton inspired a million resentful Reagan-blowing nerds like
Lowry to recast themselves as “rebels” against gathering threats
like universal health care—and stem cell research. If a goddamn
toothpaste company told lies like Lowry they’d be prosecuted.
Founding member of the “it’s all Clinton’s fault” school of Bush
apologists.  Exhibit A: As funny as cervical cancer, Lowry’s
dusty old bag of shopworn Clinton/Kennedy jokes should be locked
in a safe an