Every year brings change we can believe in, mostly in the form of disasters both natural and political. This year wasn’t entirely a disaster, but close enough for our taste. And next year promises to be worse. On that cheery note, here’s HUMAN EVENTS’ “Ins and Outs of 2008.”
| IN | OUT |
| Vaclav Klaus | Al Gore |
| RINO Hunting | RINOs |
| Rhambo | Rambo |
| Proposition 8 | Gay marriage |
| Bailouts | Free Market Capitalism |
| Keith Olbermann | Ritalin |
| Rick Warren | Jeremiah Wright |
| Newt Gingrich | John McCain |
| Dick Morris | Eliot Spitzer |
| Jonas Brothers | Lehman Brothers |
| Sarah Palin | Ron Paul |
| Jury Verdicts | O.J. |
| Smith & Wesson | DC Handgun Ban |
| Illinois senators connected to Tony Rezko | Illinois governors connected to Tony Rezko |
| Kevin Farley | Michael Moore |
| Megyn Kelly | Alan Colmes |
| Constitutional rights for terrorists | Gitmo |
| Robert Rubin | Bernard Madhoff |
| Republican Study Committee | Republican National Committee |
| Palin glasses | Pants suits |
| Biden hair-plugs | Edwards hair-dos |
| Michael Phelps | French relay team |
| Rush Limbaugh | Colin Powell |
| Usain Bolt | Plaxico Burress |
| Raelians | Dennis Kucinich |
| Hillary | Bill |
| Sarko | Blago |
| “Green jobs” | Real jobs |
| Eric Cantor | Roy Blunt |
| Somali pirates | Johnny Depp |
| Harvey Milk | Barney Frank |
| Gen. Jim Jones | Dow Jones |
| Whining | Phil Gramm |
| Home Forclosures | Mortgage refinancing |
| Corrupt, big spending Democrats | Corrupt, big-spending Republicans |
| Vladimir Putin | Vladimir Putin |
| Sonar | Whales |
| “Drill, baby, drill” | “Si, si puede” |
| “I’ve abandoned free-market principles to save the free-market system.” | “It became necessary to destroy the village in order to save it.” |
| David Gregory | Meet the Press |
