And the Veepstakes Winners Are …
A group of lucky winners guessed the correct running mate.
It’s been a roller coaster rider, but the candidates have spoken and chosen their running mates. Out of 5,200 entries, only 48 of you guessed the correct combination of Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Sarah Palin as receiving the nomination for vice president. Our grand prize winner and runner up were randomly chosen from the pool of 48.
Grand Prize Winner – Michael O’Connor of Southern California will receive the Asus-Eee PC mini-notebook.
Runner Up – Trey Evans of Texas will receive the Amazon Kindle reader.
46 winners who correctly guessed the Veeps will all receive Pajamas Media T-shirts or hats:
Steve Weitzenkorn
Caroline Fan
Nicholas Bettencourt
Jeff Shultz
Roger Buffington
Curtis Fulk
Matt Lagervall
joanna Clark
Donald Meaker
Edwin Sullivan
John Place
Stephen Lassey
Andrew Collins
Kevin Soileau
Luke Kraus
Bob Buchanan
Chad Dershaw
Ryan Bush
Luke Postema
Tom Mathers
Laura Bowen
Louis Costagliola
Fred Daitch
Donna Barber
Andy Tucker
Kevin Cesarz
Brian Stone
David Jaroslav
Caleb Knox
Mike Long
Dave Baughman
Jason Salim
Lucas Guffanti
Andres Anton
Amir Iljazi
Claire Ward
Mike Turk
Jack Jolis
John Jolis
susan bennett
Jeremy Coffey
Art Svensson
Alexandra Levy
Grover Pillsbury
Tony Srajer
Gary Gasper
List of 25 winners who will receive hats or t-shirts:
Rob Borden
John Touhey
June Irwin
Christopher Cummings
Bill Sluis
Matthew Barrette
Cindy Griffin
Michael Hubbard
Richard Walker
Mike Kiernan
Bob Rigsby
Brad Heath
Paula Conover
Barry White
Don Thurman
Daniel Peterson
David Neidert
Joe Silverman
Laurie Jones
Dallas Fletcher
Edward Pomeroy
Mike Marcoe
Pam West
Perry Birman
Michael Ausems
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18 Comments
1. jvon:I hate you all. (Just kidding.)
I wasn’t even close.
Sep 11, 2008 - 7:50 pm 2. Donna B.:Heh… I’m a WINNER! woohoo. Congrats to the other 47 people who saw the handwriting on the wall too!
Does the t-shirt say:
PajamasMedia had a contest and all I got was this lousy T-shirt?
Just kidding… I’m quite pleased.
Sep 11, 2008 - 10:36 pm 3. Opining Online » I’m A Political Genius:[...] And for this amazing ability I get a T-Shirt! A Pajamas Media T-Shirt. (Didn’t they know I’d prefer a link and that would have cost them less?) [...]
Sep 11, 2008 - 10:48 pm 4. Joanna C.:Thank yew… a thank yew very much!
How cool is this?!?
Congratulations to everybody who had the foresight to pick the Magnificent Palin and the Windbag Biden. Can’t wait for the debates!
Thanks, PJ Media!!!
Sep 12, 2008 - 3:49 am 5. Tom Mathers:Thanks PJ Media!
Sep 12, 2008 - 9:20 am 6. Jeff:Winner. Woot! The Hail Mary is caught. Beldar the Great put me on to Sarahcuda, and someone else (forget who) argued that Obamessiah’s ego would keep him away from HRC. Lucky for us, both came in. Can’t wait for the debate.
Tom Mathers
Wow… I’d forgotten I’d even entered the contest, much less guessed correctly (Biden was a guess, Palin a hope).
I hope that Michael enjoys his new computer – and if he doesn’t PJMedia will have my address on file…
Sep 12, 2008 - 4:36 pm 7. Jeremy:I will tempt fate and predict: McCain 287, Obama 251. Thanks to PJmedia for the swag!
Sep 12, 2008 - 6:04 pm 8. Don Meaker:I also predicted the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Don’t clap, throw money!
Sep 12, 2008 - 9:08 pm 9. C Smith:I would also like to predict that the Soviet Union is not long for this world.
Sep 13, 2008 - 3:31 am 10. Wellspring:To those of you who picked correctly: wow. You’re either lucky or very, very insightful. Those choices were both surprises.
Great thinking.
Sep 13, 2008 - 4:19 am 11. Deborah:I “lost,” but I feel like a winner because Sarah Palin is the Republican vice-presidential nominee!
Sep 13, 2008 - 4:31 am 12. Matthew Groom:Say—-did someone named John McCain enter the contest?
Damn! I didn’t think Barack was so stupid he’d pick Biden, or that McCain was so wiley that he’d pick Palin! Shows what I know… Congrats to the winners.
Sep 13, 2008 - 7:26 am 13. Dana Mathewson:Well, I got Sarah right. And that makes all Americans winners, the way I see it.
Sep 13, 2008 - 8:36 am 14. Winston:this sucks
Sep 13, 2008 - 11:59 am 15. RightWingConspiracy:Is there going to be do-over when The One throws Joe under the bus to get Hillary on the ticket?
The Thrilla from Wasilla!
Sep 13, 2008 - 12:37 pm 16. kay:doh, I forgot to enter the Veepstakes, but picked Palin in a poll about 3 months ago
The news acted like it was the surprise of the century, but we here at PM had her tied with Rommney quite a ways back…
Sep 13, 2008 - 7:18 pm 17. Malvolio:I don’t feel too bad about losing — I still don’t understand the Biden pick. What was that about?
But did we call it on Palin or what!
Sep 14, 2008 - 10:46 am 18. J.D.:SO, will there be a NEW “winners list” when Obama realizes his mistake and swaps out Biden for Hillary?
That’s the buzz inside the beltway…
Sep 14, 2008 - 1:18 pm