My daughter is one of the nicest people I've ever had the pleasure of knowing. I know that no one else here knows her, but that's their loss. Everyone that does know her, loves her dearly. She won't give you the shirt right off her back. She's not stupid. But if she has two shirts, one is yours if you need it. And she's just a real pleasure to be around. She struggles hard with a job and two daughters and still finds time to be of help to others. I'd like to be like her some day.

That's my number one pick. My number two pick, even though I disagree with much of his politics, would have to be Joe Leiberman. He's just a really decent guy.

Since you're obviously out of the running [a real nice person would have disqualified themselves openly from their own list, even though you have all the perfect attributes of a "nice guy"], I'm stuck.

Everyone else has been a b@$tard or B-1tch.

I wonder what all the lumps of coal I'm giving out this year will do for Global Worming?

I would nominate several brilliant women of the blogsphere: Sissy Willis of Sisu, Laura Lee Donoho of The Wide Awake Cafe and far from least, the astonishing Ms. Kitty of Kitty Litter. They are the women who encouraged me to start blogging and have supported me in that endeavor, as well as offering enormous friendship and support in other areas of my life. Because of these three astounding women - and several men I have met through them (Aaron, Pat, BoyMoto), I am a better and happier human these days and loving life - and WIZBANG!

Once I knock a few more people off of the top of the list (a little blackmail, some extortion, and a couple of "accidents"), I'll get a nomination by default.

Jay, I think you should emulate Time Magazine and nominate all of us, meaning everybody for the Nicest Person of the Year.

Lt. Smash linked to two posts by a lefty blogger. Note the lefty took them down, rather than trying to defend them.

Rush is one of my all time favorites too.....I am still trying to figure out why an unmarried supposedly christian man needs viagra for his vacation to Costa Rica.

I second the nomination of Joe Lieberman.

Other politicians:

Don Rumsfeld for his loyal service and unwavering class in the face of relentless personal attacks.

Diana Irey for gamely taking on Jack Murtha and defending our troops from his irresponsible attacks.

Blogosphere:

Jeralyn Merritt of TalkLeft, for demonstrating class and civility when the moonbats tried to shut down Jeff Goldstein and Protein Wisdom last summer (which culminated in the bizarre threats against Jeff's son by Deb Frisch).

Real World:

At the risk of being "Time-like", I think all our servicemen and women deserve recognition, for their sacrifices and perseverance in the face of idiots on Capitol Hill and a media Fifth Column who seem determined to make their already-tough jobs even harder.

Jay, I submit all Milbloggers, including myself, to the nice list. We've had a tough year, but we still manage to keep our honor clean. We've been bumrushed by liberals attacking our brothers, and we've watched our own be put on show trials; but yet we still keep chugging.

Although this is a local story, I submit Heath Schneider (Air Force serviceman and Buckeye fan/Milblogger) for writing weekly letters to Tyson Gentry. Not just one letter...weekly letters without fail.

For those who don't know, Tyson Gentry is a walk-on punter/receiver at OSU who suffered a broken vertebrae in his neck while being tackled in a scrimmage this past April. He's in a wheelchair and has limited use of his arms, and is mostly paralyzed from the waist down. He recently was able to wiggle his toes.

This is Schneider's blog.