Right Wing Welfare

I've often thought about how much easier life would be if I could only have brought myself to become a right wing ideologue. It pays so very well.

Hundreds of influential conservatives gathered Wednesday night at the Kennedy Center to watch political analyst Michael Barone, former FEC commissioner Bradley Smith, Wall Street Journal editorial page editor Paul Gigot, and economist John Taylor accept the seventh annual Bradley prizes -- $250,000 awards from the influential Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation.

As Chait points out, "Basically the Bradley awards are awards for being a member in good standing of the conservative movement. The winners are always orthodox conservatives. And no, nothing like this exists on the liberal side."

Me, I'm still waiting for that check Soros is supposed to be sending...

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