The Spectacle Blog
The hottest ticket in our nation's capital last night was the American Spectator's annual Robert L. Bartley Gala Dinner. The chardonnay was splendid, the mushroom-stuffed chicken delicious and, by evening's end, conservatives were nearly delirious with joy as they celebrated their return from the wilderness, as announced by our esteemed editor R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.
The keynote speaker, Rep. Mike Pence, delivered a Churchillian oration that inspired a spontaneous "Pence-Palin '12" grassroots movement, at least among several of the ladies in attendance. Some gentlemen argued for "Palin-Pence '12," but this portent of a future schism notwithstanding, the evening was a smashing success.
Roger Scruton of
the American Enterprise Institute shows his dance moves with a
young lady to the big beats of the Alex Donner
Band.
The
Wall Street Journal's John Fund and American
Spectator columnist Jay Homnick.
Hannah
Giles, who gained fame in videos exposing ACORN, with the
American
Spectator's David Bass, who received the Young
Journalist Award last night.
ACORN-busters: James O'Keefe, who
collaborated with Miss Giles to produce undercover videos for
BigGovernment.com, and
longtime American
Spectator contributor Matthew Vadum of the Capital Research
Center, whose investigative reporting has made him a leading
authority on ACORN.
David
Keene of the American Conservative Union and Jeri
Thompson.
The
Wall Street Journal's Daniel Henninger, recipient of
this year's Barbara Olson Award, with the American
Spectator Washington correspondent Philip Klein.
About the Author
Robert Stacy McCain is co-author (with Lynn Vincent) of Donkey Cons: Sex, Crime, and Corruption in the Democratic Party (Nelson Current). He blogs at The Other McCain.
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