Krauthammer Accepts MRC's Buckley Award for Media Excellence
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: I'm really happy to be here tonight. I'm honored to be among you, particularly at the Media Research Center, who do God's work, namely slaying heathens. There's not nearly enough heathen-slaying going on in this town, and you do the work, I'm honored, delighted by --- [audience applause] Never gotten applause on heathen-slaying before. [laughter] I'm going to have to try that line again [laughter]
I'm very happy to be among old friends and, but the truth be told, I'm just happy to be anywhere where Juan Williams can't interrupt me. [laughter and applause from audience] I'll be sure to tell him how you feel.
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Look, we all know why I'm here. Yes, you're honoring me with the Buckley Award, it's a wonderful title, and I am truly honored to be associated in any way with the greatest journalist and author of our time. But let's get real. The real story here, as always in Washington, is somewhat different, and I'm here to break it.
Here's what happened: Brent recently read that Inside Washington is about to close shop after 25 years. With a lightning calculation in his head, he realized, to his horror that that means that I have spent 1,200 consecutive Fridays with Nina Totenberg. [audience laughter]
Diana Nyad had it easy. All she had to do was to swim the shark-infested Florida straits. I have had to spend 25 years of Friday mornings with Mark Shields, Colby King, Evan Thomas, and the aforementioned Miss Totenberg, and without, mind you, even once having throttled anyone or having gone stark-raving mad. That, ladies and gentlemen, is heroism, I can assure you of that.
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