Gateway Pundit and HotAir won the top awards at the TeaParty.net blogger awards this morning at CPAC12

Here Ed Morrissey and his lovely wife pose with me after the awards ceremony this morning. Ed and HotAir won blog of the year. Gateway Pundit won blogger of the year.
Here’s my speech. I thanked Ruth:
Here are a few of the bloggers at the event this morning.

John Sexton from Verum Serum, Evan Maloney from Brain Terminal, author-blogger Ben Shapiro, Javier Manjarres from the Shark Tank (CPAC blogger of year 2011) Andrew Marcus from Founding Bloggers and Dana Loesch.

Dana Loesch Andre Harper and Chris Loesch after the Tea Party Patriots bloggger awards. Dave handed out one of the awards this morning.

John Hawkins (middle) of Right Wing News co-hosted the event today with the TeaParty.net at the CPAC Conference. Steve Crowder and Chris Loesch performed a rap during the event – hilarious!
More… My friends John Sexton and Morgen Richmond from Verum Serum blog won Blogger of the Year during a separate ceremony last night at the CPAC Blogger Bash.
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Published May 23, 2012 at 4:57 am - 69 Comments
Gride commented:
Can Dana be any better looking?
Chris W. commented:
Wow, congrats!
MustComment commented:
Great job, Jim. Congrats!
MrGoodWench commented:
Congrats Mr Hoft, you deserve it .
Now please post a pic of that Allahpundit dude ,
please please please
Commie Juice commented:
CONGRATS! Jim, you deserve it! I think HotAir is the best, but Gateway is my favorite. It’s like Rush is the best, but Mark is my favorite.
Btw, a nice tribute to Lady Liberty. Well done!
Blackbird commented:
Congratulation Jim, you run a good shop here. Always a pleasure to stop by and visit a while.
Jonah Vark commented:
CONGRATULATIONS, JIM!
St. Louis is proud of you!
Really? commented:
Congrats Jim. It also shows what good taste I have: I go to the Gateway Pundit and Hot Air first thing every morning! ;>)
wanumba commented:
Congratulations! Well-earned!
Terry in GA commented:
Well, gosh, they shoulda just asked us — we would have told them you are the best!!
Great job to all my favorite bloggers. Sorry Erick wasn’t able to be with you (haha).
NeoKong commented:
My two favorites.
luckyone commented:
Congratulations! I love your site!
Moreliberty commented:
Lol…so a blog that supports big govt politicians like Senator McConnell is voted as Tea Party blog? Linking articles, and using misleading headlines starting with “it begins…” while supporting big govt neocons that vote to increase the debt ceiling is not consistent with Tea Party beliefs.
Amy Proctor commented:
Extremely awesome, Jim. You truly deserve it. I listen to Mark Levin daily and he’s always quoting from your blog.
Veritas commented:
Gateway Pundit won one of the 12 Top
Blogger awards. Specifically “Tea Party Blogger of the Year”.
Here are all of the awards
1. Top Humor Blog – Ben Shapiro; Iowahawk Blog
2. Best Writer on a Blog – Ace of Spades
3. Best News Blog: The Right Scoop
4. Best Blog Links: Instapundit
5. Best New Blog: Naked DC
6. Best anti-Jihad Blog: Atlas Shrugged
7. Best State-Level Blog: The Shark Tank
8. Most Influential Blog: Instapundit/Glenn Reynolds
9. Most Underrated Blog: Legal Insurrection
10. Tea Party Blogger of the Year: Gateway Pundit
11. Best Overall Blog: Hot Air
http://legalinsurrection.com/2012/02/legal-insurrection-receives-cpac-award/
felz commented:
I hear the best part was one theses two hilarious rappers made
an n-word pun using “knickers”, and a black guy walked out….
samuel gonzalez commented:
Congrats, Jim on getting the award. Well deserved.
Jim commented:
Moreliberty – so glad you speak for all Tea Party members – oh wait, you are hiding behind a fake name and no one has a clue as to who you are. That speaks volumes… Jim Hoft is putting his name and face behind his words. You are not.
Jim commented:
Cinder — What?
Jim commented:
congrats – Jim… Quite an accomplishment – I am a daily visitor and find your site very informative.
Donna S commented:
Everyone at Gateway – Congrats!!! Great job. I know yours is the first blog/news site I visit everyday.
: )
Jimmy commented:
Way to go Jim Hoft!!!
Kathteach commented:
Congratulations Jim – You completely rock. You are an artist of the heart as far as serving your thousands of conservative, constitution-loving, America-loving readers.
karra commented:
Congrats to both you and Hot Air – two of my faves!!
Kathteach commented:
Moreliberty – take a friggin powder : – (
Will T. commented:
Where are the pictures of Andrea Tantaros? Get on the ball, Jim!
Sean commented:
For the record, the owner of the “Brain Terminal” blog is “Evan Coyne Maloney”, not “Evan Mahoney”.
USMCdaughter1 commented:
Well deserved Jim – Congratulations
Dave J commented:
Way to go Jim! Very glad to see that one of my top daily must check sites is also greatly appreciated and recognized by others.
Alana commented:
Yay!
sadsushi commented:
good job Jim! my two favorite conservative blogs, gateway pundit and hotair
Marooned in Marin commented:
Congratulations Jim!
TX_Vet commented:
Yes, well-deserved. Yours is the 1st blog I open every day, several times/day – from 1,500 mi. away. I appreciate your humility and willingness to research/find the truth. You are saving American lives.
newsjunkie_ky commented:
Congratulations! Well deserved for you and HotAir. You all are the top two blogs I check out multiple times a day!
lizzy84 commented:
Hoft..congrats..you’re the top.
Van commented:
Congratulations!
Gride commented:
The Ron Paul fruitcakes are so easy to spot….Moreliberty
canopfor commented:
Most Excellent,congrats to Capt’n Ed,of the USS Hot Air,and
to the USS GateWay Pundit,Political Warships of the Net!!!!
MrGoodWench commented:
concr3teblue commented:
Wow.What an honor. An award from an organization hosting blatantly racist speakers, honoring a website that constantly distorts, misquotes and otherwise lies to the low-info knee jerk crowd. Congratulations.
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So who do you represent ?
KKK? Black Panthers ? Laraza ? MS-13 ? CAIR ?
Kevin commented:
Someone has to teach Mr. Hoft to name people in pictures from left to right.
bg commented:
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Newt Gingrich’s Full Speech at CPAC 2012
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JustJP commented:
Jim, you da man! well done sir!