“I assume I’m getting this award for a long career of empathy.”
That’s how Weekly Standard Editor Bill Kristol accepted his award at the Bradley Prizes on Wednesday night, needling the administration in the process.
Another of the awards, bestowed annually by the Milwaukee-based Bradley Foundation, went to the leaders and founders of the conservative Federalist Society. And emcee George Will was properly attired. Will chose his Federalist Society tie, emblazoned with the bust of James Madison, for the occasion. “When I wear this tie on TV it is a signal to sleeper cells … to rise in defense of the Constitution,” he said.
Also receiving the prizes: Historian Sir Martin Gilbert and economist Arnold Harberger.
Karl Rove greets Bill Kristol at the Bradley Prizes Wednesday night at the Kennedy Center
George Will and Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. (Photos: Robert Burgess)
