[BobMcCartyWrites]

Earlier today, after reading a post Pamela Geller published at Atlas Shrugs, I published a piece under the headline, Is State Dept Playing April Fools Joke on Israel? The difference between our posts? I videotaped my computer screen as I went through the motions and clicks on the State Department web site to show proof that, at least for a while on April Fool's Day, the page dedicated to information about Israel was gone.

Within a few hours, Andrew Sullivan had caught wind of my post and honored me as a Hewitt Award nominee in a post published at his The Atlantic blog, The Daily Dish.

What is the Hewitt Award? According to this Sullivan post, it is "named after the absurd partisan fanatic, Hugh Hewitt (and) is given for the most egregious attempts to label Barack Obama as un-American, alien, treasonous, and far out of the mainstream of American life and politics."

Who else has been nominated? The following individuals were finalists for the Hewitt Award 2009:

• John J Pitney Jr., NRO
• G. Gordon Liddy , Radio America
• Carol Platt Liebau , Townhall.com
• John L. Perry , Newsmax
• Rush Limbaugh , The Rush Limbaugh Show

Who won? Rush Limbuagh with 50 percent of the 4,500+ votes.

I think I'm in good company; therefore, I gladly accept this nomination, Mr. Sullivan.

[DesertRenegade]

I would consider it to be a high compliment to be 'nominated' by someone as degenerate as Sullivan: Andrew Sullivan's HIV Barebacking Scandal

[Minn]

"named after the absurd partisan fanatic, Hugh Hewitt

Hugh Hewitt a fanatic? He's rather boring sometimes, technocratic, and definitely smart. But a fanatic he isn't.

And speaking of fanatics, Andrew, how's that lunatic, seething hatred (or jealousy)of Sarah Palin working for you these days?