Today at CPAC I received the “Best Kept Secret” blogger award sponsored by Right Wing News and TheTeaParty.net. It was funny. Michelle Bachmann kicked off the awards ceremony with a speech before presenting the “Blogger of the Year” award to Julie Borowski whose video blog is Token Libertarian Girl. As soon as Borowski received her award the room cleared out faster than you can say “Where did Michelle Bachmann go?” So when Jedediah Bila presented me with my award I said “Now that the room has cleared out it’s still going to be the best kept secret.”
Anyway, my friend thought she was taping the whole thing but there was a technical issue so I don’t have video. Pete DaTechGuy was there with his camera and as soon as his video is available I’ll post it. Here’s a picture of my plaque. Please be sure to share this blog with your friends and family members, because really, I’m not trying to keep it secret.
Also, Instapundit won the lifetime achievement award. IMAO won best humor blog, and Ace of Spades won blog of the year.
Update: The Guardian (of all places) reported on the award:
The Best Kept Secret award goes to The Lonely Conservative.
Update: Linked by Maggie’s Notebook and The First Street Journal - thanks!
Update: Linked by The Pirate’s Cove - thanks!
@lonelycon Proud of you! Congrats.
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Very Cool! Congrats!
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@lonelycon Congrats. You must have been proud.
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Congratulations. You work so hard and are so good at what you do. Next year: Lonely Conservative, Blog of the Year!
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Thank you!
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Way To Go!! So deserved! RT Lonely Conservative @lonelycon
So This Blog Won An Award At CPAC! Yay!: http://t.co/MBQtnsFd4C
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We, those of us who frequent your web site, already know about it being a great conservative blog, aka not a secret.
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@lonelycon Congratulations ! We, those of us who already know about your web blog, know how great it is, aka not a secret
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So This Blog Won An Award At CPAC! Yay! http://t.co/VEFDC9Vxyc
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#TGDN♦ So This Blog Won An Award At CPAC! Yay!: Today at CPAC I received the “Best Kept Secr… http://t.co/qh4jrMzIIy #BRTT #TCOT #CCOT
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Awesome!
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Karen, I am so excited for you. Well-deserved. I posted it on FB and will do a post tomorrow. WOW!
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@lonelycon blog The Lonely Conservative won @CPACAward “Best Kept Secret” presented by JedediahBila #VRWC #GOP #TCOT http://t.co/EsnCBCkfwT
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You’re worthy, LC. And you’re not a secret to a vast many!
A hearty, congratulations!!
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Enormous and well-deserved congratulations, LC! And it’s so PRETTY!! I agree with previous comment, next year “Best Blog”….. high five!
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Fantastic that you are making a well-deserved mark in the world. Getting better all the time. Keep it up!
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#CPAC2013 Met the amazing @lonelycon, who won an award at CPAC for her fabulous blog!! http://t.co/iEUdlq6Ap3 #tcot #NewBFF
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Sincere congrats from both Sarah and I at the IndependentSentinel.com.
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Thank you!
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So This Blog Won An Award At CPAC! Yay! - Updated http://t.co/GdAA0W82EX via @lonelycon
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The Guardian - you are now international!
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Congratulations for successfully reaching out to inform and educate people of news events that affect their life!
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A reward well deserved. Congratulations.
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Congratulations! Great job!
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“Best Kept Secret” blogger award sponsored by Right Wing News and http://t.co/nPtxefQrNm http://t.co/GpT5R0aZ1V #CPAC2013 #tcot
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[...] Was scrolling back through the feedreader (all this attempting to find a replacement for Google Reader messed up links), and noticed that Karen at The Lonely Conservative won for [...]
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[...] to my dear friend Pete Da TechGuy there is a short video of the moments just after I received the “Best Kept Secret” blogger award at CPAC. As I explained [...]
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