by John Hawkins
Let's face it: if you're conservative, you're not going to get your
proper due from the mainstream media for your accomplishments. Case in
point: Barbara Walters named Michelle Obama the most fascinating person
of 2009. Really? Based on what? Her big arms? Her terrible fashion
sense? The fact that she's married to the worst President in American
history? I mean, you could understand if Walters named Michelle's
husband the most fascinating person of 2009. He is at least the
President and it is fascinating to wonder if there's anything going on
in his head beyond clichés about hope and "must read teleprompter"
repeated over and over. Of course, Barack Obama was Barbara Walters’
most fascinating person of 2008. Wonder who'll be next in 2010? Joe or
Jill Biden? In any case, just in case no one else does it, I want to
give a little credit where credit is due to some of the conservatives
who made a real difference in 2009.
The Honorary Mentions
10) Andrew Breitbart: Andrew Breitbart has really come into his own this year. He now has two huge successful blogs: Big Hollywood and Big Government -- with Big Journalism
soon to come. Breitbart was also instrumental in getting James O'Keefe
and Hannah Giles' outstanding reporting about ACORN into the hands of
the public. Conservatives could use another dozen media entrepreneurs
like Breitbart.
9) Marco Rubio: When the establishment Republicans at the NRSC
coronated Charlie Crist with their endorsement, many people figured it
was over for Marco Rubio.
Crist was a popular, ideologically ambiguous Florida governor with a
penchant for fundraising while Rubio was merely a young, charismatic
conservative leader who was reaching out to conservatives. A few months
later, after some aggressive campaigning by Rubio, he's done the cover
of National Review, he's headlining CPAC, and he's already tied with Crist.
This race in Florida isn't just about Rubio and Crist; it's about who
runs things in the Republican Party: the conservative base or the sort
of elitists in charge at the NRSC. Rubio's waving the banner for the
base and he's going to win.
http://townhall.com/columnists/JohnHawkins/2009/12/29/the_top_10_conservatives_of_2009