Jim: Winner for Best Political Theater: “The Path to 9/11”, and the hullaboo around it, which reminded us that al-Qaeda’s war against America began long before Sept. 11, 2001 and that many government officials from two administrations would like us to believe that they did everything they could, even if the facts suggest otherwise. It also demonstrated that many Congressional Democrats have absolutely no objection to using their political power for outright intimidation and censorship of programming that they disagree with.

Runner Up: Raj Peter Bhakta, an ultimately unsuccessful Republican candidate for the House of Representatives in the Philadelphia suburbs, who rode an elephant in the Rio Grande on the U.S.-Mexico border, while a six-piece Mariachi band played, and waited for the authorities to show up. He estimated he could have made “fifteen trips” back and forth before anyone noticed. A flair for the humorous and dramatic that illustrated the ridiculous state of U.S. border security – a situation that should be unacceptable to illegal immigration opponents and amnesty backers alike.

Marshall: For me, the best piece of political theater was John Kerry’s declaration that joining the armed forces was a demonstration of stupidity. In the end, its significant was limited, but watching the good Senator flail around for a couple of days was the most entertaining moment of the fall for me.

Shempu: Wheee! The best theater in the world is an IMAX theater. I don’t know if they show political movies, but the screen is sooooo big. It feels like you’re flying when you’re watching the movie.

Cam: Shut up, Shempu. I think it’s time to go back in the tub. Best Political Theater? The Murtha-Hoyer battle was pretty good, but I’m going to go with the decision by the San Francisco Public Schools to ban Junior ROTC. Nothing shows the insanity of the moonbat class by getting rid of a program that’s shown a demonstrable postive effect, all because you hate the military. 

Jim: The upside of Cam’s disdain with inside-the-beltway egos and culture is his keen eye for easily overlooked events outside the Beltway.

Cam: You mean there’s a downside to my disdain of inside-the-beltway egos? And by the way, I don’t mind the inside-the-beltway culture, especially if it means another invite to the National Review White House Correspondents Association Cocktail Party.