little did i know that andrew klavan has trouble with bow ties also. and apparently suspenders. and shoes. as soon as we're through here, i'm going to be selling my new bumper sticker in the back. it's very simple -- change you can step in. [applause] or change you can scrape off the bottom of your shoe. you know, on halloween, you can take some obama change, you put it in a back, set it on the front porn -- porbling, you set it on fire. you know it's been four years since they invited me because the last time i was overmedicated and i'm told i embarrassed some people, but, you know, i'm old enough that i just really don't give a damn anymore. the first award tonight is the obama kashm award named by el brent and i'm glad he thought of me to give this award and i have a theory about this obama gasms. it's the this liberal fascination with the obama gentleman ha dean, the crowd that occupies the white house right now. obama is their absolutely perfect than. you look at the way the washington, d.c. press corps writes about barack obama. that's the second thing you can do that will