station he stade wah, wah, why don't you invite me to go on your awards ceremony, the way only neal boortz can whine. you have sean hannity. you have all those other people. you never have me. it was so embarrassing. i had to give in. i said ok, neal. you can be a presenter. that's why, ladies and gentlemen, he is a presenter and tonight's first presenter. the truth of the matter is i was delighted to hear neal say that. he's been a presenter on this program several times before. he's always been a smash hit. he's always been a favorite of mine. if i could i would abuse his friendship every year by asking him to be a presenter. ladies and gentlemen, i give you the very dangerous neal boortz. >> i'm going to have so much fun with my granddaughter with that tomorrow. did brent just tell you about the palm beach speech i gave to him? is that what -- he talked about me being a whiner. is that it? when he invited me down there to speak and i'm sitting in the back and he's talking about the great hannity and limbaugh are going to save the world. notice there's no teleprompters. and -- [applause]

. >> thank you, neal boortz. well with, while neal was reading "war and peace," i was back there and i got a text from my son who scored some mammoth points with his wife by telling me to remind me that i have to say a shoutout, a happy mother's day to all the mothers here. happy mother's day. in 2007 and with the blessing of its namesake, we introduced a new element to the m.r.c., the william f. buckley award for excellence in journalism. why? because every year there are innumerable trofies to be won by with unaccomplished liberals in an industry that regularly banished wise conservative thought from polite company. quite frankly, where their awards are concerned, you should never use the words journalism and excellence in the same sentence. but we can. when we produce reporters who report to be devoted to balance and impartiality, they dev deliver just that. balance and impartiality. our commentators comment with devastating accuracy, our radio personalities crush their opposition, on every level our guys can b