"This beauty from Avatar: The Last Airbender, while the group was talking about Zuko's sudden Face-Heel Turn, and citing setting Appa free instead of leaving him to rot as one good thing he's done.Sokka: (Sarcastically) Oh, hurray! After a lifetime of evil, at least he didn't add animal cruelty to the list!
Toph: I'm just saying that considering his messed up family and how he was raised, he could have turned out a lot worse.
Katara: You're right, Toph. Let's go find him and give him a medal. The "Not-As-Much-Of-A-Jerk-As-You-Could-Have-Been Award"!"
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency
This generally reflects any occasion when someone performs an act that any human being with the faintest shred of conscience would go through with -- then puts out their palm for the monetary reward just before posing for the cameras and asking when they can expect to receive the key to the city.
So in other words, pretty much every time a Republican votes in favor of a human rights issue.
(Other than the right to make more money.)