Year: 2008

Here are the results of a poll of RWN’s readers that I ran on Friday. There were 1,355 responses to the following question, If you had to pick today, which of the following candidates would you like to see the GOP run in 2012? Here are the results. 11) Charlie Crist: 1% 10) Tim Pawlenty: […]

Apparently, if the RNC wants Newt Gingrich, he’s ready to serve as their new Chairman, Newt Gingrich has let it be known that, if Republicans want him, the former U.S House speaker is willing to serve as chairman of the national party and lead it out of the wilderness it’s blundered into. The question is […]

The honeymoon is officially O-V-E-R. Those on the right have been polite but firm. Dan Gainor of the Baltimore Examiner sums the feeling up nicely: Conservatives need to make that clear as day so the media don’t twist opposition into something it’s not. We support law and order and, as loyal citizens, we respect the […]

…or is he just trying to come up with a 21st-century version of the Tytler Cycle. As loyal readers of The Blog That Nobody Reads might’ve predicted, the panel below in particular is by far my favorite. I have captured it and expect to use it very often over the next four years, and of […]

Oh brother. Get used to fluff like this coming from columnists (and mainstream media news journalists) for the next four years. That column, by the way, appeared under a huge image of Obama yesterday on the front page of the second of two multi-page special sections published my local paper The Charlotte Observer – a […]

Jon Henke points to a little editing at the Obama site. The original (cached): The Obama Administration will call on Americans to serve in order to meet the nation’s challenges. President-Elect Obama will expand national service programs like AmeriCorps and Peace Corps and will create a new Classroom Corps to help teachers in underserved schools, […]

Asia Times Online For the millions around the world who supported the candidacy of United States president-elect Barack Obama, let the disappointment begin. Rhetoric fades and symbolism pales in the harsh light of familiarity. But the biggest culprit in this emerging, imminent disillusionment is simple reality. The world’s investment of hope in Obama will likely […]

Uh-oh. Someone’s been sliming Joe Biden: WASHINGTON D.C. – Best known for verbal fumbles, gaffes, and crazy talk, Democratic vice president elect Joe Biden often uttered quiet, self-aware statements in private. An anonymous aide to the senator recalled Biden saying, “My helicopter was never forced down in Afghanistan by terrorist gunfire. I guess I wanted […]

We took our kids to the Norwalk Maritime Aquarium last weekend, and forked over a bunch of dollars so they could see an IMAX film about the Grand Canyon. It was, in many respects, a real pleasure. The awesomeness of God’s creation was well depicted in the soaring photography, and we learned a lot about […]

In Pro-Wrestling, ‘jobbing out’ occurs when a big-name wrestler, a star, gives notice to the promotion he/she is working for. That wrestler is then subjected to humiliating losses and degrading attacks on his wrestling character to those equal to and lesser talented wrestlers. The promotion, in effect, is “burying” the leaving wrestler. The purpose is […]

P.J. O’Rourke ruminates on “our” failure, applying the first person plural to what “conservatives” did, or did not do. Many of his criticisms are fair, and many of his jokes are funny, but O’Rourke suffers as badly as anyone from the common confusion over who and what is meant by “conservative.” His paragraph on immigration […]

Now that the election is over, and it is a few months for Senator Neophyte starts really screwing things up as president (“say, ah, um, er, folks, I initiated this 3am conference call to see what I should do about the Iranians announcing they just exploded a nuclear weapon. Any ideas?”), we can take some […]

a nice essay on the history of oil in Alaska—and a reminder that even if we can buy time by utilizing fossil fuels from ANWR, the Gulf, and both coasts—and we must—it’s important to move forward with alternative energy sources and alternative liquid fuels. And there is, indeed, a “gold rush” going on with respect […]

File this one under lessons to keep in mind for 2012, I guess. The theme here is distinguishing a candidate from the left-wing against which that candidate seeks to compete. With the benefit of hindsight, it seems to me if there was one huge letdown among the many, many errors of the McCain campaign, that […]

With the election of Barack Obama — His O-liness — America has chosen as its leader an unaccomplished, spoiled, cowardly, shallow narcissist who wouldn’t last five minutes under torture, let alone five years, and who associates with radical freaks and weirdos. He supports sticking scissors in baby’s skulls, and wants to make you pay for […]

Here’s the Right Wing News guest blogger line-up this week-end. Saturday ——– Ali Akbar Bookworm from Bookworm Room Cassy Fiano Kathy Shaidle Five Feet Of Fury Morgan from House of Eratosthenes Gina Cobb John Stephenson from Stop The ACLU Little Miss Attila Sunday ——- Ron Coleman from Likelihood of Success Sister Toldjah William Teach from […]

All along, I’ve said that the best strategy for the McCain campaign in the Sarah Palin rollout would have been to put Palin into a press conference, rather than to hide her from reporters for weeks while sending “campaign spokesmen” out to defend her. Let’s put that idea to the test, shall we? Here is […]

Question: How long will it be before the American public realizes that it was sold a bill of goods on President Obama, and what kind of event will precipitate that?–RtWingNtCase Well, I think there are a couple things to remember. The American public had to willfully ignore much in order to vote for Barack Obama. […]

You know what I’ve noticed? I’ve noticed that if you want to even be remotely taken seriously in public discourse, don’t say you believe in God. God is the new gay. In hushed tones, Aunt Petunia whispers conspiratorially in Nephew Regiinald’s ear, “That’s Melissa. I hear she believes in God.” Gasp! I might have a […]

I‘ve been watching this disgusting performance concerning Palin and anonymous McCain staffers leaking unflattering information about her from a distance, not really wanting to get involved in it. While I understand that it is fairly normal for a losing campaign to evidence some of the dissonance that helped them take 2nd place, this has been […]

Question: “Could any Republican have won in the current environment, who, in your opinion, could that have been, and why?” — RtWingNtCase Answer: Two things. First off, the environment was so tough for Republicans that I think it would have been an uphill battle for any of the candidates to pull off a victory. Second […]

Question: “McCain had a blowout debate with Obama the last time around, and their commentators all acted like he lost. Now Fox News is allowing itself to be used as the conduit for this anti-Sarah garbage: and it IS garbage, such PERSONAL attacks that have NOTHING to do with her politics, nothing to do with […]

If you had to pick today, which of the following candidates would you like to see the GOP run in 2012?Jeb BushCharlie CristMike HuckabeeDuncan HunterRudy GiulianiBobby JindalMitt RomneySarah PalinRon PaulTim PawlentyMark Sanford  Free polls from Pollhost.com

Thanks to a state government long run by moonbats, the economy of Michigan is on life support. The vicious cycle of liberal policies suppressing the economy, making more people dependent on the government so that they will elect fools and villains to inflict more liberal policies, has produced a permanent recession that worsens with every […]

I was on a radio show a few days ago and a liberal caller was on the line. Someone on the show asked me what I planned to do over the next few years with Obama in the White House and I said, “Kneecap him at every opportunity.” Bipartisanship came up and I said something […]

The voters have spoken — and so has the market. During the two days following Obama’s tragic victory, we’ve seen the biggest two-day drop in the market in over two decades. As no one should be surprised to see, we are witnessing the largest postelection stock market selloff in history. It’s almost as if investors […]

Iowahawk wrote the funniest post-election piece I’ve seen yet. Maybe some of the liberal comedians who just can’t find anything funny about Obama should hire him to write their material. Here’s an excerpt… It’s also heartening to realize that as president Mr. Obama will soon be working hand-in-hand with a former Ku Klux Klan Grand […]

Question: “How long will it be before the American public realizes that it was sold a bill of goods on President Obama, and what kind of event will precipitate that?” — RtWingNtCase Answer: You never know exactly how things are going to play out, but Barack Obama has an incredible array of challenges in front […]

Question: “I’ve decided to buy at least one handgun before 1/20/09 before the new admin makes it impossible. I’m going for a Colt 1991 it’s a personal fave for various reasons. What’re you looking into John?” — bthewolf Answer: Personally, I’m interested in getting a shotgun. That would give me a 9mm for the car […]