Author: John Hawkins

Who’s Really Getting Purged From the GOP? Conservatives or Moderates?

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One of the notes that we hear trumpeted over and over again is that conservatives want to purge moderates from the Republican Party. Why, all the members of the Republican Party, in every state and district, have to be as conservative as Rush Limbaugh or else they have to go! This has been repeated so […]

 

Tea Party Nation: Scandal, Shock, & Sarah Palin.

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Rarely do I do a post just to promote someone else’s work, but my friend and co-blogger, Melissa Clouthier, has done an outstanding piece of original reporting on the Tea Party Nation event that Sarah Palin is headlining next month. Before any liberals get too excited, no, Sarah Palin hasn’t done anything wrong, but the […]

 

To Catch A Liberal Predator: Scott Ritter Edition

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Remember Scott Ritter? He was once a tough talking weapons inspector who was deeply skeptical that Saddam Hussein had gotten rid of his WMDs. Then, without explanation, his position shifted on a dime to “Hussein could have WMDs? That’s crazy talk. Who could believe that?” At the end of the day, Ritter’s new position proved […]

 

Marco Rubio Asks His Supporters To Help Scott Brown

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Will Scott Brown make liberals across America go to sleep on pillows soggy with their own tears next week? We don’t know for sure. If you had to bet, you’d have to say the odds are against Brown pulling out a victory in ultra-liberal Taxachusetts. However, Brown legitimately has a shot to win. Rasmussen shows […]

 

The Best Political Story Of The Year So Far

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Last year, I was ecstatic when that “sack of sorriness” John Cornyn got his worthless, RINO boosting @ss boo’d at a Tea Party in his home state: However, this story about “Abortion Bill Ben” Nelson may be even better. As each day passes, it’s looking more and more like Nelson has a choice to make: […]

 

Why Obama’s Speeches Aren’t Very Good Anymore

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Michael Gerson has out a piece today professing surprise that Obama’s speeches have become a weak point. Here’s Gerson: In the most unexpected development of his presidency, what was once universally recognized as Obama’s greatest political strength — his oratory — now seems a serious weakness. …The swift rise of Barack Obama was primarily a […]

 

Colonel Saunders “Saved Or Created” 2 Million Chickens!

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One of the most ludicrous assertions of the Obama Administration is the claim that they’ve “saved or created” jobs with their policies. Why is it ludicrous? Setting aside the fact that the government’s massive deficit spending, new taxes, takeovers of private companies, and threats of huge new expenses for companies via the Cap and Trade […]

 

The Anti-War Rallies Of The Bush Years In 20 Pics

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It has been enlightening to see how differently the anti-war rallies and Tea Parties have been covered by the mainstream media. The anti-war rallies were given prominent coverage and the radical sentiment was hidden away from the public. On the other hand, positive news about the Tea Parties is buried by the MSM and the […]

 

The Bad News Just Keeps Rolling In For Obamacare

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The more you know about the healthcare plan rammed through Congress, the more there is to hate. It raises taxes, raises premiums, increases the cost of care, adds to the deficit and will lead to taxpayer funded abortion, longer waits, rationing, death panels, and a decreased quality of care — and that’s probably underselling it. […]

 

How Republicans Should Handle Racial Controversies In The Future

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As everyone has seen with Harry Reid, charges of “racism” in politics are often treated as a game and here’s the way it’s currently played: 1) A politician or well known personality makes a statement that may be interpreted by some people as racist. 2) That person then runs to a bevy of prominent, liberal […]

 

The Top 10 Quotes From Barack Obama In 2009

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When Barack Obama was on the campaign trail, he promised Americans hope, change, and unity. Whatever else may be said about the man, you at least have to give him credit for delivering on all counts. After all, as the year has progressed, more and more Americans have united against his agenda. As for the […]

 

The 8th Annual “20 Most Annoying Liberals of 2009”

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Honorable Mentions: Joy Behar, Barbara Boxer, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Anderson Cooper, Chris Dodd, Maureen Dowd, Dick Durbin, Thomas Friedman, Glenn Greenwald, Maurice Hinchey, Arianna Huffington, Jesse Jackson, Hank Johnson, John Kerry, Ezra Klein, Paul Krugman, Pat Leahy, Rachel Maddow, Bill Maher, Michael Moore, MoveOn, Lawrence O’Donnell, Markos Moulitas, Clarence Page, The New […]

 

The Silky Pony, The Witch, And The Game Change.

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If you haven’t heard about John Heilemann and Mark Halperin’s Game Change yet, prepare yourself for the onslaught, because this is going to be One! Hot! Book! Moreover, either because McCain’s treacherous staffers have already done their hit jobs on Palin or because Halperin & Heilemann are both liberals with lots of left-wing sources, the […]

 

Funniest Line Of The Day: The New York Times Tries To Put Down Rasmussen

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This line, from a New York Times article on the Scott Brown/Martha Coakley race in Massachusetts (Click here to make some calls for Brown), made me chuckle: The poll that suggested Ms. Coakley’s lead was narrowing, which was conducted by Rasmussen Reports and does not meet the polling standards of The New York Times because […]

 

The Top 25 Most Clicked Political Links At Linkiest For 2009

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25) The Corner: The cleverest Che shirt evuh! 24) Gates of Vienna: Little Green Footballs: The end of an era 23) The Nose On Your Face: Basic military training in the Obama era (Funny) 22) The Activist Conservative Blog: Screenshots of the now pulled anti-conservative women Playboy article 21) Right Wing News: The 15 hottest […]

 

This Week In Quotes: Jan 2 – Jan 7

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President Obama hasn’t even made a token effort to keep his campaign promises of more openness and transparency in government. It was all just another lie. — Jack Cafferty When the president stopped the enhanced-interrogation programs and revealed our tactics to our enemies, he significantly reduced our ability to successfully interrogate any senior al-Qaeda leaders. […]

 

The Problem With The “Educated Class” In America

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Intellectualism has become the readiness, willingness and ability to call dangerous things safe, and safe things dangerous. — Morgan Freeberg The New York Times’ pretend conservative, David Brooks, got some attention for his latest column sneering at the Tea Parties, but I found his misguided view of the “educated class” to be more interesting: The […]

 

See You In Davy Jones’ Locker, You Worthless Sea-Hippies!

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Let me be the first to applaud the people responsible for sinking a boat full of sea-hippies who were harassing Japanese whaling vessels: The high-tech stealth boat Ady Gil was cut in half and sunk by a Japanese security vessel in Antarctic waters today, dramatically upping the stakes in the annual struggle between whalers and […]