Author: John Hawkins

I understand that as a politician, you don’t want to offend anyone if you can help it — especially people who may conceivably be voting for you. Yet and still, sometimes you have to take a stand and when you do, some people are going to be upset by it. That brings us to the […]

Back in 2008 conservatives were in a tough spot: we had a candidate that many of us believe is representative of much of what is wrong with the Republican Party — running against an ultra-left-winger who told America we could trust him, in part, because Joe @$&*^%$ Biden was going to be around to be […]

Mediocre Republican senator, George Voinovich, is spouting off at the mouth — and naturally, it’s about his fellow Republicans, not the Democratic Party, Too many conservative senators like Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) are to blame for the GOP’s downfall, one of their retiring Republican colleagues complained Monday. “We got too many Jim […]

As we’re moving towards the August break for Congress, Obama’s health care proposal seems to be sucking wind. It’s not dead, but it appears to have lost some momentum. Why is that? Well, first of all, you have to understand that the American people want diametrically opposed things. They want the quality of their health […]

Late last week, Right Wing News was pleased to have the opportunity to interview Congressman John Shadegg. What follows is a slightly edited transcript of that interview. All right, to begin with, if someone said to you, “Congressman, I have trouble following everything that’s going on with this healthcare debate — but what does it […]

For the very first time, Barack Obama’s approval rating has gone upside down! According to Rasmussen, Barack Obama’s approval rating is at 49% and his disapproval rating is at 51%. Guess that’s what happens when you push big, unpopular liberal policy after liberal policy in an effort to take advantage of a crisis, talk about […]

* We live in a perverse society when the most obnoxious people and biggest bullies are usually treated as if they’re victims. * The American people have a natural and sensible aversion to radical change. Big changes, coming fast, scare them. * DC Gov’t in 3 steps: 1) Pass a bill now! No time to […]

Right Wing News emailed more than 260 right-of-center bloggers and asked them several questions. The following 67 blogs responded, 101 Dead Armadillos, The Absurd Report, All That Is Necessary, American Diva, And Rightly So, The Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler, Atlas Shrugs, Axis of Right, Bad Example, Basil’s Blog, Bookworm Room, Bright & Early, Bull Moose Strikes Back, […]

During the (Iranian) service, worshippers traded competing chants with some hard-liners in the congregation. When the hard-liners chanted “death to America,” Mousavi supporters countered with “death to Russia” and “death to China,” a reference to Ahmadinejad’s alliance with both countries. — Associated Press Trig is a reminder of our fierce ambivalence over disability. Every mention […]

Earlier this week, I wrote a couple of posts (See here and here) about a scandal involving the American Conservative Union. According to the Politico, they went to FedEx, asked for 2 million dollars to go to work on their behalf on a key regulatory issue, and when FedEx declined their offer, the ACU’s chairman, […]

Reaction Summary: The deepest irony of Obama’s presser is that it was supposed to be to promote health care, but his inflammatory comments about doctors and police officers actually drew more attention than what he had to say about health care. Igniting a new controversy that distracts people from his main message may not have […]

Last night during his health care teleconference, Barack Obama was asked a question about the arrest of his friend Henry Louis Gates. Long story short, Gates is a professor at Harvard. He came home, found the door to his house jammed, and busted it in. A neighbor who saw the door being smashed in called […]

From Feb 26, 2009 in a post called, “The GOP Should S-L-O-W Things Down,” The other option the Democrats have, which is exactly what I would do if I were in their place, is to treat this as a historic opportunity and ram as much of their agenda down people’s throats as they can. That […]

Whether they be Libertarians, members of the Constitution Party, Reform Party members, angry independents, or tea partiers who don’t feel either party is serving their interests, there are plenty of disaffected people agitating for a third party in America. Although I think it’s extremely unlikely that a successful third party could get off the ground, […]

One of the memes that the Left has tried to hammer into place in recent months is that conservatives encourage violence. This is not new. In fact, Bill Clinton himself tried to blame conservative talk radio in general and Rush Limbaugh in particular for the Oklahoma City bombing. Of late, liberals have latched onto the […]

Today, David Keene, Chairman of the American Conservative Union, did a blogger teleconference to address allegations made in a July 17, 2009 story in the Politico. I wrote about the story here in a post called A Reluctant Open Letter To The American Conservative Union: Fire David Keene. Opening Statement Most of what David Keene […]

I’ve finally gotten around to knocking out my favorite quotations from Chairman Ann’s 2008 columns. I’m thinking about doing the best of Mark Steyn next. Anybody else I should hit? Jonah Goldberg maybe? Thomas Sowell would seem to be a no brainer, but wow, does he churn out the columns. That would be a lot […]

This is from an email I received yesterday, Mr. Hawkins, I’ve been a reader of your site for some years now. I’ve changed email addresses a few times but I’ve written in to you before under the names advrobw and docsinokc. When I started reading your page(s), I would have described myself as a moderate […]

If a Republican secretary somewhere sends out a racist email or somebody makes a racist comment on a Republican’s Facebook page, the Democratic grievance machine cranks up to full speed and the left declares that every Republican in America is a racist. Meanwhile, there are plenty of these minor racial slights that occur on the […]

Okay, I don’t really know if it’s swine flu — it could just be regular flu. But, having swine flu would sound so much cooler, wouldn’t it? Either way, I am wiped out. I spent from 2:30 AM Sunday until 5:30 AM today in bed almost the entire time and I’m getting ready to head […]

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I consider the American Conservative Union to generally be a force for good. I also have generally liked David Keene, the head of the ACU. However, after this story, the credibility of the ACU is now dependent on firing him, The American Conservative Union asked FedEx for a check for $2 million to $3 million […]

From the Guardian: The Financial Times editor, Lionel Barber, has predicted that “almost all” news organisations will be charging for online content within a year. Barber said building online platforms that could charge readers on an article-by-article or subscription basis was one of the key challenges facing news organisations. “How these online payment models work […]

A number of lefties (See here, here, and here for examples) have seized on predictions made by conservative bloggers at Right Wing News back in 2003. Here’s the question I posed back then, If we go into Iraq, how many casualties do you expect to see (on the side of the US and our allies) […]

Meanwhile, as Europeans know, the most effective way to squeeze out costs, as Obama promises, is denial of care. Hip replacement at 60? Hey, that’s expensive and you’re too old. — Michael Barone Now, people when I say that look at me and say, ‘What are you talking about, Joe? You’re telling me we have […]

At first glance, the folks over at AMERICAblog seemed to have a great scoop. Forget that copy of Playboy, kids, you don’t need to go any further than your local RNC.com Web site. Of course, in all seriousness, it’s far worse than that – the Web site of the Republican National Committee is also promoting […]

There is no global warming occurring. That’s a plain, indisputable fact — or as Al Gore might put in, an inconvenient truth. But, let’s set that all-important fact aside and make three assumptions commonly made by global warming alarmists, all of which are untrue. 1) Global warming is occurring. 2) Manmade greenhouse emissions are causing […]

Given that Medicare is already on track to bankrupt the United States, you’d think the government would be looking to reduce its health care responsibilities, not increase them. However, the government being the government, is looking to take over the rest of our health care system in a move that would spike costs, ruin the […]

Over at the View, the La Brea Tar Pit of stupidity on TV where poor Elisabeth Hasselbeck is stuck wallowing next to all those braindead libs, they had a discussion about whether a 72 year old woman should be popping out puppies. “72-year-old Jenny Brown has spent almost $50,000 on in vitro fertilization because she […]

Yesterday, someone came to RWN via this search, Now, you might say that there’s nothing weird about this search. But personally, when someone uses squiggly line foreigner talk to search for a picture of Kos and Karl Rove, I think it’s a touch off the beaten track. I mean, I know we’re America and everyone […]