Author: John Hawkins

One of my friends just sent this to me. I have no idea whether it’s true or not, but I thought it was cute and decided to post it on RWN… Today on my way to lunch I passed a homeless guy with a sign that read “Vote Obama, I need the money.” I laughed. […]

Lefties are always trying to claim that conservatives are violent, radical, and dangerous based on things like non-existent people supposedly shouting “kill him” at a McCain rally. Meanwhile, one of the bloggers over at the Huffington Post just killed her roommate by stabbing her to death 222 times with a screw driver, Carol Anne Burger […]

Isn’t it bad form for George Will, the tedious, single most over-rated Beltway bubble pundit in America, to be writing a snobby column trashing John McCain and Sarah Palin on the Wednesday before the election? I’m sick and tired of these prissy jackasses and Beltway bubbleheads who put a higher priority on getting on the […]

Over at Reason, Ryan Sager has a half-baked election analysis that I thought was worth addressing, Based on an analysis of the American National Election Studies, Cato found that between 2000 and 2004, there was a substantial flight of libertarians away from the Republican Party and toward the Democrats. While libertarians preferred Bush by a […]

This is an amazing race. The incumbent president has approval ratings somewhere between Robert Mugabe and the ebola virus. The economy is supposedly on the brink of global Armageddon. McCain has only $80 million to spend, while Obama’s burning through $600 mil as fast as he can, and he doesn’t really need to spend a […]

Walter Williams, who may be the single most underrated conservative pundit, made a brilliant point about oil prices, Since July this year, crude oil prices have fallen from $147 to $64 a barrel. Similarly, average gasoline prices have fallen from over $4 to a national average of $2.69 a gallon. When crude oil and gasoline […]

Here’s David Carr in the New York Times, “It’s been an especially rotten few days for people who type on deadline. On Tuesday, The Christian Science Monitor announced that, after a century, it would cease publishing a weekday paper. Time Inc., the Olympian home of Time magazine, Fortune, People and Sports Illustrated, announced that it […]

Over at the Atlantic, Ross Douthat wrote a much quoted response to Rush Limbaugh that read in part, “The bigger point (and I know I’m a broken record here) is this. Whatever direction you think conservatism should be going in from here on out, the absolute worst thing the members of a losing political movement […]

Some people are upset that Sarah Palin is coming across as more than a little squishy on illegal immigration lately. For example, here’s Palin talking to Univision, Governor, let me ask you about immigration. How many undocumented immigrants are there in Alaska? I don’t know, I don’t know. That’s a good question. As governor, how […]

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not a good judge of bad TV. Setting aside the fact that I’m a complete Philistine who tends to like trash TV, I do almost no channel surfing and rarely watch anything other than my favorite shows via DVR. That being said, I accidentally happened across a […]

The lefties in the mainstream media are going all out to destroy Sarah Palin in part because they resent the idea of having a Republican who’s the most prominent female politician in the country and in part because she excites conservatives and they fear anyone who can do that. The squishes and the inside the […]

“In Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, Obama placed 155% more ad units (62,022 vs. 24,273) than McCain between October 6 and October 26, 2008. As of October 22, Obama had placed 150% more ad units (53,049 vs. 21,106) than McCain in those key battleground states. Obama’s advertising continues to be heaviest in […]

Back on October 31, 2007, I wrote the following about Ted Stevens: Setting aside the fact that he’s 84 years and one of the biggest pork pushers in the entire Senate, he’s completely corrupt….If the GOP runs someone this crooked in the general election in 2008, then we deserve to lose the seat to the […]

You may think that I’m making fun of Obama with this Bingo card, but if the ObamaMessiah gets in the White House, all games that don’t mention him in some fashion will probably be declared racist. So, I’m just getting a headstart on the whole process…

Over at Heading Right, Jon Henke is talking about building a Rightroots movement, Does the Rightosphere not organize as well because of the nature of the online Republicans? Or do the online Republicans not organize as well because of problems with the Republican Party? I think it’s mostly the latter – something that can be […]

Someone I went to high school with sent this to me this week-end and it’s a very apt analogy…

The People’s Cube imagines the crisis Obambi will get us into that Joe Biden speculated about, PS: Other awesome one-liners from the People’s Cube, US choppers attack ACORN voter registration center in Syria US military: We decided to strike now because this time next year we’ll be a Peace Keeping force Kids’ hymns to Obama […]

Given our current situation, it’s deeply ironic that moderate Republicans spent the last few years completely ignoring conservative concerns and insisting that if only the dumb right-wingers would listen to them, they’d create a majority that would last for 40 years. Let’s see, there was Campaign Finance Reform, the Medicare Prescription Drug Program, No Child […]

Last night I was talking to a friend of mine from Israel and I told that person that America’s allies, Israel in particular, are not going to be able to count on America for at least the next four years if Obama wins. That person said that Clinton was OK, so would Obama really be […]

Right Wing News emailed more than 240 right-of-center bloggers and asked them to answer questions about the election. The following 76 blogs responded: 101 Dead Armadillos, The Absurd Report, David All Group, AtlanticBlog, Bad Example, Betsy’s Page, BizzyBlog, Tim Blair, Bluey Blog, Bookworm Room, Lorie Byrd, The Captain’s Journal, Cassy Fiano, Gina Cobb, Conservatism Today, […]

The backpeddling begins… Pittsburgh police say a McCain campaign volunteer who said she was held down by a black man who cut the letter “B” in her face has changed her story. Police spokeswoman Diane Richard says investigators gave the 20-year-old woman a lie-detector test and are “looking at some inconsistencies” in her story. The […]

Question: “What do you think of people talking about 2012 and already trying to take down candidates who aren’t their favorites? (i.e. People who like Palin tearing down Huckabee or vice versa.)” — adamelijah Answer: We’re not even done with this presidential election cycle, which has lasted a full two years, so it’s a little […]

Question: “How close are we really to WWIII with Russia on the move, Israel and Iran almost certain to come to blows, a very unstable nuclear Pakistan, and a United States that will have a very difficult time putting boots on the ground in additional combat theaters for the next 2-3 years?” — Mike_M Answer: […]

Here’s Charles Krauthammer today on the people jumping ship to vote for Obama, Contrarian that I am, I’m voting for John McCain. I’m not talking about bucking the polls or the media consensus that it’s over before it’s over. I’m talking about bucking the rush of wet-fingered conservatives leaping to Barack Obama before they’re left […]

Question: “What are the worst five movies you’ve ever had the misfortune of sitting through?” — RtWingNtCase Answer: It’s hard to come up with a list like this because, #1) I tend to get up and leave before the movie ends if it’s really bad. #2) I tend to block out bad movies. My all-time […]

Question: “If McCain loses, what role do you see for Sarah Palin in the GOP over the next 4 years?” — President_Friedman Answer: If McCain loses, I think she should head back to Alaska, get a little more experience as governor, and then throw her hat back into the ring in 2012. Quite frankly, I […]

I don’t want to spoil all the “happy talk” you’re hearing from so many people about how the polls must be wrong because they’re telling us something we don’t want to hear, but unless the momentum shifts, John McCain is going to lose what may literally turn out to be the most important election of […]

Robin Hayes said this comment came out “completely the wrong way,” but he’s running for reelection. I’m not, so I am going to tell you that I agreed with what he said, “Liberals hate real Americans that work and accomplish and achieve and believe in God.” — Robin Hayes This is what passes for a […]

There is absolutely no way that a group as crooked as ACORN should be getting a dime of federal funds, so kudos to John Boehner for trying to uncouple them from the federal teat, House Republican leader John Boehner on Wednesday urged President Bush to block all federal funds to a grass-roots community group that […]