Author: John Hawkins

Day one of the Democratic Convention was fairly lackluster once you got beyond the speeches by Ted Kennedy and Michelle Obama. Day 2 was marginally better, but still not very good. First off, I was watching the coverage on CNN and found it bizarre that the Democrats had long periods with nothing happening on the […]

“Having failed in its attempts to get our legal, factual and fully-supported ad off the air, Barack Obama’s campaign now wants to put our donors in prison for exercising their right to free speech. These over-the-top bullying tactics are reminiscent of the kind of censorship one would see in a Stalinist dictatorship, with the only […]

Over at DoublePlusUndead, which is a great blog by the way, they have some fantastic pics from the Denver protests. I’d encourage you to go see them all, but in the interim, here are some of my faves,

Let’s see; the McCain campaign is successfully cutting you to pieces with ads portraying you as an inexperienced, yet arrogant novice who’s more of a rock star than a politician. So, what do you do? If you’re Barack Obama, you have Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen open for you, have a Hollywood actress sing the […]

Right Wing News emailed more than 240 right-of-center bloggers and asked them to answer 3 questions. The following 67 blogs responded, Absinthe & Cookies, The Absurd Report, The Anchoress, Atlas Shrugs, The Baseball Crank, Basil’s Blog, Betsy’s Page, BizzyBlog, Dispatches from Blogblivion, Blonde Sagacity, Bluey Blog, Bookworm Room, Cara Ellison, Cold Fury, Cassy Fiano, Conservative […]

“I openly – no, flamingly – endorse Obama, whether he says he’s for gay marriage or not. . . . I know under Obama, it will only be a matter of time until the country sees the legalization of gay marriage.” — Genre editor Neal Boulton You ever notice that Democrats, like John Kerry and […]

I DVR’d the Democratic Convention and just finished watching it (It was even worse than most of the Democratic debates, which is really saying something). Here’s a short review of the major events that happened , 1) They started with a pathetic piece that featured Jimmy Carter walking around New Orleans, bemoaning Katrina, which incidentally […]

Something about this story really rubs me the wrong way, A Connecticut youth baseball team with a phenomenal 9-year-old pitcher has been disqualified because its team is too good. The team, Will Power Fitness, has an 8-0 record thanks in large part to pitcher Jericho Scott, the New Haven Register reports. His pitching is so […]

Yesterday, I let RWN’s readers try to come up with the best nicknames for Obama/Biden ticket. Below are my faves. Feel free to vote for the best ones. The best nickname for the Obama/Biden ticket is…Bambi and Thumper.Barack and Ernie.Boo Boo & Yogi.Clean and Jerk.Pinko and the Brain.Smarmy and Smirky.The Blunder Twins.The Skipper and Gilligan.  Free […]

A small group of white power nutjobs apparently came up with some sort of ill conceived, meth inspired plot to kill Barack Obama and happily, were caught and will hopefully be sent to prison for the rest of their lives, CBS4 has learned at least four people are under arrest in connection with a possible […]

People who are honest will admit that race is a double edged sword for Barack Obama. Yes, there are certainly racist Democrats and independents out there who will not vote for Barack Obama because he’s black. On the other hand, if Barack Obama weren’t black, he could have never gotten this far. A white man […]

Granted, you can’t say that Roseanne Barr is relevant to the political scene or that her scribblings are influential, like those of the bloggers at the HuffPo or the Daily Kos, but wow, is her blogging fun to read — well, if by “fun,” you mean penned by a liberal lunatic who probably needs her […]

There are three excellent nicknames I’ve seen for Obama/Biden. The first was the Clean and Jerk ticket, which is a reference to Biden’s infamous comment about Obama, “I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that’s a storybook, man.” I also like […]

One of the myths that the Left consistently recycles is that Democrats lose elections because the Republicans hit them hard and the Dems don’t fight back. Why, if only the Dems weren’t so “nice,” they could compete with those mean ole Republicans! For example, according to the myth, what killed John Kerry was his refusal […]

“If Obama’s core message is ‘change’ and ‘judgment’ based on his prescience on the Iraq War vote, well then, Biden is the exact opposite of those things.” — Markos Moulitsas

Joe Biden’s biggest selling point is supposed to be his foreign policy “expertise.” However, Barack’s biggest claim-to-fame on foreign policy is that he voted against the war in Iraq, while Biden voted for it. On the other hand, McCain constantly refers back to the fact that he was for the surge, which has worked so […]

On the upside, Biden is an old Washington hand, he has foreign policy experience, he’s feisty (which is a good trait for a VP), and he’s a better speaker than people give him credit for. On the other hand, he doesn’t deliver a state to Obama, he’s extremely liberal, he’s a real blowhard, and he’s […]

I am downloading the MP3 right now, but I haven’t had time to upload it to my player yet…

Question: “What is Hillary really up to?” — Mike_M Answer: First of all, I don’t think Hillary is going to try to swipe the nomination from Obama. Even if she could pull it off, she would be widely viewed as having stolen the nomination from Obama and the backlash would not only make it impossible […]

“We’ve got to send a clear message to Russia and unify our allies. They can’t charge into other countries. Of course it helps if we are leading by example on that point.” — Barack Obama Getting rid of Saddam Hussein and bringing freedom to 25 million Iraqis is no different in Obama’s mind than trying […]

Question: “What happens to each party should they lose this November?” — RtWingNtCase Answer: Democrats would blame racism and Republicans would say we lost because we ran a moderate.

Question: “What are your top 10 pet peeves?” — Don_cos Answer: Not in any particular order, * People who talk or have crying babies in a movie theater. * People talking on a cell phone while driving. * TV and movies that portray socially awkward white people trying to “act black”. * Trashing people after […]

With yet more apologies to Jeff Foxworthy, you just might be a liberal if… * You blame the oil companies for high gas prices, but believe in doing everything humanly possible to keep them from drilling for more oil. * You’d have no problem with a Democratic President talking with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad or Kim Jung-Il […]

I’m a big fan of off-the-wall movies and with that in mind, I thought I’d suggest a few movies you’ve probably never seen before that aren’t the standard movie schlock. (Descriptions cribbed from Netflix) Battle Royale: Kinji Fukasaki’s explosive drama takes place early in the new millennium, with Japan on the verge of societal collapse. […]

No one questions the fact that oil, natural gas, coal, and nuclear power can fuel our country’s energy needs because they already do. But, what about the hot, sexy alternative power source that’s now being touted non-stop by the Left and T. Boone Pickens, wind power? How feasible is it that wind power is really […]

I hate to admit it, but Cindy McCain appears to have been caught telling an embarrassing untruth about how she came to adopt her daughter. Originally, she was claiming that Mother Theresa personally convinced her to adopt her daughter Bridget. Here’s the actual text from McCain’s website (This has now been scrubbed), As an advocate […]

Media Matters is pitching this commentary from Rush Limbaugh as if it’s supposed to be terribly controversial to someone besides liberals, Rush Limbaugh said that “it is striking how unqualified [Sen. Barack] Obama is and, and how this whole thing came about with, within the Democrat Party. I think it really goes back to the […]

“Under our progressive income tax system, the top 5 percent of all earners pay more than 60 percent of the take, according to the National Taxpayers Union, which notes that the top 50 percent pays 97 percent. Some 43 million primarily low-income filers of tax returns owe no income tax at all, the Tax Foundation […]

I’m a fan of Kathleen Parker’s work and enjoyed interviewing her, but I can’t say that I agree with her sentiments about Rick Warren’s Saddleback Forum, even though I’m sure that more than a few people reading RWN today share them, At the risk of heresy, let it be said that setting up the two […]