Author: John Hawkins

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Every so often in the blogosphere, on the Left and the Right, hostile debates over gender seem to rise up to the surface like a leviathan from the depths. Some male bloggers tend to think women get more links because they’re women, some female bloggers think there’s some sort of a “good ol’ boys” club […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Rachel Lucas: “An extremely important cautionary tale about what happens when someone with an IQ of roughly 50 gets her hands on small shiny objects.” Dr. Melissa Clouthier: My tight *ss and potty mouth Atlas Shrugs: Pamela gets legal representation from Ron […]

As I was perusing Joe Klein’s book, Politics Lost the other night, a particular passage jumped out at me. “(T)he crowds were huge — but the message seemed to be: “Hey, isn’t this a huge crowd? Aren’t we great? Aren’t we raising lots of money?” It was the Perot/McCain problem one step removed: the campaign […]

Some people think so because she isn’t likely to catch Obama in votes or delegates earned prior to the convention, but Hillary actually has some powerful arguments on her side. #1) Sure Michigan and Florida don’t count, but they’re key swing states and Hillary, not Barack, won both. #2) The whole point of the Super […]

“It is cliché, not plagiarism, that is the problem with our stilted, room-temperature political discourse. It used to be that thinking people would say, with at least a shred of pride, that their own convictions would not shrink to fit on a label or on a bumper sticker. But now it seems that the more […]

Another interesting nugget that defies the conventional wisdom comes from the latest Pew poll.. The poll finds that more Democrats support McCain than Republicans support Obama, a finding that doesn’t surprise me. What does surprise me is this: A quarter of Democrats (25%) who back Clinton for the nomination say they would favor McCain in […]

Sometimes, the posts just write themselves. From the fine folks at the Democratic Underground, IdaBriggs: I’m a “Hater” and I Don’t Care Who Knows It. I hate George W. Bush and all of his criminal cronies. I hate the members of Congress (Democrat and Republican) who have let him get away with his Crimes and […]

Have you heard about Hillary Clinton’s latest outrageous racist smear against Barack Obama and a small child? Here’s Ann Althouse (among many others) on the latest Hillary Clinton commercial, “Why are the letters ‘NIG’ on the child’s pajamas?” Asks a commenter — “Tom” — on my post about the new Hillary Clinton commercial, the one […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Tierney Lab: Global warming paradox? Cute Overload: A cute pic of the world’s bravest hamster Cassy Fiano: Military life is not an episode of “Army Wives”. Celebslam: Drew Barrymore in a bikini You can check out all those links and more by […]

Gloria Steinem, a Hillary Clinton supporter, was speaking on her behalf in Texas in a Women for Hillary event. Unfortunately for Hillary, any help that she might have had by having the feminist icon speak for her was lost when Steinem decided to do a riff on McCain’s experience as a POW. Referring to his […]

Hat tip to Cassy Fiano for the video.

You may want to check out the blogs of some my guest bloggers from this week-end, Ron Coleman from Likelihood of Success Sister Toldjah MCQ from QandO Dr. Melissa Clouthier William Teach from Pirate’s Cove Gina Cobb John Stephenson from Stop The ACLU Cassy Fiano Kathy Shaidle Five Feet Of Fury Gina Cobb

John McCain is in a terrible Catch-22. He has gotten this far in his political career by punching conservatives in the teeth for the amusement of the mainstream media, which has repaid him for the entertainment by treating him with kid gloves and hyping him as a principled maverick. But now that McCain has captured […]

Here’s the Right Wing News week-end guest blogger line-up this week-end. Saturday ——– Cassy Fiano Rob Port from Say Anything Kathy Shaidle Five Feet Of Fury Gina Cobb John Stephenson from Stop The ACLU Sunday ——- Ron Coleman from Likelihood of Success Sister Toldjah William Teach from Pirate’s Cove Michael Illions from Polipundit MCQ from […]

One of the smears that the Left often hurls at conservatives is that we’re only concerned about the rich. Of course, that’s not true; conservatives simply believe in an America where people should be able to get rich through their own efforts without having the fruit of their labor looted from them by cynical liberal […]

Question: “My friends and I are total movie geeks. To the point where we routinely use lines (some of them deliberately obscure) from movies in everyday conversation. For example: If one of my boys says he needs somebody to help him move, the proper response would be: I’m your huckleberry. (Doc Holiday, Tombstone) Anywhoo, my […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Cracked: The gruesome origins of 5 popular fairy tales GlossLip: Did Perez Hilton promise to promote another blogger’s site in exchange for sex videos? Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Seven parenting principles Derek Hall: Danielle Lloyd in a bikini You can check out all […]

Question: “I keep hoping for the best but planning for the worst: Assume Obama the messiah wins in November, and the democrats keep both the senate and the house. What will happen in the following 2 years and what can I do as an individual now to prepare? This would not involve fleeing to the […]

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Question: “Is an amnesty easier to defeat under President McCain or President Obama? I hate the thought of either of those two as president.” — Thresher Answer: That’s a tricky question to answer because, #1) Amnesty would be more difficult to defeat under McCain because Republicans would feel a lot more pressure to go along […]

Question: “What, in your estimation, will it take for 2nd Amendment loathing liberals to finally grasp the concept that banning guns is an ineffective policy?” — Good_Ol_Boy Answer: If liberals cared about whether the policies they supported worked or not, they’d end up dropping 90% of their agenda. Whether gun control works or not is […]

Question: “A US Soldier currently deployed to the Iraq Theater of Operations and actively supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom, I have followed with great interest the rumors of General David H. Petraeus possibly running for President of the United States of America upon his retirement from the US Army. As you are a consistent blogger who […]

Question: “Here’s a question, John: do you have any plans to address the problems with the comments on RWN? First, we can’t post more than one embedded link without getting a message claiming that “the comment has been held pending approval by the blog owner.” Second, posted comments sometimes take up to twenty minutes to […]

From Conservative Grapevine, 20) Mark Steyn: The gollygamist is out. How did it get to this? 19) Lorie Byrd: Why the Democrats are kicking the Clintons to the curb 18) Dark Roasted Blend: Oops! Weirdest accidents (Pics) 17) Cracked: 14 Valentine’s Day gifts guaranteed to not get you laid 16) Karl Rove: Obama’s new vulnerability […]

Yesterday, I was in on another teleconference with John McCain. Unfortunately, I wasn’t given an opportunity to ask a question. Here’s the write-up of the teleconference. Keep in mind that these are notes, not quotes. Opening Statement Senator Obama’s said that he would go back to Iraq if Al-Qaeda has a base there. Well, they […]

Today is Q&A Friday #85 at RWN. So, if there’s a subject you’ve been wanting me to tackle or an issue you want to hear my opinion on, just ask your question in the comments section. Your question can be about politics, ideology, history, blogging, RWN, from a liberal, conservative, or libertarian perspective; heck, it […]

Over at the Daily Kos, they’re handling William F. Buckley’s death with exactly the sort of class and decorum we’ve come to expect from the Left at times like this — you know, none whatsoever. Here’s an excerpt from a post by Daily Kos diarist d2, called “Tinplated Cryptonazi — Good Riddance.” Rather than waste […]