Author: John Hawkins

“We just have to slow down our economy and cut back our greenhouse gas emissions ’cause we have to save the planet for our grandchildren.” — Bill Clinton You know what they say: the Washington definition of a gaffe is accidentally telling the truth. And admitting that Democrats will deliberately damage our economy in order […]

We’re 40 minutes into tonights debate, in which actual policy is being discussed. And all I know is that I just feel the money going out of my wallet. This whole discussion of health care reform by these socialists scares the living hell out of me. Hillary DEMANDS that we buy health insurance, even among […]

8:00 — Despite the fact that I have an ad for the debate at the top of RWN, I had blessedly forgotten that there was a Democratic debate tonight. Ugh… 8:03 — You know what I like? Change! Me, too! Know whom I don’t like? George Bush! Me, too. I really want to cut and […]

Ron Paul can claim a victory of sorts, I suppose, because he has stayed in the race longer than his arch-rival Rudy Giuliani. Of course, he’s still polling in the low single digits, he has no chance to win, and tragically, my buddy E.M. Zanotti has found out that the Ron Paul blimp looks as […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Ann Coulter: GOP to Edwards: How much for that concession Speech? Eric Zorn: 50 things I’ve learned in 50 years, a partial list in no particular order Celebslam: Avril Lavigne hits the pool in a bikini San Jose Mercury News: The Berkeley […]

Remember Jerome Armstrong, the wildly popular liberal blogger, who used to scam people by doing stock picks via astrology? Well, the Huffington Post can top it. One of their bloggers, Rochelle Jewel Shapiro, actually claims to be a psychic =D, “How can I get to be psychic like you?” people ask me breathlessly. I’ve worked […]

Going into Florida, I wrote that McCain’s dream scenario was as follows, “McCain stokes his momentum for Super Tuesday by defeating Romney, Giuliani drops out (and his supporters start moving over to McCain), and Huckabee stays in (to drain off Southern conservatives from Mitt on Super Tuesday).” Unfortunately for the other candidates in the race, […]

I have to admit, I’m scratching my head a little bit about John Edwards’ decision to drop out of the Democratic race. Granted, he didn’t have a chance to win, but he has essentially been out of it since he lost Iowa. Moreover, weirdly, as Mickey Kaus points out, Comes now news that Edwards is […]

20) Fark: Photoshop theme: If cartoon characters were U.S. politicians 19) Cracked: The 15 most cringe-worthy James Bond puns 18) Darwin Awards: The winners of the 2007 Darwin Awards 17) Cracked: 5 movie martial artists that lost a deathmatch to dignity (this is hella funny) 16) ABC Action News: Britney Spears shocks shoppers with striptease […]

Tonight, at 8 PM EST, I will be liveblogging the GOP debate. If you’re planning to tune in and watch, come on over to RWN, chat in the comments section, and refresh regularly to read the commentary. 7:59: Is there still a point to having Ron Paul participating in these debates? I mean, if you […]

An Interview With David Frum About His New Book, Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again Last week, I interviewed David Frum about his new book, Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again. What follows is an edited transcript of our phone conversation. What do you say to the idea that the problems the GOP is having […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Rush Limbaugh: From Bull Connor to Bull Clinton Cracked: Hulk Hogan pasta to Shaq Fu: The 11 most pointless celebrity products Redstate: Central Michigan University to expel a conservative student because he dares have opinions different from theirs? Popholic: Uma Thurman bikini […]

McCain’s victory last night combined with the announcement that Rudy is going to drop out and endorse him is really, really bad news for Romney. McCain already had a lead in the national polls and several of the big Super Tuesday states prior to Florida. After winning a 2nd “conservative” state he wasn’t supposed to […]

Last night, during a conversation about McCain’s victory, the person I was talking with remarked that we have a very odd political process. We spend all this time, money, and effort to come up with nominees for both parties, the country wants change, the parties are unhappy — and whom do we end up with? […]

“There is this unspoken assumption among a lot of Republicans that maybe a defeat in November might not be such a bad thing and the right thing to do is go down with the ship and then we can return to the true Reagan principles and the party will be stronger for it. Well, if […]

Watch for the hand-wringing and blame-shifting. Watch for the dark laments about European “racism” and “xenophobia.” One thing you won’t see is any acceptance of responsibility, any acknowledgment that any Muslims may have done anything — anything — to lead Europeans to think this way. No one will talk about the Islamic justifications advanced by […]

I’ll be doing Political Vindication Radio tonight at 9:10 PM EST. You can listen to it here.

Uh-oh, the triple fanged, feminist trench harpies from the New York State National Organization for Women are on the warpath against — drumroll please, because you are not going to believe this — Ted *$%%$%$% Kennedy, Women have just experienced the ultimate betrayal. Senator Kennedy’s endorsement of Hillary Clinton’s opponent in the Democratic presidential primary […]

On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton should easily beat Barack Obama in Florida although it’s not supposed to matter because the Democratic Party has taken away the Sunshine State’s delegates. The scary thing for Obama would be if this somehow went to the convention and Hillary somehow managed to convince the Democratic Party to count […]

I don’t know if there’s any truth to this story I found at the Democratic Underground or if it’s made up from whole cloth, but it sounds just crazy enough to be true and either way, it’s pretty good, so I’m going to post it, DemoTex: In 1972 a philosophy professor put a .45 automatic […]

After Fred dropped out, Mitt Romney got a very nice bounce in his national numbers and his Florida numbers. Currently, according to Rasmussen, Mitt is now ahead of McCain nationally 28% to 26%, and in Florida, Mitt came from being a few points behind McCain to running neck and neck with him in the latest […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Thomas Sowell: A ‘stimulus package’? Dave Barry: Our wacky primary system The Corner: Hillary’s southern strategy Celebslam: Some hot snaps of Canadian model Tricia Helfer You can check out all those links and more by clicking here. Don’t forget to bookmark RWN’s […]

Here’s a question I received this morning via email, I would like to know why the media has not given any coverage to Dr. Alan Keyes, another candidate in the presidential race. It’s almost Super Tuesday and I, as well as many other Keyes supporters, would like to see Dr. Keys receive equal coverage. Americans […]

(The Netherlands) A free postcard which depicts Anne Frank wearing a Palestinian scarf is being distributed throughout the Netherlands as, according to the publisher, “a small work of art which encourages people to reflect on a peaceful solution for Israel and the Palestinians.” Rightfully, opponents are pissed, calling the card “a tasteless rewriting of history” […]

While Barack Obama handily won South Carolina and seems to be a sunny, fresh alternative to Hillary Clinton, he’s got an uphill climb to the nomination, Christopher Cooper and Amy Chozick explain in the WSJ. Mr. Obama heads into the 22-state showdown as the underdog. The Illinois senator trails Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York […]

Tonight at 9 PM EST, I am going to be liveblogging Bush’s State of the Union speech — which is more of a sacrifice than you might think given that I am going to skip the People of the Ethical Treatment of Animals State of Union. Why would I want to see that? Well, here’s […]

The 4th installment of the Rambo franchise opens up with John Rambo in Thailand, doing exactly the sort of things you’d expect him to do when he’s not killing people: capturing Cobras, fishing….with a bow, and pounding metal on an anvil. Our man Rambo seems to have gotten bitter over the years and lost his […]

Last week, I did a breakdown of the numbers in some key states, using Survey USA polling data from this year, that showed how the three top GOP contenders did when matched up against Hillary Clinton in a general election. However, it occurred to me this week-end that it would be hard for people to […]

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Here’s an email that I received this week-end, Like a lot of conservatives, I’m shaking my head in disbelief at the way this primary season is going. Believe me, I’m not asking this question to gloat; in fact it is just the opposite. Why has the conservative blogosphere been so ineffective in the primaries? A […]