Author: John Hawkins

Here’s the Right Wing News week-wnd guest blogger line-up this week-end. Don’t be surprised if a few of these people end up not making it since this is the week-end before Christmas. Saturday ——– Rob Port from Say Anything EM Zanotti from The American Princess and The Corner Kathy Shaidle Five Feet Of Fury Cassy […]

Earlier today, I hammered the Huckabee campaign for not getting back to me within 3 days time on an immigration question I had for them. Well tonight, I received a pleasant call from the lovely and talented Charmaine Yoest, who works with the Huckabee campaign. She apologized for the campaign’s delay in getting back to […]

Yesterday, I got together with Fred Thompson’s wife, Jeri Thompson, for a phone interview as she traveled around Iowa. Unfortunately, near the end of the interview, while she was running low on time, she hit a bad cell. At that point, I lost her permanently and wasn’t able to reconnect with her to get in […]

20) Anna Nicole Smith dies and no one can figure out who the father of her child is because she apparently slept with 1 out of every 10 adult males on the planet earth within 3 months of when her kid was conceived. 19) Larry Craig’s “wide stance” got him into trouble in an airport […]

There has been some controversy over Mike Huckabee’s Illegal Immigration plan. As written, it looks fantastic, but people have persistently been claiming that it’s actually a variant of Mike Pence’s stealth amnesty, touchback plan. So, I figured that I would get in touch with Mike Huckabee’s campaign, clear this up once and for all, and […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Live Science: 7 medical myths even doctors believe Yahoo! Finance: The 101 dumbest moments in business, 2007 Newsbusters: The NYT’s worst quotes of the year Daily Mail: Posh Beckham braves the cold front to go shopping – bare-legged in a miniskirt You […]

Over at The Campaign Spot, Jim Geraghty is wondering about a “conservative crack-up.” One of my readers suggested that, no matter who the Republican nominee is, the 2008 GOP primary will be marked by a tear between social conservatives and fiscal conservatives. Social conservatives have looked at Rudy Giuliani leading the national polls for much […]

One of the stories that’s really circulating in the blogosphere right now is about Ron Paul’s ties to white power and Nazi groups. Here’s Ace of Spades HQ covering the Paul/Stormfront connection, Ron Paul Poses With Stormfront Nazi Don Black & Son …He is oddly reluctant to give up a mere $500 from the Nazi, […]

As you may know, I am on the board of Slatecard, which is an outstanding PAC that is dedicated to raising money for Republican candidates. Well, Slatecard is trying to raise enough money to get a booth at CPAC, which will be the 2nd biggest conservative event of the year behind the Republican National Convention. […]

Some people will tell you that the world is so big and complicated that one man can’t make a difference. Tom Tancredo is living proof that those people are wrong. In the fight against illegal immigration, Tancredo practically started out as a one man gang, but over time, more and more people rallied to his […]

I recently read Rick Warren’s The Power To Change Your Life and I decided to put together a list of the best quotes from the book. Enjoy! “Acts 4 records the first serious opposition to the apostles’ preaching of the Gospel in Jerusalem. When the authorities threatened them, they banded together and prayed. But notice […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Ann Coulter: There’s a Huckabee born every minute Newsbusters: Dishonest reporter 2007 awards Brent Bozell: 2007: A loony-left year Popular Mechanics: The ethanol fallacy Celebslam: Kate Del Castillo wore a bikini You can check out all those links and more by clicking […]

First of all, watch this Hillary Clinton “Christmas” video. No, it’s fine, go ahead. I’ll wait… Ok, have you watched it? Now, what did you notice? Here’s what I saw, 1) A wooden, joyless Hillary Clinton giving out poll tested “gifts” that are paid for with other people’s money. How typical for liberals. We’re going […]

Rod Dreher has a great column up about Mike Huckabee, “Huckenfreude! That’s blogger Ross Douthat’s splendid word – taken from schadenfreude, the German term for taking pleasure in the misfortune of others – to describe glee over the miseries Mike Huckabee’s candidacy is inflicting on the GOP establishment.” Although I am not a fan of […]

In Arizona, they’re starting to get serious about going after businesses that are knowingly hiring illegal aliens and yet… But this year, the holiday travelers are being joined by scores of families such as Jorge and Liliana Franco, who are driving to Mexico not to visit but to stay – permanently. Congress’ failure to pass […]

Hillary Clinton is a viable candidate for President only because she is treated as delicately as fine china by the mainstream media. Yet, Howard Kurtz has written a piece echoing the Clinton line that the press has been unfairly brutalizing her. Here’s an excerpt from it, After weeks of bad news, Hillary Clinton and her […]

Former presumptive Democrat presidential nominee Hillary Clinton today apologized to rival Barack Obama for any offense he may have taken from the way former Sen. Bob Kerry endorsed her candidacy this week. Mr. Kerrey, who ran for president in 1992, in his endorsement remarks mentioned that Sen. Obama’s middle name is Hussein and that he […]

On a semi-regular basis throughout the year, RWN has posted “Quotes of the Day.” Here are my favorite 15 “Quotes of the Day” for 2007. 15) “This is leftism’s great strength: it’s all white lies. That’s its only advantage, as far as I can tell. None of its programs actually works, after all. From statism […]

Yesterday, this story broke about Iowa, In an InsiderAdvantage poll in Iowa, Edwards leads among (977) likely voters 30-26-24 over Clinton and Obama. Edwards is also the clear second choice winner, 42-29-28 over Clinton and Obama. Later that same day, coincidentally, cough cough cough, this story broke in the National Enquirer, “The woman linked to […]

Over at the liberal feminist blog, Feministing, Samhita writes, “I have, let’s see, NO friends that don’t have sex with a guy within the first week of dating him. It is a myth that men are more into sex than women in relationships.” It’s not a myth, Samhita. I don’t know if they’re nappy headed […]

In the last hundred years, there may not have been a single candidate who has come so far, so fast, with such a minimal amount of talent for politics as Hillary Clinton. Following last week’s Democratic debate in Iowa, The Fix had the unique opportunity to sit in on focus groups conducted by The Washington […]

Mike Huckabee’s latest ad should have been the least controversial ad of the campaign. That’s because it doesn’t cover any issues and it’s just Mike Huckabee doing what he does best: being warm and personable as he says that the Christmas season should be about the birth of Christ. I’m sure this ad made for […]

File under “We Democrats will bring fiscal responsibility and restraint back to Washington.” Congressional negotiators have added scores of new earmarks to a massive 3,565-page spending bill that lawmakers had only a few hours to review before an expected vote Monday evening. Democratic leaders did not make the bill available for public viewing until late […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Johnny Dollar’s Place: Fox haters react will glee to news corp explosion Neatorama: The top ten stupid criminals of 2007 Maxim: The 10 best and worst things to happen to men in 2007 Egotastic!: Fergie’s Blender magazine photo shoot You can check […]

If Fred wants to win the election, all he has to do is put this in constant rotation in Iowa and his victory would be guaranteed…or he would actually drop into last place. One or the other.

I’m putting together an article on the top stories of 2007 and I was hoping that you could help me out by giving me some suggestions in the comments section…

On Sunday, Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney was driving to his home in Massachusetts when he first heard that the LDS Church allowed black people to take the priesthood in 1978. It was such a powerful moment that he pulled to the side of the road and wept. Romney recalled the scenario on NBC’s “Meet […]

Back in May of this year, I polled bloggers on a number of questions including, “Do you believe that the wall on the border will ever actually be completed?” How did it break down? 10% of them said “yes,” the fence will be completed and 90% of them said “no,” it wouldn’t be. Well, the […]

So when does this start happening inside of an American city? The Border Patrol says its agents were attacked nearly 1,000 times during a one-year period along the Mexican border, typically by assailants hurling rocks, bottles and bricks. Now the agency is responding with tear gas and powerful, pepper-spray weapons, including firing into Mexico. The […]