Author: John Hawkins

I’m used to the Democrats being just plain wrong on key economic and national security issues, the issues that, at the end of the day, matter most to our country. Since John F. Kennedy’s advocacy for supply-side tax cuts in 1962, Democrats seem to have become totally oblivious to the empirical data proving the economic […]

I was planning to just do a debate round-up instead of a liveblog, but what the hell. Why not liveblog? Still, so I can get a post out of this tomorrow, you’ll have to wait until then to get who I thought won. Rudy G: Rudy’s talk about his time as Mayor of New York […]

Here’s the Right Wing News Week-End guest blogger line-up. Saturday ——– Rob Port from Say Anything EM Zanotti from The American Princess and The Corner Kathy Shaidle Five Feet Of Fury Cassy Fiano, who also blogs at Wizbang Sunday ——- Ron Coleman from Likelihood of Success Sister Toldjah William Teach from Pirate’s Cove Michael Illions […]

The conservative movement and the vehicle that we use to implement our ideas, the Republican Party, have a number of problems right now that need to be addressed. For example: Taking Care Of The Base: The first rule of politics is to make sure that your base is reasonably happy and if they’re not, find […]

Question: “Care to forecast the early primary support numbers for each candidate just before the primaries? As the lower tier candidates drop out, upon recognizing the futility of their chances and in some cases the fact that their pet issue is clearly covered in future debates, their previous supporters will align behind the remaining candidates. […]

Question: “I have a friend in Communist China who wants to understand Western culture. What four books do you think I should mail her? English is her second language, so they can’t be of too high a level, Grade 10 is probably around her ability.” — Robaroo Answer: How about these four books… Ayn Rand: […]

Question: “Do you think Turkey has a right to cross the border into Iraq to take out the PKK?” — BIG Answer: The PKK has been crossing the border, murdering Turks and then running back into Kurdistan for more than a decade. Since we invaded, the Turks have given the US and the Kurds every […]

Question: “If Rudy is the GOP nominee, will the Dobson Party really follow through with running a candidate? What percentage of the vote do you think they could realistically expect to pull?” — Mike_M Answer: My guess is that if Rudy gets the nomination, Dobson and a handful of other big name social conservatives will […]

“You don’t have money to fund the war on children. But you’re going to spend it to blow up innocent people if he can get enough kids to grow old enough for you to send to Iraq to get their heads blown off for the President’s amusement.” — Democrat Pete Stark on the House Floor. […]

Today is Q&A Friday #76 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 […]

Right Wing News emailed more than 240 right-of-center bloggers and asked them to answer 10 questions. The following 59 blogs responded: The Absurd Report, The Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler, Bad Example, The American Princess, AtlanticBlog, Atlas Shrugs, Barking Moonbat Early Warning System, Bit’s Blog, BizzyBlog, Blonde Sagacity, Blue Crab Boulevard, Bluey Blog, Boi From Troy, Bookworm Room, […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Ann Coulter: Another liberal noose-ance Newsbusters: Et Tu, Disney? Bleeping God from the Ten Commandments?! Michelle Malkin: The racial crimes the Left doesn’t want to talk about The Grumpiest: Maria Kanellis lingerie pics. You can check out all those links and more […]

You know, it’s funny: liberals will deliberately lie and claim that Rush Limbaugh referred to anti-war soldiers as “phony soldiers,” just so that they can pretend to be outraged on behalf of the troops. But, when a liberal group like Code Pink actually says far worse things about the troops than the Left even claimed […]

The Left’s push for socialized medicine in this country shows how dogmatic, impractical, and incapable of logical thinking that they have become. After hearing horror story after horror story like this one coming out of nations like Britain and Canada, why in the world do Democrats like Hillary Clinton want to emulate the health care […]

Right Wing News is one of the blogs sponsoring 10 Questions, a “people-powered online presidential forum.” The idea behind it is twofold: you can ask the 2008 candidates, Republican or Democrats, a question via video (instructions here). You can also go here and rank the videos. The top 10 highest ranked videos will be put […]

On October 8th, Mexican writer of horror stories, Jose Luis Calva (pic), was arrested after fleeing from police who were investigating strange smells coming from his apartment. Police were looking into the disappearance of Calva’s girlfriend, Alejandra Galeana, and into cases of the dismembered bodies of two other women, one an ex-girlfriend of Calva. Investigators […]

No, seriously – with Governor Schwarzenegger signing SB 777, California has banned the word “sex” from California law..it is now “gender”. The specific bit of language now removed from California law by SB 777 (amongst its other radical-left provisions), is this: “Sex” means the biological condition of or quality of being a male or female […]

Most of you are undoubtedly already familiar with the “phony soldiers” controversy involving Rush Limbaugh. But, for those of you who aren’t, let me give you a recap. Rush Limbaugh criticized “phony soldiers” like Jesse Macbeth, who certainly deserve anything Limbaugh has to say about them. Shortly thereafter, dishonest liberal bloggers and politicians, in an […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Cracked: 15 most ill-advised career reinventions in rock music history IMAO: I support Randi Rhodes’ muggers. Hot Air: Job of U.S. soldiers is killing “mothers and sisters,” says David Crosby The Grumpiest: Victoria Silvstedt bikini pictures You can check out all those […]

Over at the New York Sun, they wrote this about the battles between the 2008 contenders: “What would be helpful, in addition to the sparring, would be some specifics about what it is “we believe in,” what it is that the Republican Party stands for.” I’m happy to take a stab at it. The Republican […]

Here’s the New York Sun about who the GOP nominee will be in 2008, At CNN’s America Votes 2008 Breakfast, the chief architect of Bill Clinton’s successful 1992 presidential run predicted that former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will be the Republican nominee in 2008. Jeb is a younger brother of President Bush. Carville bolstered his […]

After being beaten up by conservatives, and rightfully so, for trying to sabotage the war in Iraq, the Democrats are starting to get cold feet about pushing the Armenian genocide resolution, Worried about antagonizing Turkish leaders, House members from both parties have begun to withdraw their support from a resolution supported by the Democratic leadership […]

“We got the bubbleheaded bleach-blonde, comes on at 5 She can tell you about the plane crash with a gleam in her eye It’s interesting when people die, give us dirty laundry Can we film the operation? Is the head dead yet? You know the boys in the newsroom got a running bet Get the […]

Via the Politico, we have a very odd story about Mitt Romney, Gov. Romney has a new TV ad about killing the death tax. His unofficial slogan is now official: “Change begins with us.” Michael Luo of The New York Times has a front-page Political Memo, “Gingerly, Romney Seeks Ties to Christian Right,” observing that […]

If a kid is sick at school, teachers aren’t allowed to give out any medicine at all – not any aspirin or Tylenol. You never know what allergies a kid might have. And for kids who have to take a prescription, even a pill for acne, they must have a doctor’s note and go to […]

As expected, the bounce Fred Thompson received after entering the race has worn off and the field seems to be going back to about the same place it has generally been in for the last few months. Rudy is at roughly 30% in national polls, Fred is at about 20%, and both McCain and Romney […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Michelle Malkin: Michelle quits the O’Reilly show over the way that the Geraldo spitting comments were handled. Rachel Lucas: If mothers ruled the world there would be no wars? Would you want these women in charge of anything? Michael Meved: Jews should […]

I’ve said before that, “liberalism is nothing more than childlike emotionalism applied to adult issues,” and the way the Democrats have handled the SCHIP expansion has been proof positive that I was right on target. The SCHIP expansion is supposed to be a program that provides insurance to poor children, but the Democrats want to […]

“Frankly, it’s time for the establishment of a Palestinian state.” — Condi Rice Really? What does she base that statement on? Certainly not events on the ground in the Palestinian territories, where the terrorists in Hamas and Fatah have been murdering each other and any innocent Israelis they can get their hands on. In fact, […]