Author: John Hawkins

Yesterday, I did Ed Morrissey’s BlogTalkRadio show. We talked about the Democratic debate and the GOP’s fund raising woes. You can listen to it here.

Well, well, well — it took long enough, but look who finally reaped what he sowed years after the fact, “The University of Colorado Board of Regents voted to fire Ward Churchill on Tuesday evening, prompting the promise of a lawsuit from the embattled professor. The Board of Regents passed a motion to accept the […]

Because of the Clinton campaign’s spin, the biggest moment in the Democratic debate is shaping up to be the very minor difference between how Clinton and Obama would handle meeting dictators. First of all, here’s the question, QUESTION: In 1982, Anwar Sadat traveled to Israel, a trip that resulted in a peace agreement that has […]

Last last week, I did an interview via phone with Senator Jim DeMint. Here’s a transcript of the interview, edited slightly for grammar and clarity. John Hawkins: First of all, there was an article in Roll Call the other day talking about how these senators…were saying you were causing a lot of problems for them. […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: TMZ: Rehab does Lindsey Lohan good! Va va voom! (W/ very hot bikini pic) Flopping Aces: Ken Layne from Wonkette threatened Flopping Aces with a libel suit after he pointed out that a Wonkette post was anti-Semitic. NewsBusters: Juan Williams says Daily […]

Last night, I suffered through the Democratic debate so that you wouldn’t have to do it — and honestly, you didn’t miss much. CNN really wasn’t all that tough on them and the debate was every bit as interminably dull and liberal as you’d imagine. However, there were a few moments of note because of […]

Here’s what liberals really think of the troops they claim to support, courtesy of a Daily Kos diary by AWhitneyBrown, But do I still support the individual men and women who have given so much to serve their country? No. I think they’re a bunch of idiots. I also think they’re morally retarded. Because they […]

Newt’s posturing about getting into the 2008 race got tiresome long ago. The reality is that it’s highly unlikely Newt is getting into the race and if he does in October, as he’s been talking about, he couldn’t possibly win at this point. That means that the outburst you are about to read is nothing […]

Conservatives have spent a lot of time beating up the GOP for spending — and with good reason. But, we should never forget that when it comes to wasting your tax dollars, the Republicans are rank amateurs compared to Democrats like Charles Rangel, “(Charles Rangel) has quietly raised nearly $25 million for the Charles B. […]

“If Majority Leader Harry Reid can’t start pulling troops out of Iraq, he doesn’t want to start paying them any more either. After an amendment to begin withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq within 120 days failed to receive the 60 votes needed to proceed, Reid set the entire defense authorization bill aside. By doing so, […]

“The Democrats are the party of slavery and were the party that started every war in the 20th century, except the other Bush debacle. The Federal Reserve, permanent federal income taxes, not one but two World Wars, Japanese concentration camps, and not one but two atom bombs dropped on the innocent citizens of Japan — […]

I’ll be liveblogging the CNN/YouTube Debate tonight at 7 PM EST. If you’re watching, too, make sure to tune in, and refresh to catch the commentary while we watch the debate together. 6:56 — Hoo boy, I am not looking forward to this. Now, I am starting to think this is going to be dull. […]

This morning, as I made my daily circuit through some of the favorite liberal haunts, I couldn’t help but notice that everywhere I looked, it’s impeachment, impeachment, impeachment. As per usual, the reasons vary wildly, because it’s about hatred of Bush and Cheney, not really about any particular thing that they’re supposed to have done […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Mark Steyn: Look who’s holding hostages again. X17: A Paris Hilton and Lindsey Lohan montage with bikini shots. Robert Novak: Harry Reid’s hamhanded leadership and stripping of earmarks rules make him the shame of the Senate. Myron Magnet: Elite hypocrisy, gangsta culture, […]

You hear a lot about supposed “anti-immigrant” language and “hateful rhetoric” that occurred during the immigration debate, but seldom have any examples ever been provided. In fact, it’s safe to say that the word “anti-immigrant” was probably used a hundred times for every time some columnist, blogger, or talk radio host used any language that […]

I bet his aides have to carry a scarecrow onto the Senate floor with Byrd to keep the Buzzards from swooping down and carrying him off.

Bringing back the military draft would make it easier to meet recruiting goals but the negatives would outweigh the positives, a new Congressional Budget Office study found. The report, requested by Rep. John Murtha, D-Penn., chairman of the defense subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, says that drafting people could make it easier for the […]

Palestinian Media Watch has a new report on Nahoul’s continuing adventures and more: Blood libels on Hamas TV (not yet online, in full below): The promotion of hatred of Jews through their depiction as cold-blooded murderers is a recurring theme on Hamas TV. Over the weekend at least 2 broadcasts presented these images. One was […]

RWN returns on Monday. Until then, enjoy the links below, consider this to be an open thread, and have a great week-end. Deport Them Now Media Mythbusters See The Incredible Job The Photoshop Artists At Redbook Did On Faith Hill Soldier’s Angels Stop The ACLU Inoperable Terran Atlas Shrugs Nealz Nuze Dr. Sanity Daily Pundit […]

Over at the Daily Kos, America’s premiere liberal blog/online mental asylum, there is a recommended diary by someone named slw0606 — recommended — so this is the best of the best over at the Daily Kos, about how Bush is going to turn America into a dictatorship rather than leave power in 2008. Here are […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: The Superficial: Britney Spears hits the beach in her underwear. Heather Mac Donald: When newspapers and black leaders assault the police, small wonder that criminals follow suit. CelebSlam: Sara Sidle from CSI goes surfing — in a bikini. Memri: Arab Columnist: Let’s […]

Hooray! A bunch of old commies, famous incompetents & bureaucrats are getting together to solve all the world’s problems for us… “An “extraordinary collection” of independent world leaders led by Nelson Mandela gathered in Johannesburg on Wednesday to commit themselves to tackling global problems. “This group can speak freely and boldly, working both publicly and […]

Earlier this week, Hugh Hewitt did an interview with General David Petraeus and today, he wrote a column talking about the Left’s vicious attacks on Petraeus for appearing on his show. All I can say is that Petraeus better get ready, because the Left is going to do everything in their power to destroy his […]

From last to first… Currently Reading — Atul Gawande: Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science 80) Bob Novak: The Prince of Darkness: 50 Years Reporting in Washington (B+: I really enjoyed the book, which covers Novak’s 50 years of reporting in Washington, which mostly seemed to consist of meeting important people for lunch, […]

If you listen to the Democrats, you’ll hear that the war in Iraq was poorly planned and that Bush didn’t think far enough ahead about the consequences of our actions in that country. Now that we have the benefit of hindsight, it’s hard to argue with that. Bush should have done a better job of […]

“Liberals become indignant when you question their patriotism, but simultaneously work overtime to give terrorists a cushion for the next attack and laugh at dumb Americans who love their country and hate the enemy.” — Ann Coulter Bizarrely — or maybe not, since Democrats almost always oppose any measure that would actually make it harder […]

Over at the Democratic Underground, there is a thread on a man’s Hummer that was vandalized. Here’s the synopsis of the story, “On a narrow, leafy street in Northwest Washington, where Prius hybrid cars and Volvos are the norm, one man bought a flashy gray Hummer that was too massive to fit in his garage. […]

I’m of the opinion that Barrack Obama would be a complete joke in the general election. The guy’s nothing but a very liberal empty suit, with a little bit of charisma who’s doing OK in the Democratic primaries because he’s not Hillary Clinton and because of his empty talk about bipartisanship, not a word of […]

If you want to know what’s wrong with the Republican Party, as much as anything, it’s that we have too many guys like Don Young in Congress, “Rep. Don Young attacked his fellow Republicans on the House floor Wednesday, as he defended education funds allocated to his home-state of Alaska. “You want my money, my […]

Transsexuals are severely mentally ill people who should be treated with therapy instead of being allowed to deform themselves with unnecessary surgery. The whole idea that you can take a man — or a woman — operate on their genitals, pump them full of hormones, and do a few other assorted cosmetic alterations and then […]