Author: John Hawkins

Yesterday, Tony Snow did a blogger teleconference and I didn’t receive an invitation this time. Why? Could be a lot of reasons. Last time I was on a teleconference with Tony Snow, I pounded him for giving Harry Reid a free pass after he said America had lost the war in Iraq and Tony didn’t […]

My latest column at Townhall, Fixing Illegal Immigration In 10 Common Sense Steps, is now live. Here’s an excerpt from the column, #1) We must pursue enforcement first: The American people simply no longer have any confidence that the government is serious about enforcing our immigration laws — so they believe, with much justification, that […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: The New York Post: Sex, lies & frozen marbles. What men (really!) think of Cosmo’s sex tips. Newsbusters: John Stossel responds to Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s attacks, lists false scares environmentalists pushed. Fred Thompson: A lawyer who is a prospective candidate. Big […]

Today will be Q&A Friday #69 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, […]

Back in August of 2005, here’s what they were saying about Cindy Sheehan on the Daily Kos, “…We should call her ‘Mother Sheehan’. We should never call her Cindy; I don’t know her. ‘Mother Sheehan’ is her title, and expresses her ceremonial status as a bereaved mother, calling forth over the dead body of her […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Ann Coulter: Nappy-headed hoax. Celebslam: Hillary Swank by the pool in a bikini. TMZ: Rosie O’Donnell: “It looks like a herpes but it’s not.” CNN: The top 12 indestructible careers. You can check out all those links and more by clicking here. […]

Here’s the AP headline, “AP: Government Report Concludes Al Qaeda Now as Strong as in Summer of 2001” Here’s the relevant part of the article, which is based on the interpretation of a report, by anonymous sources, that the AP hasn’t seen, and that we are therefore unable to peruse ourselves, “Al Qaeda is “considerably […]

When Michael Chertoff was on television regularly during Katrina, I thought he made an even worse impression than Brownie, the designated fall guy for the federal govt’s performance. That’s why, way back in September of 2005, I suggested that Bush fire Michael Chertoff and the other dead wood in his administration. After watching Chertoff’s mediocre […]

While I’ve been consulting for Duncan Hunter, he has done more interviews/guest blogs/& columns in the blogosphere than any other candidate and I thought you might enjoy seeing a little rundown of some of what Duncan has done with the Rightroots, Guest Blogs/Columns On Duncan Hunter’s candidacy at Blogs for Bush. On the surge at […]

In the RWN comments section, RWN reader Cylarz put together a great post, which I have taken the liberty of editing just a bit and posting on the main page: The opponents of the war often display several common threads which cause me some frustration: 1. Failure to understand that more than just Iraq is […]

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My 2nd ad for Cindy Sheehan’s race against Nancy Pelosi in 2008. Enjoy!

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Celebslam: Mariah Carey looking awesome in a bikini. Michelle Malkin: President Bush’s sarcastic answer to a 13 year-old girl who asked him an immigration question makes her cry. (Jerk) Rush Limbaugh: Take every argument they’re using to get us out of Iraq […]

After a less than dazzling 2nd quarter fundraising performance, a frighteningly high burn rate, and massive staff cuts, John McCain has had another big staff shake-up, “John McCain jettisoned two top aides Tuesday, the one-time Republican front-runner struggling to right a presidential bid in deep financial and political trouble. Campaign manager Terry Nelson and chief […]

It has been a good long while since I wrote a how-to article about blogging, but I thought it might be worthwhile to write a quick post about a seldom covered topic: what programs would be helpful for a blogger to have? Now, the point of this isn’t to cover content management systems or statistics […]

“(I)f al Qaeda can plausibly claim they drove America out of Iraq (just as they drove the Soviet Union out of Afghanistan), they will gain literally millions of new adherents in their struggle to destroy America and the West. We will then pay in blood, treasure and future wars vastly more than we are paying […]

(This is being moved up by popular demand….well, sorta popular demand….ok, fine, a guy asked if I’d bump this…) It is put out by the global warming zealots that it is the problem we must deal with – it is more important than any other issue. Why this should be is rather a puzzle – […]

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Since I have beaten Cindy Sheehan into the ground over and over again on RWN, I thought in the interest of fairness that I should make the first YouTube video for her groundbreaking, “Cry until Nancy goes Bye-Bye” campaign for Pelosi’s seat in 2008. No worries, Mother Sheehan, you don’t have to thank me…

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: IMAO: Hillary Clinton condensed down to a single motivational poster. Britain and America: BBC reports that US tactics in Iraq may be beginning to work just as Washington prepares to give up. Peggy Noonan: America can’t afford to lose its common language. […]

Hot Air turned me on to this game promoting Toyota Scions that they referred to as, “Quite Possibly The Most Ill-Conceived Ad Campaign Ever.” Now, I thought they were exaggerating — until I actually played it. The game features, as heroes, demonic looking creatures called “deviants” who ride around in Toyota Scions butchering trembling, peaceful […]

That ripe bad odor that comes off of the greenies in the environmental movement sometimes isn’t rotting organic wheat, it’s a little whiff of fascism. These comments from the “Live Earth: Private Jets For Climate Change“ events this weekend are evidence, “Get rid of all these rotten politicians that we have in Washington, who are […]

From The Washington Examiner “In a move that will certainly set into motion hundreds of bloggers and journalists eager to unearth the next Washington sex scandal, Deborah Jeane Palfrey, aka the “DC Madam,” has posted 13 years worth of phone records on her website Monday afternoon. The records cover Palfrey’s time as head of “Pamela […]

Yesterday, I polled RWN’s readers on this question, “Do you think the GOP would be better off politically in 2008 if the Senate immigration plan passed or failed?” The results? Passed: 4% Failed: 96% Somehow, I don’t think conservatives are buying into the spin that the politically smart thing to do was to support an […]

Often I’m asked, “Why, if I punch a hippy, would I be arrested for assault? Are we supposed to believe that the Founding Fathers wanted hippies to walk around un-punched?”

On the Democratic side, both Barrack Obama and Hillary Clinton had strong 2nd quarters raising $32 million and $27.5 million respectively. John Edwards, who has been on the losing end of a fight with Ann Coulter and his penchant for high priced hair care, has dropped to a distant third place with only 9 million […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Mark Steyn: The British bomb plot and Michael Moore-style health care. Celebslam: A bikini wearing Jennifer Garner goes surfing in Hawaii. Atlas Shrugs: What did you do during the War, daddy? I made moronic anti-American posters son (w/pics) X-17: Celebs catching rays […]

If you look back through American history and find a black American being enslaved, lynched, railroaded, or persecuted, 99 times out of a hundred, you’ll find a Democrat behind it. The hated and feared KKK? Throughout most of its history, it was little more than a hooded, thuggish arm of the Democratic Party. But in […]

Last time we saw Cindy Sheehan, she was quitting the peace movement and heading into retirement. But now, like Jason and Freddy, she’s back and this time Momma Moonbat is hunting Democrats! “Cindy Sheehan, the soldier’s mother who galvanized the anti-war movement, said Sunday that she plans to run against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unless […]

One of the wacky political theories that the Left and the open borders and amnesty crowd have been spreading around is that killing the illegal immigration bill is bad for the GOP because it will turn off Hispanics. (They’ve also been talking a lot about racist anti-Hispanic language from politicians which almost no one ever […]