Author: John Hawkins

The media is “oohing and awwwing” over this like Elizabeth Edwards walked out on camera with a newborn baby fawn, but it’s actually kind of pathetic, “Elizabeth Edwards pleaded Tuesday with Ann Coulter to “stop the personal attacks,” a day after the conservative commentator said she wished Edwards’ husband, Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, had […]

Richard Lugar and George Voinovich are prepping the way for the hammer to be dropped in Iraq, “Republican support for the Iraq war is slipping by the day. After four years of combat and more than 3,560 U.S. deaths, two Republican senators previously reluctant to challenge President Bush on the war announced they could no […]

Via Polipundit, Numbers USA is saying that the 2nd cloture vote is far from a lock for the open border ‘n’ amnesty crowd, “Sen. Bond (R-Mo.) was a big disappointment today in voting YES. But on Hannity tonight he called the bill a “june bug.” The longer people look at it and see it out […]

You frequently see liberals using the fact that there are roughly 45 million people without health insurance in the United States each year to promote socialized medicine. However, even though there are some people who genuinely find health insurance to be prohibitively expensive or have medical conditions that make it difficult for them to be […]

Via my pal Michelle Malkin, “The House Republican Conference today by 114 to 23 passed a resolution introduced by U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI) that expresses opposition to the Senate immigration bill. “Today’s vote illustrates overwhelming opposition among Republicans in the House to the Senate immigration bill and the process in which it was developed,” […]

Well, the open borders ‘n’ amnesty crowd won the first round with room to spare. They needed 60 votes and they got 64. Here is the list of senators that voted for open borders ‘n’ amnesty, Akaka (D-HI) Bennett (R-UT) Biden (D-DE) Bingaman (D-NM) Bond (R-MO) Boxer (D-CA) Brown (D-OH) Brownback (R-KS) Burr (R-NC) Cantwell […]

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Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: The Atlanta-Journal Constitution: Pro-wrestler Chris Benoit, his wife, and child found dead in possible murder-suicide. X-17: Matthew McConaughey hits the beach with his super hot, bikini clad, Brazilian girlfriend, Camilla Alves. Conflict Blotter: Video: Israel encourages female military members to do a […]

I’m not sure I’ve ever heard of Sally Quinn before, which is all well and good, because she may be the most clueless person writing for a mainstream media outlet in the whole of the United States — and that’s saying something. I say that based on nothing more than her ludicrous column in the […]

Yesterday, I polled RWN’s readers on who their least favorite Republican Senator was. 1426 votes later, here are the results, Lindsey Graham: 22% Arlen Specter: 19% John McCain: 15% Chuck Hagel: 14% Trent Lott: 13% Mel Martinez: 5% George Voinovich: 2% Olympia Snowe: 2% Ted Stevens: 2% None of the above: 1% Jon Kyl: 1% […]

This convict doesn’t understand why he keeps drawing the attention of the police. The swastika on the forehead is always classy. Some believe the tatoos comprise a complex semiotic code, which reads, in part, “I’m probably not a ‘good hire,’ nor am I ‘the one’ for your underage daughter.” The actual story is kind of […]

Next time you hear some European elitist turn a nose up about American materialism, you should think of this story. Americans last year gave a record amount of charity. Americans gave nearly $300 billion to charitable causes last year, setting a record and besting the 2005 total that had been boosted by a surge in […]

Folks, tomorrow — TOMORROW — the immigration bill is scheduled to hit the floor of the Senate. Most people seem to agree that this bill is balanced on a knife’s edge and it could go either way. That means one senator who gets one phone call, email, or fax that breaks the camel’s back could […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Mark Steyn: We’ve replaced Rushdie in hiding. Captain’s Quarters: John Edwards used the proceeds of a foundation he started to help the poor to finance his own high flying lifestyle. Hot Air: HuffPo genius on Bush: At least Hitler and Stalin meant […]

One of the most bizarre things that we keep hearing from the “amnesty ‘n’ open borders crowd” is that the Senate bill is actually popular and will be good for the Republican Party. The problem with that theory is that the Senate immigration bill has not only been shown to be widely disliked by the […]

Over at Hugh Hewitt’s blog, Dean Barnett came up with his list of “Top 10 Cool Movies of the Past 20 Years,” “On last night’s show, I offered my list of “The Top 10 Cool Movies of the Past 20 Years.” Why only the past 20 years? Because tastes change, and what may have been […]

This was so brain bogglingly amazing, even for Europe, that I just had to excerpt it, “ROMANO Prodi, the Italian prime minister, has accused nations such as Britain and Poland of putting national interests ahead of European goals, and said Europe had lost the common spirit to move ahead. …He lambasted Britain for its “obstinacy” […]

All in the name of Allah. Would he even know what to do with the all the virgins? “Nato accuses Taliban of using children in suicide missions,” by Chiade O’Shea for The Guardian: Children as young as six are being used by the Taliban in increasingly desperate suicide missions, coalition forces in Afghanistan claimed yesterday. […]

The man who proved to be — at least from America’s perspective — only the third great European leader of the last century (and, yes, the other two were Brits as well), Tony Blair, is almost out of office. “British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Sunday handed over leadership of the Labor Party to his […]

Who’s your least favorite republican senator? Susan Collins Lindsey Graham Judd Gregg Chuck Hagel Jon Kyl Trent Lott Richard Lugar Mel Martinez John McCain Mitch McConnell None of the above Gordon Smith Olympia Snowe Arlen Specter Ted Stevens George Voinovich John Warner    Free polls from Pollhost.com

Folks, on Tuesday of next week, the immigration bill is coming back. If this bill passes the Senate, it will be an absolute disaster for the Republican Party in 2008. Moreover, if this bill were to get through the Senate and then somehow get through the House, it would be a nightmare for the Republican […]

Yesterday, a GOP aide, who is one of my sources in the Senate, gave me the rundown on what’s currently happening with the Senate immigration bill (You can see my two previous reports from this source here and here). To begin with, the key thing to keep in mind about the upcoming vote on the […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Game Radar: The 10 most controversial video games Cassy Fiano: Osama bin Laden, you’re my hero! Celebslam: A bikini bottom and t-shirt clad Jennifer Garner goes paddle surfing. Tammy Bruce: A hot new Tammy Bruce pic w/ a gun and a microphone. […]

1) This bill is incredibly unpopular with the general public. In poll after poll, you’ll find that the American people are strongly opposed to this bill. Rassmussen shows the public opposing it 50% to 23%. Survey USA says the public is against it 46% to 36%. At Pew Research, they say that, “41 percent of […]

Yesterday, I put out the Top Ten Movies We Should Screen In US Embassies to give foreigners a little taste of what Americans are like and how we think via our movies. Now, here’s a list to help give people an idea of how liberals view America and the world, 10) On Deadly Ground: The […]

I’ve noted before that the “Burger King” guy is a really creepy dude. You know, he sneaks around, wears a mask, doesn’t talk, and serves people food in odd, isolated spots where he could easily kill them if they were to displease him by not eating his sandwiches. Nobody tops that guy’s creepiness factor, but […]

If you’re looking for a signal that the Bush administration is no longer serious about fighting terrorism, this would seem to be as good as any, “The Bush administration is nearing a decision to close the Guantanamo Bay detainee facility and move its terror suspects to military prisons elsewhere, The Associated Press has learned. Senior […]

Dick Morris is a really brilliant guy about 75% of the time and the other 25% of the time, he spews some of the most ridiculous flippity flarpity floop I have ever heard. The key to getting the most out of Dick Morris is being able to tell which is which. This statement would fall […]

This is an exclusive report from Matt Sanchez, who is embedded in Iraq. Sometime after 0200 Operation Alljah began in a middle-class neighborhood in northern Fallujah. The Marines of the 2nd Battalion 6th Marines occupied a police precinct and began a swarm or strategic blocking off of the streets, in order to control access both […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: The Daily Mail: Hot British pop star Cheryl Cole lounges at the pool in a bikini. YouTube: Video: National Lampoon’s 72 virgins. Celebslam: A hand written Paris Hilton response to fan mail she received in jail. Zogby International: The Zogby Interactive poll […]