Author: John Hawkins

“I`ve read that polls may be down and are down in some instances. They do tend to go up and down depending on circumstances. And if every time a poll went down, somebody changed their policy or changed their position or tossed in the towel, we wouldn`t have a country today. There have been plenty […]

Question: “Now that Russia & China are presenting an united front and actually have made it clear they want iran to build a bomb – even they can not be stupid enough to think or try to convince us that they think that this is anything other than Iran wanting to build and likely use […]

There were a lot of 2008 related questions, so I’m going to answer them all in one big block. Question #1: “Hey, John. Love your site, I visit almost daily. Anyway, I would like you to handicap the Republican primaries in 2008. Is McCain as strong as he looks? The conservative types I hang around […]

Question: “Hey John, Happy St. Patrick’s Day! (I know im a week late but there was Q&A last friday!) I have a (related) question. Do you get much international traffic to your site or is it predominantly american? There is alot of interest in american politics here in ireland and I am just curious. Keep […]

Question: Were you popular in high school? — oneisnotprime Answer: Early on in Junior High School and High School, I wasn’t particularly good with people, lacked self-confidence, was shy, and wasn’t particularly athletic. I did make my high school baseball team for one semester, but spent the whole season on the bench. This was pretty […]

Question: “Hi John, I’m a longtime reader, 2+ years. I was thinking about the problem of the liberal media lately and I wondered hwo the situation could be fixed. I recalled a recent article (who’s source I cannot remember) that showed with unerring facts, how the broadcast media invitably drew it’s “subject of the day” […]

Question: “It’s apparent that there’s still a strong feeling of isolationism and protectionism in the American electorate. However, Republicans tend to favor open markets, Democrats tend to support international institutions, and both parties support open borders. Neither party is really catering to the isolationist/protectionist sentiment yet. Do you think that either party (or perhaps a […]

Foreign 3 Ungrateful Peace Weenies Rescued By American And British Hostages In Iraq Rice Calls Karzai on Christian Convert’s Fate Afghan Judge Won’t Give In To Pressure. Islamic Clerics Say Even If Christian Convert Released, They’ll ‘Cut Off His Head’ A Newly Released Pre-War Iraqi Document Indicates That An Official Representative Of Saddam Hussein’s Government […]

Today is Q&A Friday #36 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 […]

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The “distraction” meme is one of the most regularly reoccurring conspiracy theories that you see on the left today. Here’s how it works: #1) An event happens #2) Liberals point to poll numbers, some trumped up charge made by Democrats, or some other form of difficulty for the President being hyped by the media (and […]

(Hillary) Clinton renewed her pledge to oppose a bill passed in December by the House that would make unlawful presence in the United States _ currently a civil offense _ a felony. The Senate is set to consider a version of that legislation, as well as several other bills seeking to address the seemingly intractable […]

Over at the Weekly Standard, Allan Carlson is claiming that social conservatives don’t get the respect they deserve in the GOP: “Moreover, when push comes to shove, social conservatives remain second class citizens under the Republican tent. During the 2004 Republican convention, they were virtually confined to the party’s attic, kept off the main stage, […]

Who came up with this blockheaded idea? The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission sent a message to bar patrons last week. TABC agents and Irving police swept through 36 Irving bars and arrested about 30 people on charges of public intoxication. Agency representatives say the move came as a proactive measure to curtail drunken driving. North […]

— Is it wrong that I wouldn’t mind seeing this movie? “When U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited this city last month, Egyptians had an unusual choice: watch her on TV as she expounded on issues of war and peace in the Middle East, or go to a neighborhood movie theater and see her […]

Foreign British Terrorist Tried To Buy Nuclear Weapon From Russian Mob A Spanish Judge Has Charged 32 Suspected Islamic Militants Over An Alleged Plot To Blow Up The National Court In Madrid Britain Pushes For Military Option To Restrain Tehran President Bush Said Wednesday That He Is “Deeply Troubled” That An Afghan Man Is Being […]

A lot of conservatives have pointed out, correctly, that the critics of the war in Iraq lack perspective. For example, you constantly hear liberals comparing Iraq to Vietnam, but seldom do you hear their pointing out that the number of soldiers killed in Iraq throughout the entire length of the war is about the same […]

For the first time, RWN has made the incredibly hot Melissa McNamara’s Blogophile column over at CBS. Here’s a little background from Melissa’s column and the quote she used: New American Foundation fellow Phillip Longman’s op-ed last week made lots of conservative bloggers jump for joy, and put some liberals on edge. Longman uses population […]

A lot of liberals buy into flakey ideas and conspiracy theories, but they usually try to hide what they believe from the general public. However, there are two times when they tend to blurt out the truth. The first is when they get particularly frustrated by something they perceive as a Republican/conservative victory. For example, […]

Atrios, Kevin Drum, and Andrew Sullivan have been knocking heads over the economy. Here’s a short summary from Outside The Beltway of the positions they’re taking: Duncan Black and Kevin Drum call B.S. on Andrew Sullivan’s statement that, “I’m in favor of Bush’s tax cuts, but want spending cuts to match them; I favor balanced […]

Evangelist Charles Colson on the travesty of justice unfolding in Afghanistan: Abdul Rahman is on trial for his life in a Kabul court. His crime? Converting to Christianity. According to reports, Rahman converted to Christianity sixteen years ago while working for a Christian group that helped Afghan refugees in Peshawar, Pakistan. When he returned to […]

The Shrub was handed a golden opportunity (yesterday) morning to level with the American People about his real reasons for attacking Iraq, reasons that Helen Thomas would be more than happy to explain to him if he’d just open his ears and listen. Instead, he used the solemn third anniversary of his illegal and immoral […]

Foreign Some U.S. Officials Fear Iran Is Helping Al Qaeda They Say Intelligence Suggests That The Regime Lets Key Figures Plot. But The Picture Is Cloudy (Free LA Times Reg Req) Bush Defends Decisions On Iraq War U.S. Cautiously Backs Afghan Christian Set To Be Murdered For His Beliefs By The Government. Monitoring Situation While […]

Last night, on the fly, I came up with a little exercise that I, political wonk that I am, thought would be fun. I decided to give myself 24 minutes to come up with 24 laws/policies/changes that should be put into effect in America on the domestic front. These changes could affect the powers of […]

RWN made Howard Kurtz’s Media Notes column in the Washington Post again. This time around, he quoted heavily from “The Conservative Case Against John McCain In 2008” article that I wrote last week. “John Hawkins at Right Wing News reminds us that some ardent conservatives don’t trust McCain either–and resent his media profile: There is […]

Rock legend Carlos Santana gets all geopolitical and gives everyone the benefit of his like, wisdom man: Carlos Santana quoted his old friend Jimi Hendrix in an anti-war message here today and said his philosophy is the antithesis of President George W. Bush’s. “I have wisdom. I feel love. I live in the present and […]

“Here at home, I’m also encouraged by the strength of our economy. Last year, our economy grew at a health 3.5 percent. Over the past two and a half years, the economy has added nearly 5 million new jobs. That’s more than Japan and the 25 nations of the European Union combined. The national unemployment […]

If you want to see how the mainstream media plays the spin game, then take a look at a piece MSNBC has written about Naji Sabri, Saddam’s foreign minister, who became a CIA informant before the invasion. To begin with, here’s the headline and the opening of the article: “Iraqi diplomat gave U.S. prewar WMD […]

You know, it’s funny. The media and Democrats have been running around like chickens with their heads cut off for years now telling everyone that all is lost in Iraq and it’s Bush’s fault. We can’t win! Civil War is right around the corner! We’ve got to cut and run! Woe is us! Abandon all […]

Foreign Bin Laden Sought ‘Joint Operations’ With Saddam Bush Warns Iran On Israel Claim: ‘US Could Wipe Out Iran Nuke Program In Two Days’ (Free Jerusalem Post Reg Req) Anger Over Christian Convert In Kabul Who Faces Death EU To Hand Over $78 Million To Hamas Led Government Afghan Ambassador Raps Protesters Who Said Country […]