Author: John Hawkins

Contact your Senator today and tell him or her what you think about Bush nominating Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court.

You want to see multi-culturalism at its most twisted? Then look no further than this bizarre and repulsive argument made by lawyer in Australia: “A violent gang rapist should have been given a lesser sentence partly because he was a “cultural time bomb” whose attacks were inevitable, as he had emigrated from a country with […]

“The American strategy of bringing democracy to Iraq is succeeding. So are the tactics that are being used to implement it. While the results are unknown, just the fact that the elections were held and were mostly violence-free is a victory in and of itself. The fact remains that the United States is achieving its […]

Despite what your local newscasts – your ‘Freeway Chase Channel 7’s and ‘Warehouse Fire Fox 13s’ – might lead you to believe, seems living in relatively safe times: The nation’s murder rate declined last year for the first time in four years, dropping to the lowest level in 40 years. Experts said local rather than […]

Harriet Miers Specter, White House At Odds On Her Position On Privacy Case Right Ups Ante On Miers Mitt Romney On Miers: “With Regards To The Miers Nomination, I Think A Lot Of People, Myself Included, Are Disappointed In Many Respects, Not Despondent Of Course, But Disappointed” Charles Schumer On His Meeting With Miers: “I […]

From Time: “Bush’s friends contend that it is the conservative élite, not the President, who miscalculated and that self-righteous right-wingers stand to lose their seats at the table of power for the next three years. “They’re crazy to take him on this frontally,” said a former West Wing official. “Not many people have done that […]

One of the things we’ve heard frequently repeated by Harriet Miers supporters is some variation of: “It’s wrong to call for Harriet Miers to withdraw before her hearings because she should have a chance to speak!” Sorry, don’t agree. Here are 4 reasons why… #1) Harriet Miers has every opportunity to speak right now. She […]

After Iraq’s historic vote this week-end, it’s worth taking just a few moments to contemplate what has been accomplished in Iraq since we invaded back in March of 2003. When we arrived in Iraq, it was run by a maniacal, America hating, terrorist supporting dictator, who had ties to Al-Qaeda, and a history of using […]

It’s no secret that Louis Farrakhan is a moonbat, a kook, and about as loopy as a truckload of Cheerios. But, did you know that he’s actually crazy? Not crazy as in, “I think Karl blew up the levies in New Orleans as a distraction,” crazy, but, “I think the FBI and the Unions have […]

RWN’s blogger poll on Harriet Miers got a passing mention in a CNN On The Blogs segment where they spoke with Erick Erickson of Red State and Lorie Byrd of Polipundit. You can watch the video here. I was also quoted in a BusinessWeek column by Richard S. Dunham and Lee Walczak. President Bush took […]

“There are now nearly 120 army and police combat battalions [about 750 men each] that are ‘in the fight.’ And ‘in the fight’ by the transition readiness assessment means they are either Level One, Level Two or Level Three. Now certainly, roughly 80 of those are Level Three, which means ‘fighting alongside.’ In other words […]

“It is really amazing how things have changed in Iraq; three years ago Saddam “won” 100% of the votes in a pathetic referendum that he designed in order to give legitimacy to his reign while yesterday even security detainees were allowed to express their opinion on the constitution through voting and the government and parliament […]

On Wednesday of this week, I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to interview foreign policy guru Richard Perle via phone. Mr. Perle was an Assistant Secretary of Defense in the Reagan administration and was a chairman of the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee during George W. Bush’s administration. During the interview, we discussed […]

Over the past few days, there have been several columns and articles written focusing on the “big year” Democrats are going to have in 2006 like, “Bush’s fall should give Democrats hope,” “The conservative crack up,” & “Democrats See Dream of ’06 Victory Taking Form.” So, is it all true? Is the GOP in trouble […]

“If George W. Bush were just a rich Texan and Harriet Miers was back in her Dallas law offices, do you know what she would do if he walked in off the street today and asked her to take a case involving constitutional legal issues? She’d refer him to someone else. That’s what a good […]

Harriet Miers Robert Bork Says Miers Should Be Withdrawn Hidden Testimony Reignites Miers Fires Asked If There Were Any Circumstances Under Which (Miers) Would Ask That Her Name Be Withdrawn, Presidential Spokesman Scott Mcclellan Told Reporters: “No One That Knows Her Would Make Such A Suggestion.” Window Into Miers’ Legal Thinking In The 1990s Reflects […]

Quotes on: How Conservative Is She Really? Cronyism Qualifications Recusals? To Know Her Is Not Neccessarily To Love Her Damned With Faint Praise Some Prominent Conservatives On Miers Read ’em all here.

The White House has been desperately flailing around, trying to find some way, any way to quell the cacophonous din from their own base over the Miers nomination. Unfortunately, one of the straws they’ve clutched at is the religious argument: “President Bush said Wednesday his advisers were telling conservatives about Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers’ […]

Oh, yeah, this is a great idea: “SAN FRANCISCO — Elected leaders here Tuesday took a step unusual for politicians: They sided with felons. With no debate, supervisors unanimously urged the city and county to delete the question about prior convictions from public employment applications. The resolution is not binding. And it does not prevent […]

George Bush may be blithely ignoring the firestorm of criticism he set off when he selected Harriet Miers, but “Apocalypse Harriet” has apparently caused Republicans in the House to suddenly start to once again become attuned to the concerns of their biggest supporters. From the Hill: “In an apparent attempt to address any conference concerns, […]

Howard Dean just doesn’t know the value of subtlety. Now, he’s criticizing Ken Mehlman for talking to the Connecticut NAACP. “I’m shocked that he would have the nerve to show his face in front of any African American organization after the way they treated those people in New Orleans,” Dean said. Let’s not even get […]

Harriet Miers *** Sign The National Review Petition For The Withdrawal Of The Nomination Of Harriet Miers To The U.S. Supreme Court *** Ken Mehlman On Blogger Conference Call: Miers May Have To Recuse Herself From Some War On Terror Related Cases White House: Two High Court Candidates Withdrew Miers To Face Hostile Queries From […]

From the latest Ann Coulter column: “The only sexism involved in the Miers nomination is the administration’s claim that once they decided they wanted a woman, Miers was the best they could do. Let me just say, if the top male lawyer in the country is John Roberts and the top female lawyer is Harriet […]

RWN’s blogger poll made it into a Fox News piece about the conservative split over the Harriet Miers nomination: “Frum also said a survey by Rightwingnews.com of 200 conservative bloggers showed 49 percent thought Miers was bad or terrible nomination. Of the respondents, 53 percent said it had lowered their view of Bush.” It’s actually […]

One of the things a lot of people are starting to wonder about at this point is: Why was Harriet selected for the Supreme Court when there were so many better qualified candidates? It’s a given that Bush could get enough votes for any of his nominees to get them confirmed. However, many people are […]