Author: John Hawkins

Questions: “And the question in my mind is how many additional American casualties is Saddam (Hussein) worth? And the answer is not that damned many.” – Dick Cheney (1992)” What changed in Iraq?” — faithfull Answer: Two things. Back when we originally hit Saddam, the thinking was that he would be overthrown after the war […]

Question: “What’s your prediction for the election and EV count? Don’t bother with polls and breakdowns, what’s your gut feeling?” — Mike_M Answer: My gut feeling is that the voters who will definitely turn out to pull the lever for Bush based on national security will far outnumber the lefties who will make sure to […]

Question: (Via Email) “Dear John, My name’s Joel from Australia. Recently the Conservatives had a land-slide victory against Labor (the Left) who were preferencing with the far-left Greens. We increased our majority in the Lower House in which Prime Minister John Howard governs, while in the Upper House we are looking at gaining complete control. […]

Today will be Q&A Friday #6 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 […]

Question: “Hey, If Bush is re-elected come November, and he gets his picks for supreme court justices approved, is it possible that abortion could be put to an end?” — Randompasserby Answer: There will likely be multiple Supreme Court slots opening up in the next term and if Bush is re-elected, it may be a […]

Question: “Any thought of ever running for office yourself?” — Bull_Moose Answer: When I was in college, I toyed with the idea of running for office one day. But, even then when I wasn’t all that serious about politics, I decided that I’d rather be a campaign manager than a candidate. To be honest, I […]

One of the things that came up in the debate last night was the shortage of flu vaccine. Rush Limbaugh explains why we REALLY don’t have enough flu vaccine and I think it’ll be an eye opener for people who don’t understand why socialized medicine is such a terrible idea. You want to turn our […]

As most of you may have heard, former Fox employee Andrea Mackris is suing Bill O’Reilly for sexual harassment. She says he’s a bizarre pervert and Fox says she is trying to extort $60 million dollars. It is of course too early to say who’s right and who’s wrong, but I can tell you the […]

John Forbes Kerry, father of two heterosexual daughters, today apologized for referring to the sexual preference of Vice President Dick Cheney’s daughter during last night’s final presidential debate. “There’s nothing wrong with being one of God’s homosexual children,” said Mr. Kerry, an openly-heterosexual veteran of foreign war who is also a U.S. Senator, “And far […]

The 10 most notable quotes of note from the debate, in order… — 10) George Bush: “You know, he talks to the workers. Let me talk to the workers. You’ve got more money in your pocket as a result of the tax relief we passed and he opposed. If you have a child, you got […]

Last night, I debated Jeff Seemann, a liberal Democrat running for the House in Ohio. We duked it out on the draft, Iraq, Afghanistan, health care, the economy, the deficit, and a number of other topics. It was a fun debate and you’ll definitely want to check it out. You can read the debate by […]

8:50: I am preparing for the debate. Taking the dog out, ordering Chinese food, and waiting for George Bush “to be real positive, while I keep my foot on John Kerry’s throat”. Figuratively of course! I have no idea if that’s a real quote or not, but it should be. 9:01: I didn’t get time […]

Hat tip to the fine folks at the Barking Moonbat Early Warning System for creating this graphic.

President Bush will “tote along a Twister mat and fourteen flexible Romanian gymnasts” for tonight’s debate to “further illustrate John Kerry’s multiple positions on Iraq,” Republican operatives said yesterday. The third presidential debate, to be held at Arizona State University tonight, was to focus primarily on domestic issues, but Bush’s stage props should ensure that […]

I will be liveblogging the debate starting tonight at 9 PM. Pop a bag of popcorn, grab a few beverages and tune in for the fun =) Maybe we can come up with a drinking game by then? Let’s see…every time Bush calls Kerry a liberal, take a drink. If Kerry says he has a […]

Democrat presidential candidate John Forbes Kerry today announced the details of his plan to completely eliminate the nuisance of terrorism. “I have a plan,” said Mr. Kerry, “to create a do-not-terrorize list that Americans could sign up for on the internet. And if any terrorist would flout the law and attack someone whose name is […]

— You know, I’ve seen politicians make some outrageous promises before an election, but I’m not sure I’ve ever seen anything to top this… “If we do the work that we can do in this country, the work that we will do when John Kerry is President, people like Christopher Reeve will get up out […]

I received an email from a reader, jsl@be**.***, that covered a topic I wanted to address. Here’s the email in it’s entirety… “Your editorial “11 reasons why we were right to hit Iraq” abstracts the war into ideas and ideals. How do you feel about the 13,000 – 15,000 Iraqi civilians killed as a result […]

A forensic scientist studying photographic evidence has identified an object which caused a bump on the back of a suit jacket worn by President George Bush during his first debate with John Forbes Kerry. “It’s a spine,” said the unnamed scientist. “The president’s backbone, in a sense, was showing during his debate with Mr. Kerry.” […]

Last night, I got together in a private RWN chat room with Bill from INDC Journal, Ace from Ace of Spades HQ, Michele from A Small Victory, & Frank J. from IMAO and we discussed the media and blogosphere. We talked about a variety of topics including money, memogate, women in blogging, criticizing other bloggers, […]

I’m going to be heading to the beach today at about 4:00, which means this will be the last update until Tuesday. That’s a shame because I was looking forward to liveblogging the debate tonight… By the way: My prediction? The Dems way overspun the first debate so that expectations are that Kerry is going […]

Here’s a quick summary, even though I’m on vacation. Note that I haven’t seen or heard anyone else’s analysis on the net or TV. (Am I a political junky or what?) Moderator Performance: Excellent. I have no complaints about the questions. Funniest moment: Bush on the Timber company. Worst Reply: After Bush called Kerry a […]

Here’s a little more reading material to keep you busy while I’m gone. Enjoy the humor… — Behind The Scenes In Iraq With Wolf Streisand — Canadian Man Mildly Offended That America Isn’t Threatening To Invade Canada — Constitution Ruled Unconstitutional — French PM: ‘It’s Great to Be Collaborating with Germany Again!’ — I Am […]

Since I’m going out of town today and won’t return until Tuesday, I thought it might be a good idea to give you a little Retro RWN releated to the election to chew on. Enjoy the Kerry bashing and Bush boosting… — 40 Reasons To Vote For George Bush Or Against John Kerry — A […]

Since the Duelfer report has now definitively revealed that Saddam had no stockpiles of WMDs, I thought it was worth pointing out just SOME of the many reasons why taking out Saddam was the right thing to do. 1) Without question, Iraq was a nation that provided “safe haven” for terrorists with “global reach”. Among […]

I am a senior citizen. During the Clinton Administration I had an extremely good and well paying job. I took numerous vacations and had several vacation homes. Since President Bush took office, I have watched my entire life change for the worse. I lost my job. I lost my two sons in that terrible Iraqi […]

Like a lot of political junkies — and apparently Robert Reich, I find America’s move to the right, particularly over the last 25 years to be fascinating. Here’s the gist of Reich’s take

“And now we go to our round table,” Brit Hume announced, “Mara Liasson of National Public Radio, Fred Barnes of The Weekly Standard, and Mort Kondracke of Roll Call. Of course, our subject is the Vice Presidential debate.” “Slam dunk for John Edwards, no question,” Barnes stated. “I dunno, seemed more like a body slam […]

“When it was popular to be a Massachusetts liberal, (John Kerry’s) voting record was that. When it was popular to be for the Iraq war, he was for it. Now it’s popular to be against it, and he’s against it.” — Jay Carson, a Dean campaign spokesman “(F)irst, they voted to commit the troops, to […]

In America and around the world, conservatives and liberals have battled it out over the Kyoto Protocol. Liberals argued that we absolutely had to sign the Kyoto Protocol, IMMEDIATELY, no matter what damage it might do to the economy! Why, if we didn’t sign Kyoto, not only would the Europeans be angry at us (how […]