Author: John Hawkins

One Of Romney’s Staffers: The Real Problem With The GOP is the “Far Right?”

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Mitt Romney, who was a moderate governor of a blue state, with a moderate staff, running a campaign that seemed to be geared around avoiding social issues and being as non-offensive as possible, lost to Barack Obama. Didn’t we see this same movie in 2008, except with John McCain in the leading role? Well, here’s […]

 

Illegal Immigrants To Get A Cheaper Rate For College Than American Citizens In Massachusetts

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  Who says crime doesn’t pay? It certainly does if: you’re an illegal immigrant who wants to go to college in Massachusetts. Gov. Deval Patrick wants to allow some illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition rates to attend state colleges and universities.A senior administration official told The Associated Press that Patrick will send a letter to […]

 

I Just Don’t Like The Way You Give Me Charity

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The New York Times ran the strangest article about people helping the downtrodden after Hurricane Sandy. It’s strange because instead of lauding the people who’re helping or talking about how we can come together to help each other out in a crisis, it focuses on guilt and on the difficult charity cases who don’t like […]

 

Two Assumptions That Explain Why Conservatives Will Never Be Able To Trust The NRSC To Make Endorsements In Republican Primaries

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Happily, John Cornyn is out at the NRSC, but the very first idea Jerry Moran seems to have coming in the door as the Chairman is to start trying to pick the nominees in Republican primaries. That’s a bad idea. Read their lips: no more Todd Akins. In the wake of the GOP’s Election Day […]

 

Forward! Ehr…From A Full-Time Job to Part-Time Work Thanks To ObamaCare

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By John Hawkins TPNN Contributor This: story about a business owner adding an Obamacare surcharge to his menu is intriguing, but it buries the real lead. While some business owners threaten to cut workers’ hours to avoid paying for their health care, a West Palm Beach, Fla., restaurant owner is going even further. John Metz said […]

 

7 Questions That Will Determine the Success or Failure Of Barack Obama’s Second Term

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When British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan was asked what might knock his administration off course, he famously responded,: “Events, dear boy, events.”: There’s a lot of truth to that. At any point in time, an unexpected event can throw the political world into turmoil. However, more often than not, it’s not the blindside hit that gets you […]

 

Preparing Kids To Play In The Freeway Of Life

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  Hooray!: We can all win all of the time. Our contemporary hunger for equality can border on the comical. When my six-year-old son came home from first grade with a fancy winner’s ribbon, I was filled with pride to discover that he had won a footrace. While I was heaping praise on him, he interrupted […]

 

What Would The Republican Party Ever Do If We Lost Meghan McCain?

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Please, please, please, I’m BEGGING YOU, Megan — don’t do it! Last Tuesday, Mitt Romney lost–and he lost big. As Republicans, we lost again. I felt sad, exhausted, beaten down, and heartbroken. It was the first time that I considered that the Republican Party, which I love so much, might die. …I know there are […]

 

When America Embraces Tribalism, It’s Time To Go Tribal.

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When in Rome, do as the Romans do. If Mark Steyn is right, and I think he is, when he suggests that America has embraced tribalism, then it’s time to go tribal. To an immigrant such as myself (not the undocumented kind, but documented up to the hilt, alas), one of the most striking features […]

 

Wraptastic: A Symptom Of Something Gone Horribly Wrong In American Society

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Ever heard of Wraptastic? The basic idea behind this product is that for $25 ($11 for the product and $14 for the shipping and handling), you get a product that is marginally better at dealing with plastic wrap and tin foil than the packaging those products come with. Here’s the thing: Even for someone who’s […]

 

Failing Upwards: The John Cornyn Story

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By John Hawkins TPNN Contributor After John Cornyn was reelected in 2008, he took over as the National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman. Since Cornyn was viewed as smart and conservative, most Republicans were pleased with that selection. However, Cornyn proved to be a DISASTER. To be fair, Cornyn did have a good year in 2010 […]

 

7 Principles That Will Guarantee Constant Misery

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You don’t just wake up miserable one day and stay that way. To the contrary, producing a nice, consistent level of misery takes a lot of work. Do you ever hear anyone say, “Wow, that guy does whatever it takes to be miserable!” Of course not. Everyone is too busy patting the happy people on […]

 

5 Signs Of Societal Degeneration In America

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It’s true that the “good old days” weren’t always good, but we should also remember that our belief that we’re completely superior to previous generations of Americans doesn’t even remotely square with reality. It’s fine to pat ourselves on the back for being wealthier, more educated and considerably less racist than we used to be, […]

 

No Right To Privacy Under Obama: Union Goons Given Home Numbers And Addresses Of Non-Union Members

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By John Hawkins TPNN Contributor This is an absolute outrage and if the Republican Party doesn’t make this into a major issue, it should just fold its tents and go home. President Obama’s labor regulators are preparing to give his “army” of unions the private contact information of workers employed by non-union companies, as part […]

 

Polling Conservative Bloggers On the Lessons The GOP Should Learn From The 2012 Election Defeat

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Right Wing News polled more than 230 right-of-center bloggers on the lessons the GOP should learn from the 2012 election defeat. The following 66 bloggers responded. 101 Dead Armadillos, Alexa Shrugged, All American Blogger, Argghhhh!, Backyard Conservative, Basil’s Blog, Betsy’s Page, Black and Right, Blonde Sagacity, Cara Ellison, Cassy Fiano, Conservative Blogs Central, Conservatives4Palin, Dodgeblogium, […]

 

A Message About The Comments Section And A Call For Moderators

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At one time, Right Wing News used to have one of the best comment sections on the right side of the blogosphere. However, when the amount of the content on the page dramatically ramped up, the number of comments per thread couldn’t keep up. It took time, but eventually we started to build the numbers […]

 

This Week In Quotes: Nov 2 – Nov 15

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Will the Millennials stay Democratic? The baby boomers cast equal numbers of votes for George McGovern and Richard Nixon in 1972, while their elders favored Nixon by nearly 2-1. But this year, boomers (now age 45 to 64) backed Romney. Youthful political attitudes don’t always endure. — Michael Barone Almost certainly, Obamacare will fail. And […]

 

Even if Elmo’s Accuser Lied, There’s Still A Sex Scandal

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The “good news,” such as it is,: appears to be that “Elmo” isn’t a statutory rapist. The 23-year-old man who accused Kevin Clash, the man who has been the voice of Elmo on “Sesame Street” for nearly three decades, of having had a sexual relationship with him when he was a minor recanted the allegation today. […]

 

100 Years Of Electoral Maps: The Country Can Change Faster Than You Think

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In 2004, we were hearing talk about how Republicans had realigned the map and Democrats were DOOMED FOREVER. Now, just 8 years later, after Mitt Romney lost an election he should have won, we’re hearing the same thing from Republicans. We lost, so it’s game over, man! The fact that an easy win for Obama […]

 

After Tax Hikes On The Rich Accomplish Nothing, Then What?

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By John Hawkins TPNN Contributor Will we have tax increases on the wealthiest Americans, either in the lame duck session or next year? Yes, probably. The polls show it’s a losing issue for the GOP. Fewer Republicans are signing on to Grover Norquist’s anti-tax pledge. Obama is using the issue as an excuse not to […]

 

Every Christian Should Boycott UPS

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One of the reasons this country is going downhill so fast is that conservatives and Christians continue to support organizations that are hostile to our values. Take UPS, for example. Its decision to publicly attack one of the finest organizations in America, the Boy Scouts, for putting kids first and staying true to its Christian […]

 

For Better Or Worse, Calls For Secession Are Just Going To Get Louder

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My line on secession is the same as it always has been, which is that the question of whether states have a right to secede was decided during the Civil War and the answer was “No.” That being said, secession petitions have become all the rage since the election. It’s traditional for Americans to threaten […]

 

When It Comes To Fund Raising and GOTV Efforts, Democrats are Playing Three Dimensional Chess While Republicans are Playing Tic-Tac-Toe

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The GOP is behind the Democrats in numbers and one of the biggest ones is our get-out-the-vote and fund raising effort. In fact, it is entirely possible that if Mitt Romney had Barack Obama’s GOTV campaign in place while Obama was saddled the disastrous Project ORCA that the GOP used, it might have been enough […]

 

Maybe It’s Time To Make Lemonade Out Of The Petraeus and Allen Scandals?

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  If you’ve ever wanted proof that women love a man in uniform, then: just look to David Petraeus and John Allen. The FBI probe into the sex scandal that prompted CIA Director David Petraeus to resign has expanded to ensnare Gen. John R. Allen, the commander of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan, the Pentagon […]

 

When Does The Obama Administration Sue the NBA?

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  The Obama Administration: may be about to engage in unconstitutional social engineering via lawsuit? Not a shocker, right? President Obama intends to close “persistent gaps” between whites and minorities in everything from credit scores and homeownership to test scores and graduation rates. His remedy – short of new affirmative-action legislation – is to sue financial […]

 

America’s Future Tomorrow, Today, But With Twinkies!

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By John Hawkins TPNN Contributor Get used to: stories like this one: because you’re going to see a lot of them in the coming years. Hostess Brands permanently closed three bakeries Monday, including a plant in St. Louis where 365 jobs were cut, in response to a bakers’ union strike that started Friday. The bankrupt maker of […]