Category: John Hawkins

You can barely look at a political website these days without reading a post about the Tea Party movement. Of course, we’ve heard plenty from liberals. “They’re fascist-racist KKK-Nazis!” The Rockefeller Republicans have tut-tutted their opinions from the cocktail circuit as well, “Egads! Some of these people look as if they shop at Wal-Mart!” However, […]

Right after Obamacare passed, I realized that if the GOP managed to take back Congress, it wasn’t going to be possible to immediately repeal the bill. Moreover, without 60 votes in the Senate, I knew it was going to be extremely difficult to make any significant changes to it before it went into effect. So, […]

The more you expect from politics, the more you will be disappointed. That’s because the government does very few things well and the politicians who tell you otherwise are inevitably shameless liars. So, why do people insist that our government engage in activities it does poorly and was never intended to do in the first […]

It is a great honor to be here at the first inaugural Tabicon 2010, which is being thrown by my close personal friend Tabitha Hale. I understand Freedomworks also has some small role or another in putting on this event; so I’d like to thank them for their efforts as well — whatever they may […]

1) Remember the stimulus bill? Republicans strongly opposed it and said it wouldn’t work. Democrats said it would revive the economy and keep unemployment under 8 percent. So, what happened? Democrats shoved through a bill that cost $1.1 trillion when you add in the interest. It cost more than the Marshall Plan, the Louisiana Purchase, […]

This country has been successful not only because of the innate decency, creativity, and independence of the American people, but because of Christianity, capitalism, and conservatism. Unfortunately, all too often these days, conservatives spend the majority of our time correcting myths, misinformation, and misrepresentations about the movement instead of explaining our principles to people. That’s […]

One of the great ironies of American politics is that the least bigoted group of people in the country, conservatives, are continually accused of being hatemongers by the most prejudiced and race-obsessed people in our nation. No matter how often conservatives advocate race-neutral policies, condemn racism, or prove we’re not racists, we’re still smeared for […]

After talking about The 7 Worst Presidents Of The Last Hundred Years at Townhall last week, it seems natural to move on to the 7 greatest Presidents in American history. Since below average and mediocre Presidents are quite common while truly extraordinary Presidents are very rare, it seems appropriate to focus on the greatest Presidents […]

Last week, I did a conservative blogger poll of the 20 worst figures in American history that has been heavily criticized by both the Left and the Right. You know what I say about that? Regrettably, I have to say that much of the criticism had merit. The list, which was compiled via blogger vote, […]

Liberal historians have been ranking Presidents for years and of course there’s always a heavy leftward skew to their evaluations. Republicans are inevitably ranked lower than they deserve to be while Democrats are sure to be portrayed in the kindest historical light. Here’s a different take on the issue: A look at the worst Presidents […]

The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn’t work and then they get elected and prove it. — P.J. O’Rourke Picking a politician to support is like trying to decide whether you want […]

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If the right forces us all to either defend Wright or tear him down, no matter what we choose, we lose the game they’ve put upon us. Instead, take one of them – Fred Barnes, Karl Rove, who cares – and call them racists. — Spencer Ackerman Tainting the tea party movement with the charge […]

Just a few decades ago journalism in this country was actually about reporting the facts. Yes, journalists may have leaned to the Left, but at least reporters made an effort to be fair. Today, journalists are more interested in “making a difference” than in any antiquated standards and they play by PRAVDA rules. Every news […]

The centerpiece of Barack’s Obama first two years in office has been the health care reform that the Democratic Party shoved through Congress over the objections of the Republican Party and the American people. Not only was the legislation unpopular when it was passed, polls have consistently shown that the American people want to see […]

One of the lines we’ve heard again and again from the Left and even from mediocre Republicans like Bob Bennett and Lindsey Graham is that the Tea Party has no agenda. The idea is supposed to be that the Tea Party is just a bunch of slack-jawed, backwoods hillbillies who are rallying against progress and […]

On a semi-regular basis, I get asked by Republican “new media” staffers how the GOP can better work with the Rightroots. As a general rule, I find that these new media staffers are well meaning, get the blogosphere, and have a pretty good idea of what needs to be done. Unfortunately, these very same new […]

Douglas MacArthur once said that, “Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.” As it is with old soldiers, so it goes with nations. When you watch “end of the world” movies on TV, America may be overrun by zombies, hit by asteroids, destroyed by aliens, annihilated by a climate gone mad — and so […]

“I shall know but one country. The ends I aim at shall be my country’s, my God’s and Truth’s. I was born an American; I live an American; I shall die an American.” — Daniel Webster In a nation like the United States, which is the greatest nation that’s ever existed since God breathed life […]

On Monday, I smacked David Frum around on RWN, partially for being David Frum, but mostly for complaining about being denied a spot in the Blogads Conservative Hive. David Frum did fire back, but honestly, just between you, me, and all the other people who will read this today, I initially wasn’t planning to respond […]

The oil spill in the Gulf AKA Obamatrina has been a disaster for everyone involved. Millions of ordinary people who did nothing wrong are taking a huge economic hit, it’s a genuine environmental disaster, BP may end up going bankrupt over the whole disaster, and Obama’s incompetence has been so galling that even Democratic apparatchik’s […]

Middle-of-the-roaders and people who don’t pay a lot of attention to politics have made such a fetish out of bipartisanship that the most partisan political hacks in D.C. will go on and on about “unity” and “working with the other side” even as they lustily plant toe kicks to the other side’s groins at every […]

There’s a time and a place for everything. For example, there may be nothing wrong with building a museum of Japanese military history, but would the place for that be Pearl Harbor? How about our First Amendment right to speak out — that’s important, isn’t it? So does that mean it’s supposed to be okay […]

“Never again.” It’s what the world said after the Holocaust. Fast forward sixty five years and the only thing standing between seven million Jews in Israel and a 2nd Holocaust is their ability to fight for their own survival and the increasingly inconsistent support of the United States. It doesn’t matter that Israel is a […]

“The trouble with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people’s money.” — Margaret Thatcher Guess what, folks? “Eventually” is here for Greece and it may soon be for Ireland, Portugal, Spain, and Italy as well. So, when does “eventually” come for us? Last week, congressman Mike Pence told me that unless something […]

During the campaign for President, you’d often hear liberals claim that conservatives were questioning Barack Obama’s patriotism. Then, you’d usually hear conservatives respond that, “No, we aren’t questioning his patriotism; we just don’t like his policies.” Well, for the record, I do question Barack Obama’s patriotism and his love of country. Yes, Barack Obama Kenya […]

Despite the fact that immigration is vitally important to our nation’s future, it has become impossible to have an honest conversation about the issue. There’s simply too much fear of falsely being called a racist or of offending some key political demographic for people to discuss the subject. That has to change and it starts […]