Category: Special

CPAC 2014 in Fifty-Three Pictures

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Dinner was fun with @ali, @scottienhughes, @DanielleRSaul pic.twitter.com/H1z9efHO9h – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) March 5, 2014   “How many of you have your cell phones? Please leave them on. I want to make sure President Obama can hear everything I have to say” — Cruz – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) March 6, 2014   Wonder if it’s […]

 

The 2013 Right Wing News Conservative Website Awards (12th Annual)

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Right Wing News is pleased to release the results of the 12th Annual Conservative Website Awards. More than 225 blogs were invited to participate and the following 45 blogs voted for the winners. Finding Mr. Righteous, Moonbattery, TPNN, Don Surber, Liz Mair, MY LITTLE REEF, Left Coast Rebel, Legal Insurrection, The Foundry, The Missouri Torch, […]

 

The 20 Most Annoying Liberals Of 2013

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Honorable Mentions: Bob Beckel, Joe Biden, Bill de Blasio, Michael Bloomberg, Barbara Boxer, Cher, Bob Costas, Al Gore, Alan Grayson, Chris Hayes, John Kerry, Paul Krugman, Ezra Klein, Sheila Jackson Lee, Bill Maher, Mike Malloy, Meghan McCain, Michael Moore, Michelle Obama, Dan Savage, Ed Schultz, Chuck Schumer, Andrew Sullivan, Joan Walsh, Elizabeth Warren, Anthony Weiner […]

 

The 30 Most Obnoxious Quotes Of 2013 (10th Annual)

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30) Truly inspiring to be able to come here. Anne was a great girl. Hopefully she would have been a Belieber.’ — Justin Bieber after a visit to Anne Frank’s house. 29) Don’t condemn the gangbangers, they’ve got guns that are trafficked – that are not enforced, that are straw purchased and they come into […]

 

My Favorite 75 Personal Tweets from 2013

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In no particular order, from my Twitter account,: @johnhawkinsrwn. Liberalism is for people who prioritize security over prosperity, dependence over independence and collectivism over individualism. #tcot – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) February 13, 2013 There’s nobody dumber than someone who can be replaced by a 17 year old with two weeks of training going on strike. #fastfoodworkers […]

 

The 50 Best Conservative Columnists Of 2013 (5th Annual)

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50) Phil Kerpen 49) Rachel Alexander 48) Thomas Purcell 47) Katie Kieffer 46) Daniel Flynn 45) Kathy Shaidle 44) Scottie Hughes 43) Rachel Marsden 42) Ross Douthat 41) Debra Saunders 40) Jeff Jacoby 39) Kevin McCullough 38) David Harsanyi 37) Philip Klein 36) Jack Kelly 35) Mike Adams 34) Sean Trende 33) Quinn Hillyer 32) […]

 

The 10 Hottest Pictures of Lion Huntress Melissa Bachman

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Melissa Bachman is a hunter who’s the star of a show called Winchester Deadly Passion. To be perfectly honest, I had never heard of her until every animal rights activist, gun grabber, and hunter hater on planet earth went into a spluttering rage because she posed for a picture with a lion she hunted down […]

 

What The Front Sight Four Day Defensive Handgun Course Is Really Like (13 Pictures)

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Do you know how to shoot? How sure are you about that? I was pretty sure that I knew how to use a gun. After all, I’d received about 30 minutes of training from a police officer, had been to the range a few times, and I could pretty consistently put a bullet inside the […]

 

Right Online 2013 in Pictures (17 Pictures)

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This year for the first time, Americans for Prosperity held its Right Online conference at the same time as its Defending the American Dream Summit. When AFP offered to fly me out for Right Online which was being held at the Universal Studios Resort in Orlando, I was thrilled to have the opportunity. I arrived […]

 

The Bridging The Gap Women’s Summit For 2013 (11 Pictures)

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The first “Bridging The Gap” Women’s Summit was on Saturday. It was an intriguing concept: an invite-only conservative women’s conference where different ideas are tested in preparation for a larger annual event that will be rolling out to the general public next. To the best of my knowledge, I was the only male invitee, which […]

 

In 2010, All Four Top Members Of The House GOP Leadership Pledged To Defund Obamacare

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Almost immediately after Obamacare passed, I started pushing the idea of cutting off the funds for it in the House. It got a little traction at the time and I went so far as to ask all four of the GOP’s top leaders in the House if they’d support cutting off the funds for Obamacare. […]

 

The 100 Most Popular Conservative Websites For 2013

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These websites were ranked using Alexa. The number beside of each website represents its overall rank on the Internet. 1) Fox News: 173 2) Wall Street Journal: 304 3) The Drudge Report: 486 4) The Blaze: 1000 5) New York Post: 1,034 6) Breitbart: 1,316 7) Newsmax: 1,329 8) WorldNetDaily: 1987 9) The Daily Caller: […]

 

The 20 Hottest Conservative Men in The New Media For 2013

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Welcome to the 20 hottest conservative men in new media for 2013. I was honored to put all of this together, select the judges and help bring you this list of hot conservative men. I gave the judges one rule: Set personality aside and pick the men who you find most visually appealing. The judges […]

 

The 20 Hottest Conservative Women In The New Media (2013 Edition)

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Welcome to the 5th annual 20 hottest conservative women in the new media. Besides myself, this year’s new slate of judges included, 1) Talk radio host Rusty Humprhies. 2) Joe the Plumber from Joe For America. 3) Mark Block, who served as chief of staff for Herman Cain’s 2012 presidential campaign. 4) Radio host Tony […]

 

14 Of The Obamas’ Most Decadent Vacations On Your Dime

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Judging by the schedule Barack Obama keeps, being President doesn’t seem like all that tough of a job. You play golf, you shoot hoops, you go on posh vacation after posh vacation and then you give speeches complaining about all the fatcats that are soaking the American people. Of course, living that kind of lifestyle […]

 

The 10 Coolest Guns On Planet Earth (With Pics)

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1) The AA12 Atchisson Assault Shotgun: The AA12 Atchisson Assault Shotgun can fire five shotgun shells per second, can launch a fragmentation grenade and has such a minimal amount of recoil that it can be fired with one hand. 2) XM25 Individual Airburst Weapon System (IAWS): “The Punisher” fires a 25mm grenade that can be […]

 

The CPAC 2013 Experience In Pictures (40 Pics)

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If conservative conferences were all on Monster Island, CPAC would be Godzilla. It’s the biggest conference with the biggest names, the most parties and the most press. You want to meet big name conservatives, party, or network? Then CPAC is the best conference to do it at. The event also has a blistering, hectic pace […]

 

2/23/2013 Will Be A Day of Resistance

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“The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed. The agitation it produces must be submitted to.” — Thomas Jefferson Yes, Barack Obama did beat Mitt Romney in 2012. But, he was reelected as President– not king. Unfortunately, no one seems to have told the Republicans in Congress that because […]

 

The 50 Most Popular Conservatives According to Google (2013 Edition)

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Putting together a list of the most Googled conservatives is more difficult than you’d think. You have to come up with an initial list of conservatives. The original list was over 150 conservatives long, all of whom are alive. Of course, you’ve also got to decide who’s a conservative and who isn’t. In some cases, […]

 

The 50 Best Movies Of The Last 50 Years (2012 Edition)

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(Descriptions courtesy of Netflix) 50) The Blues Brothers (1980): John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd lay waste to Chicago as the title characters, a pair of two-bit crooks on a quest to save the Catholic orphanage where they were raised by reuniting their former band for a charity gig. 49) The Beastmaster (1982): Possessing an extraordinary […]

 

The 20 Most Annoying Liberals of 2012 (10th Annual)

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Honorable Mentions: Bill Ayers, Bob Beckel, Joy Behar, Eric Boehlert, Margaret Cho, Candy Crowley, Code Pink, Lena Dunham, Dianne Feinstein, Ruth Bader-Ginsburg, Kathy Griffin, Eric Holder, Jesse Jackson, Ezra Klein, Rachel Maddow, Bill Maher, Bill Press, Ed Schultz, Al Sharpton, Jon Stewart, and Jeremiah Wright. 20) Chris Hayes: He’s a smarmy, politically correct beta male […]

 

The 50 Best, Most Notable, & Most Controversial Posts From John Hawkins In 2012

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50) Interviewing Jonah Goldberg About His New Book, “The Tyranny of Cliches: How Liberals Cheat in the War of Ideas.” 49) What Would The Republican Party Ever Do If We Lost Meghan McCain? 48) 25 Questions about What the Hell has Happened to America 47) My Speech At The April 14, 2012 Myrtle Beach Tea […]

 

The 60 Best Conservative Blogs For 2012 (6th Annual)

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60) The Mental Recession (No link because I am getting a virus warning when I go there today) 59) Polipundit 58) Jihad Watch 57) This Ain’t Hell 56) Hugh Hewitt 55) Patterico’s Pontifications 54) Moe Lane 53) Counter Cultured 52) Wizbang! 51) Maggie’s Farm 50) Gay Patriot 49) Creative Minority Report 48) Conservatives4Palin 47) Five […]

 

A Report On My Get-Out-The-Vote Trip To Vegas With Western Representation PAC & DustinStockton.com (18 Pictures)

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Western Representation PAC:  and Dustin Stockton.com were doing a final get-out-the-vote push in Nevada before the election. They offered to fly me out to Sin City to help and since I’d never been before, I thought it was a great opportunity to see the town and hang out with some friends while we helped out […]

 

Let Sarah Speak! Do Your Part To Help Sarah Palin Get A Speaking Slot At The Republican Convention

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In 2008, after Sarah Palin became our vice-presidential nominee, she instantly became the most prominent woman in the Republican Party. Since then, she has relentlessly supported the Tea Party and in 2010, she was one of the most valuable players in the best year the GOP has had in half a century. During that election […]