Yesterday, the fine folks over at Americans for Prosperity alerted me to the fact that the election issue of all election issues has been dumped into the GOP’s lap. You see, on October 1st, 2008, “the existing bans on Outer Continental Shelf drilling and oil shale leasing expire — unless Congress specifically votes to extend […]

Yesterday, I put up what I considered to be the 10 best looking women from the yearly Hill’s 50 Most Beautiful 2008 list and let RWN’s readers vote on their faves. Here are the big winners. Honorable Mention: Rana Abtar — 11% of the vote 3rd Place: Erica Price — 12% of the vote 2nd […]

This is the now infamous “Celebrity” ad… …and this is Lindsey Graham’s explanation of the ad. Incidentally, this may be the only semi-brilliant thing I’ve ever heard Lindsey Graham say, “The whole (Celebrity) ad is about the idea of fame without portfolio. Paris Hilton is famous for being famous. She draws a crowd for no […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Webupon: 10 immense internet phenomena that people ended up hating The Other McCain: The MSM is getting angry and peevish because John McCain and the GOP won’t roll over and play dead Karl Rove: Obama’s Iraq fumble Egotatic!: Mischa Barton bikini pictures […]

In an election cycle where Republicans are reviled and the GOP candidate, John McCain, seems to inspire less excitement than a Droopy marathon on the Cartoon Network, it’s hard for some people to understand how the race is still close. After all, Barack Obama is drawing record crowds and generating the sort of wild-eyed loyalty […]

Sarah Steelman took the high road last night on “The Glenn Beck Show” when describing how she stopped payment on a check meant to settle a sexual harassment case; she did not mention Gov. Blunt’s name in telling this story. Her account starts about 0:45 seconds into the clip: I recognize that this is a […]

There is more than one reason to ban the English flag. Not only is it “offensive and racist,” but there are safety considerations: A retired teacher says she was banned from waving her Cross of St George flag during a Proms performance on health and safety grounds. A steward told Rosalind Hilton to put the […]

Dems have the goods on gutsy anti-pork Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK). He’s committed the ultimate crime (according to moonbats) — bringing babies into the world: Coburn has come under new pressure from the Ethics panel for delivering babies at the Muskogee Regional Medical Center, which changed from a public to a private institution in April […]

Unsurprisingly, although Barack Obama is supposed to be a man who can promote racial reconciliation, his supporters are trying to use his race to insulate him from valid criticism again. Here is a typically silly post from Bill Press at the HuffPo about John McCain’s excellent new ad, which happily is getting lots of free […]

A little jaunt down memory lane is in order to provide some context to the continued promise of “alternative energy” as the panacea to all of our energy problems. The following quotes are from an energy speech which was never delivered by Jimmy Carter, but reflects the reality and promises of the time. Compare it […]

I created my first Slatecard today. Take a look and please support these folks in whatever way you can. The widget will remain in the sidebar on my blog through the election. Is there someone I’m missing? Email me or post a comment if you want to make the case for me adding another candidate […]

Here’s an email I received this morning, From: dave OHannaghan subject: Thanks Hawkins you sad American Dum F@ck. Please don’t ever stop writing your sub retarded articles! They are f@cking hilarious! Time, I think, to place one of those guns you seem to love against your temple and rid us of your drooling ignorance you […]

The yearly Hill’s 50 Most Beautiful 2008 list is now out and as per usual, I think the rankings are a little off. So, in order to determine who the most beautiful woman on the Hill really is (Who cares about the guys, right?), I have decided to put together a poll for RWN’s readers. […]

“If we pulled completely out of Iraq, say in early 2008, you’d start seeing a slow, but steadily rising trickle of liberal bloggers and activists calling for us to leave Afghanistan, too. Then, after the 2008 election, you’d start seeing small, but significant numbers of Democratic politicians demanding that we end the “occupation” of Afghanistan. […]

“For those few Americans without an Internet connection and to whom I have not faxed the National Enquirer stories: Evidence is accumulating that John Edwards is right — there really are “two Americas.” There’s one where men cheat on their cancer-stricken wives and one where men do not cheat on their cancer-stricken wives.” — Ann […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Cracked: The 6 worst comic book super-husbands National Enquirer: Edwards hush money to mistress Gawker: Dead monster washes ashore in Montauk (W/ freaky pic) Rush Limbaugh: Drive-bys stumped by the polls Popoholic: Bar Refaeli bikini pictures You can check out all those […]

The website of the day is Down The Ticket.    

Yes, as in Dairy Queen. Check this out, from Gateway Pundit. The Missouri Republican Party started questioning the validity of Obama’s new field offices on Friday after it was reported one in Sikeston appears to be a Dairy Queen. You have to read more to get the whole, ridiculous picture. I’ll add only that one […]

Israel INN Reports: In a statement issued following the public outcry over the leak, Maariv said that “Barack Obama’s note was approved for publication in the international media even before he put it in the Kotel, a short time after he wrote it at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem.” A third newspaper, Haaretz, quoted […]

I don’t know what the details are about this story, but I read it and thought, dang! Don’t mess in Texas: A man holding a woman hostage in a north Harris County trailer was fatally shot by Harris County sheriff’s deputies Wednesday evening. Deputies were called to the 1400 block of Aldine Mail Route about […]

Retired game show host Bob Barker has decreed that all cats and dogs in Chicago must be spayed at the age of 6 months to prevent them from reproducing. Barked Barker: Overpopulation is one of the most tragic animal problems that we have in our country […] the only answer is legislation. But even in […]

“The 5:20 TBA turned out to be (Obama’s) adoration session with lawmakers in the Cannon Caucus Room, where even committee chairmen arrived early, as if for the State of the Union. Capitol Police cleared the halls — just as they do for the actual president. The Secret Service hustled him in through a side door […]

In England, they now have a store stocking make-up for men, “In an increasingly metrosexual world, perhaps it was just a matter of time. But yesterday a high street store announced that it would start stocking makeup designed just for men. ‘Guy-liner’ and ‘Manscara’ to enhance the eyes of the male in your life, will […]

The economy looks bad and will likely get much worse, primarily for a single reason: power-drunk liberal bureaucrats are both exploiting and being exploited by the environmental movement, thereby strangling the freedom that makes our way of life possible. Walter Williams explains: For several decades, environmentalists have managed to get Congress to keep most of […]

We’ve been through this before: Barack Obama said Friday that persuading NATO allies to contribute more troops to Afghanistan could lead to U.S. troop cuts and help improve the U.S. economy, with reduced military expenditure being diverted into tax cuts to help middle class families. As you see more and more specifics from this guy […]

The first question that popped into my head while reading about Obama’s the notion of reparations: Will Obama receive 50% reparations since hes 50% black? But wait just one little minute….. His dad isn’t an American citizen and Obama’s family were never slaves–well, not American slaves. Slavery was and is alive and well in many […]

Ouch. When TMZ.com is posting anything about a politician, you know there’s going to be trouble. Click here to see a slideshow of photos that feature Sen. John Kerry and a group of drunk girls, at least some of which are likely underage. (The girls were said to be sophomores and juniors in college.) The […]

Since the National Enquirer caught the Silky Pony at a hotel room with his mistress, Rielle Hunter, the media landscape has been surreal. Even though Fox News has spoken with a security guard who has confirmed that Edwards was there, this huge story has been largely ignored by most of the mainstream press. In some […]

The website of the day is The Liberty Angle.    

I pointed out, yesterday, the latest in redistributionist schemes being cooked up ala “global warming”. Dale Franks notes that the belief in a Democratic win seems to be bringing these sorts of ideas and potential claims to the fore as they line up for their hopeful piece of the pie. If you don’t think that […]