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Hillary As A National Mother Figure?

Here’s fund raiser Daphna Ziman’s pitch to try to convince people to give money to Hillary: “The nation is in deep need for a mother figure who will lead the people out of a violent world and back into caring for the poor and the disabled, mostly caring for our children, our future.” Setting aside […]

Pulling A Lieberman On Renegade Republicans In 2008

From The Politico: “House Republican leaders and conservative activists are targeting critics of President Bush’s plan to send more combat forces into Iraq — and some GOP lawmakers are on the hit list. Amid a mounting campaign in Congress to limit Bush’s military options, conservatives led by talk show host Hugh Hewitt have created an […]

The Democrats Oppose An American Victory In Iraq

Initially, the Democrats were just pushing the non-binding resolution opposing the surge and were holding off on cutting funds for the war. But now, they’re escalating in the House and John Murtha and Company are actually going to try to block the surge. Why? Because it’s working. Violence is dropping sharply, Al-Qaeda is fleeing Baghdad, […]

Four Years of Price Controls By Steve Verdon

Many Americans have a very healthy level of skepticism for price controls in general. Apparently Hugo Chavez doesn’t and now his country is paying the price. CARACAS – Meat cuts vanished from Venezuelan supermarkets this week, leaving only unsavory bits like chicken feet, while costly artificial sweeteners have increasingly replaced sugar, and many staples sell […]

So We Need A Bill Of Rights For Airline Travel Now?

In Congress, our representatives are still engaged in a never ending quest to insert themselves into every single facet of American life. Yes, no matter how trivial the issue may be or how far it goes from what the Founding Fathers intended for Congress to be doing, our legislators intend to stick their noses right […]

Excerpt Of The Day: Ralph Peters On The Surge

The “nonbinding resolution” telling the world that we intend to surrender to terrorism and abandon Iraq may be the most disgraceful congressional action since the Democratic Party united to defend slavery. …It’s going to bite our combat commanders. By undermining their credibility and shaking the trust of their Iraqi counterparts, it makes it far tougher […]

A “1/2 Hour Comedy Hour” Review

Fox’s widely discussed, new conservative comedy show, “The Half Hour News Hour,” debuted this week-end. Here’s the blow by blow breakdown of the opening show: — The opening segment with Rush and Ann wasn’t terrible. — Next was a news segment, which was so-so until they got to the book segment that was painfully, horribly […]

How Britney Spears Can Get Her Life Back Together In 8 Steps.

Have you heard the latest news about Britney Spears? If not, I think this just about sums it up: Gahhhhhhhhh!!! My eyes!!! Make it stop!!! Obviously, this is Britney’s way of crying for help. So, let me make a few suggestions… Steps to get your life back together #1) Stop drinking. #2) Stop doing drugs. […]

Conservative Grapevine Promo

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: GOPUSA online poll with 12,841 responses: “Which candidate has the best chance of winning the 2008 Republican presidential nomination?” Newt Gingrich 19%, Duncan Hunter 16%, Rudy Giuliani 11%, Mitt Romney 11%, Tom Tancredo 8%, Sam Brownback 7%, John McCain 6%. Mark Steyn: […]

Week-End Links

RWN returns on Monday. Until then, enjoy the links below, consider this to be an open thread, and have a great week-end! Phyllis Schlafly: Let’s prosecute drug smugglers, not Border Patrol agents The Victory Caucus Marathon Pundit The Alarming News Fund Drive The American Princess My State of the Union Blog Church And State Lieberman […]

Q&A Friday #59: Why Is There A Correlation Between Social Conservatism And Fiscal Conservatism?

Question: “Hi, John. I was wondering why there is a correlation between social conservatism and fiscal conservatism. In some ways, it makes more sense for fiscal conservatism to go with social liberalism, in that it is, if nobody minds a gross oversimplification, across the board “small government” (i.e. government should avoid legislating either how to […]

Q&A Friday #59: What Do You Think Of Mike Adams’ Writing?

Question (via email): “What do you think of Dr. Mike Adams articles? He consistently has some of the most read columns on townhall.com, but I’ve never heard you mention him before.” — Aaron Braun-Duin Answer: Mike Adams writes about a fairly narrow slice of life: what’s going on at college. That is his niche and […]

Q&A Friday #59: What Are Your Favorite Bands?

Question: “What are your favorite bands of all time?” — D-Vega Answer: I have really eclectic tastes: The Cure: “Kiss me, Kiss me, kiss me,” is the best album of all-time IMO. Insane Clown Posse: When you spend your teenage years listening to gangster rap like NWA and the Geto Boys, it’s not a big […]

Liberal Emotion vs. Conservative Logic

It takes a lot more integrity, character, and courage to be a conservative than it does to be a liberal. That’s because at its most basic level, liberalism is nothing more than childlike emotionalism applied to adult issues. Going to war is mean, so we shouldn’t do it. That person is poor and it would […]

Conservative Grapevine Promo

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: PoliBlog: Michelle Manhart, the Air Force sergeant who posed for Playboy, has been removed from active duty (w/ safe for work pic). La Shawn Barber’s Corner: A white student who was accepted to an Urban Journalism Workshop based on her qualifications and […]

Q&A Friday #59: Cameras In The Supreme Court?

Question: “Arlen Specter recently introduced a bill into Congress that would allow for the Supreme Court to be televised. Your thoughts?” — maledicta Answer: That’s all we need: Supreme Court Justices hamming it up for the cameras so they can try to impress the 9 people watching them live on C-Span. Besides, whether the SCOTUS […]

Q&A Friday #59

Today is Q&A Friday #59 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, it […]

Excerpt Of The Day: John Boehner Slams John Murtha’s Underhanded Attempt To Block The Surge

“Murtha’s proposed legislation drew a heated response from the House’s top Republican, Rep. John Boehner of Ohio, who said the bill would “cut off funding for troops in harm’s way by making sure the reinforcements they need to complete their mission in Iraq never arrive.” “While American troops are fighting radical Islamic terrorists thousands of […]

Quotes Of The Day: Hillary On Iraq Vs. Hillary On Sudan

“On Iraq: “We have to chart a new course that emphasizes greater Iraqi responsibility. I still believe that is the path we should be taking. Instead, the President has chosen a very narrow course that relies heavily on American military force.” — Hillary Clinton, Congressional Record, 2/7/2007 On Darfur: “…a letter that on January 16th […]

Give The “1/2 Hour Comedy Hour” A Chance

Fox has a new comedy show, designed to be a conservative answer to the Daily Show, that’s coming out this week and there are a couple of clips out there, one that even features Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter. Unfortunately, the reviews on the right so far have been savage. For example, here’s Ace of […]

The Troops Are “Mercenary Terrorist(s)?”

Don’t be surprised if your kid is being taught by a liberal who sounds exactly like this. From June Scorza Terpstra at Loyola University in Chicago: “…What appears to trouble the soldier student is that the rhetoric of fighting for freedom and democracy is a lie that cannot blanket the horror and guilt of their […]

Conservative Grapevine Promo

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Sunbelt Blog: A hapless substitute teacher has been convicted for a porn spyware infestation on a classroom computer and is now facing up to 40 years in prison Ann Coulter: “Only white guilt could explain the insanely hyperbolic descriptions of Obama’s ‘eloquence.’ […]