“I continue to believe the administration’s problem is not that the base lately doesn’t like it, but that the White House has decided it actually doesn’t like the base. That’s a worse problem. It’s hard to fire a base. Hard to get a new one.” — Peggy Noonan

HS Sex Survey Asks Kids, “If you have never slept with someone of your same gender, then how do you know you wouldn’t prefer it?” Again: it’s just creepy that they’re so fascinated with kids. Follow-up questions asked: 1) “Do you like movies about gladiators?” 2) “You ever seen a grown man naked? 3) “Have […]

Bush has also apparently learned that the word “amnesty” does not poll well. On Monday night, he angrily denounced the idea of amnesty just before proposing his own amnesty program. The difference between Bush’s amnesty program and “amnesty” is: He’d give amnesty only to people who have been breaking our laws for many years — […]

Domestic Senate OKs Some Border Fencing, Backs Amnesty For Illegals Amendment That Helps Get The Guest Worker Program Under Control Passes Mexico Dismissive of U.S. Border Plan (Free WAPO Reg Req) Mexican Town A Last-Stop Shop For Illegal Immigrants ‘He Doesn’t Get It’. Sensenbrenner Sharply Criticizes Bush On Immigration, Saying President Is Proposing Amnesty For […]

“I’ll tell you what, this issue is causing more divisions in the Republican Party than any issue that I can recall in a long time, including the Dubai Ports deal. I can’t recall an issue. I’ve been doing this for 18 years. It will be 18 years in August, a big anniversary coming up. I […]

In 2004, the Democrats hammered away relentlessly at George Bush because the country lost jobs after the economic downturn caused the recession and 9/11. Another hot issue that had people all up in arms was companies moving overseas. Remember Kerry’s comments about “Benedict Arnold” companies? Then there was outsourcing. So let me get this straight: […]

Today, I received an email from someone named Tony Sloane. Here’s the email in its entirety. The time is coming when the poorer class will rise up to take what they rightfully desearve. Places like Wal-mart, IBM, sprint as well as credit agencies that take advantage of the lower class will feel the brunt of […]

I’ve been meaning to talk about network neutrality since it’s a complex, yet important topic, that’s starting to percolate through Congress. The thing that spurred me to go ahead and put finger to keyboard about it was the anti-net neutrality ad I’m now running that is — let me be completely frank — breathtakingly misleading. […]

There’s no topic hotter in the body politic right now than immigration. Everywhere you turn, especially in the blogosphere, somebody has an opinion. So, since illegal immigration is the topic du jour, it seemed like a good idea to address a few of the myths, misnomers and red herrings that seem to keep popping up […]

Patton is calling for a wall on the border, but as a compromise, he demands that it have doggy doors so that our new pitbull and rottweiler border patrol agents can freely go back and forth. He also favors slashing government spending, especially on any program that benefits cats. He does, however, favor subsidies for […]

Reading through some entertainment related news stories, I came across this quote (referencing Jodie Foster): The U.S. “squandered” the goodwill and sympathy other nations offered after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, Foster said. She also criticized officials for the “disastrous and shameful” handling of Hurricane Katrina. This old yarn has been in circulation since 9/12/01: […]

Domestic & Foreign The Senate Yesterday Voted Against Securing The Border Before Implementing Provisions That Would Grant The Right Of Citizenship To Millions Of Illegal Aliens And That Would Double The Flow Of Legal Immigration. Call Your Senator And Tell Them That You Oppose Allowing Illegal Immigrants To Be Part Of Guest Worker Program Or […]

“You may find people who will contend that patriotism is something to be a little bit embarrassed about or that honor is somewhat outdated as a notion and that concentrating on America’s imperfection makes you a realist. Not so. That’s the sign of a cynic. Being a cynic is easy. You can just sit back, […]

I just finished up Joe Klein’s Politics Lost: How American Democracy Was Trivialized By People Who Think You’re Stupid and I enjoyed it even though Klein is ideologically left-of-center (which means that I disagreed with him on more than a few things). Klein has covered a lot of Presidential campaigns and some of the “inside […]

Everyone seems to be so worried about our borders these days, and I’m like, “Chill, dude.” Borders are a concept of ancient times when people were totally uncool and all wanted to kill each other. We’ve matured past such attitudes and should stop getting all bent out of shape over a few people sneaking into […]

After the speech last night, I took a look around the right side of the blogosphere to get a sense of what people thought. The reaction was probably — oh, let’s say somewhere between 75-90% negative and to be truthful, as often as not, I got the impression that the bloggers who said they liked […]

Sometimes a speech can be important not just for what it says, but for what it doesn’t say. For example, Bush’s speech last night made no effort to address many of the thorniest issues surrounding illegal immigration. Perhaps that’s understandable. After all, you can’t hit every high spot in an under twenty minute speech. However, […]

There’s now a third innocent Duke player, David Evans, who has been smeared as a potential rapist. As per usual with this case, this new development, like most of the other new developments, has undercut the accuser’s credibility. Here’s a May 10th, WRAL post, about what the accuser said when she picked Evans out of […]

Domestic GOP Immigration Plan Will Destroy America As We Know It, Allowing 217 Million New Immigrants Over Next 20 Years Text Of Bush’s Speech On Immigration CNN Airs Bush Rehearsing Speech Live; Network Calls Mistake Immigration Quotes In Reaction To The Speech Congressman Chris Cannon Pays A Price For Being Soft On Illegals 3rd Member […]

7:57: I think this is going to be an absolute disaster that is going to be widely panned by everyone except open borders advocates like Bill Kristol and people who are going to support the President no matter what happens. Let’s hope I’m completely wrong. 8:02: He admits we don’t control our borders. Good. 8:03: […]

The left side of the blogosphere is all up in arms about this story: “A senior federal law enforcement official tells ABC News the government is tracking the phone numbers we (Brian Ross and Richard Esposito) call in an effort to root out confidential sources. “It’s time for you to get some new cell phones, […]

While John McCain was sucking up to Jerry Falwell this week-end, he took a shot at the blogosphere: “When I was a young man, I was quite infatuated with self-expression, and rightly so because, if memory conveniently serves, I was so much more eloquent, well-informed, and wiser than anyone else I knew. It seemed I […]

It’s no surprise that a country as big as America has its share of wackos, commies, freaks, America haters, and other assorted losers. What is a surprise is that so many of them have been able to get jobs teaching college students over the years. For example, consider Dr. Hiphappy, a “professor” at NC State […]

Make sure to head on over to RWN tonight at 8 PM, EST because I’ll be liveblogging the President’s speech on illegal immigration. Pre-Speech Thoughts At this point, I’m rooting for W. to do a 180 degree turn on illegal immigration and endorse the House Bill…but I’m not hopeful. My gut instinct is telling me […]

“If there is an honest debate about how many million people will be given a chance to come to America under the Senate bill, we’re told the number is between 30 million and 36 million people. When the average American learns that, they are going to be furious if the Senate Republicans allow that kind […]

Template A (note to editors: to be used after every terrorist atrocity): “Angry family members, experts and opposition politicians demand to know why complacent government didn’t connect the dots.” Template B (note to editors: to be used in the run-up to the next terrorist atrocity): “Shocking new report leaked to New York Times for Pulitzer […]

“The president’s popularity problem isn’t one problem, but three. Nearly all Democrats, most independents and a third of Republicans now disapprove of the job President Bush is doing, but they have different reasons for doing so. …To Democrats, no policy is more important than opposition to what President Bush is for, even if it’s what […]

Foreign & Domestic Border Troops Would Be Temporary, US Tells Mexico Duke Lacrosse DNA: Mystery Man Revealed: Accuser’s Boyfriend Is ‘Single Source’ Of DNA On Vaginal Swab USA TODAY/Gallup Poll: Americans Oppose The Database 51%-43% (I Think The 63% Approval WAPO/ABC Result Is More Accurate) Feds Raid Ex-CIA Official’s Home Hugo Chavez: The ‘Final Hours […]

RWN returns on Monday. Until then, enjoy the links below and consider this an open thread. And Rightly So A Briefing From Chris Simcox, Minuteman Civil Defense Corps Co-founder Chez Diva Claim: The UN Finds Close To Or Beyond Weapons Grade Uranium In Iran (Is It Time To Bomb Them?) Conservative Blog Therapy DANEgerus Weblog […]

On Monday at 8 PM EST, President Bush is scheduled to give a major address on illegal immigration, undoubtedly because he’s hoping to stop the alarming drop in his approval rating that his soft stance on “undocumented workers” has led to over the past few weeks. The rumor is that he’s planning to put the […]