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Monday, March 02, 2009
The Hawk Interviews MedvedGood interview. No sparks over the McCain nomination or the direction of the party, I'm surprised and pleased to note. There are a lot of conservatives out there, probably most of them even, who believe that "America is in the midst of an irreversible moral decline." Would you disagree with that?
I do. In my book, The 10 Big Lies About America: Combating Destructive Distortions About Our Nation, that's the 10th big lie and in many ways, it's the most pernicious -- because if our moral decline is irreversible, then America's weakening and decline is irreversible. That goes against our national ethos. Part of what it means to be an American is that nothing is irreversible for this country. No challenge is too great. Labels: John Hawkins, Michael Medved
Monday, January 05, 2009
The Most Annoying Liberals of 2008Compiled over at RWN. I generally agree with his picks, especially the top spot. Labels: John Hawkins, Liberals, Right Wing News
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
The Quotable Barack ObamaJohn Hawkins really does a terrific job with these compilation posts, which take a long time to assemble unless you stay on top of them. Here's one I hadn't heard before, but which certainly fits the anti-American meme: "And if that child should ever get the chance to travel the world and someone should ask her where is she from, we believe that she should always be able to hold her head high with pride in her voice when she answers, "I am an American."
That is the course we seek. That is the change we are calling for." Labels: Barack Obama, John Hawkins
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Duncan Hunter Making Some Smart HiresI still think his campaign is a longshot at best, but he's making some good choices. John Hawkins announces a (temporary) consulting assignment: On February 3, Nathan Tabor from TCV Media got in touch with me and asked if I'd be interested in consulting for the Duncan Hunter campaign. We bantered back and forth, came to a basic understanding that Saturday, and then finalized the deal the next day. Long story short, TCV Media brought me on board to be their point person in building up buzz for Duncan Hunter online.
Since I am a blogger who's doing some consulting on the side, not a consultant doing blogging to get his name out there, I did attach a condition to my employment that Nathan was willing to go along with:
#1) I agreed to work a maximum of 3 months for the campaign -- which should be, in my estimation anyway, plenty of time to give Hunter a huge boost in name recognition and prominence in the blogosphere.
Additionally, while I am working on the campaign, I'm not planning to blog about any of the 2008 Republican contenders on RWN unless a story too big to ignore hits the wires. That's because I don't want to come across like a shill for Duncan if I eviscerate one of his opponents or talk him up. Additionally, if I'm done by May of 2007, at the latest, it's not as if it will be too late to get in on the serious 2008 discussions. I linked to Hawkins' interview with Hunter a few months ago. He strikes me as a solid person, and there may be an opening for him with the front-runners being fairly moderate Republicans. But the jump from Congressman to President strikes me as unlikely. I've already endorsed John McCain for president. But it is still early enough in the campaign that we can welcome more contenders as strengthening our eventual nominee. Duncan Hunter's made a smart move. Update: I asked Gayle in the comments if she could name the last person to jump directly from the House to the Presidency, and admitted that I could not. I did a little poking around and it looks like the answer is James Garfield. Labels: Duncan Hunter, John Hawkins, Nathan Tabor, Right Wing News
Friday, February 09, 2007
Unstoppable Global Warming?Unstoppable because it's coming from the sun. John Hawkins interviews the author of a new book on this topic. If this is such a good explanation -- and it does seem to make sense -- why do you think there are so many scientists out there who say that man is responsible for global warming?
Well John, if people believe me, there wouldn't be 2 billion dollars a year in federal research grants to set-up computerized climate models, Greenpeace wouldn't be selling memberships to people terrified of warming, and Al Gore would have to get a real job. Labels: Global Warming, John Hawkins
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