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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Conservative Blogger Wages War on McConnell

Posted by: Amanda Carpenter at 11:04 AM

Townhall columnist John Hawkins, of Rightwingnews.com, is waging a one-man campaign against the Senate's most powerful Republican from his North Carolina outpost.

Hawkins, a professional blogger, is fed up with Sen. Mitch McConnell's leadership and is making his frustration known on his site and among other conservative-leaning outlets like Townhall.com and the Washington Examiner. Hawkins cites McConnell's support for earmarks, amnesty and the financial bailout as reasons for the Leader's ouster.

Hawkins is also unleashing negative web-ads against McConnell, receiving roughly 2 million impressions a week on them in an initial soft-launch. The ad currently running on his blog features a photo of McConnell with the internet-friendly title "Epic Fail." The ad links to his Townhall column laying his opposition to McConnell.

I asked Hawkins why he was so incensed. He told me, "Other than George Bush and John McCain, Mitch McConnell had more to do with the party's loss in 2008 than anyone else. Keeping him as Senate Minority Leader sends a message to the country and to conservatives who have been deeply unhappy with the Senate's performance under McConnell that the status quo is good enough."

"Are they up there to serve the people who sent them to Washington in the first place or are they part of a social club?" he asked. "If the answer is the former, the last guy they should want in charge is Mitch McConnell who has led the GOP to a loss of 13 seats since he became Whip and was then was promoted to Minority Leader."

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Virginia Patriot writes:	Tuesday, November, 18, 2008 8:48 PM
Dan in SC
Thanks for passing along that article. Our attorney General is the only state official who has shown any interest in defending the citizens. Our Gov. TIMMY!(think south park) is useless on this issue, he hides behind, "It's a federal responsibilty", when he really means, "We shouldn't enforce the laws".
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Virginia Patriot writes:	Tuesday, November, 18, 2008 8:38 PM
Voice In The Wliderness
Hawkins was the only media figure that backed Duncan Hunter in the primaries, warned of the disaster that would be a McCain nomination and finally succumbed to noseholding.
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Dan in SC writes:	Tuesday, November, 18, 2008 8:00 PM
VA Pat! Did you see this story about...
The illegal alien sex offenders that were caught in Virginia? What is happening to our country? http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=3 9487
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Virginia Patriot writes:	Tuesday, November, 18, 2008 7:48 PM
Hawkins Is Right
Mitch needs to go. No More Cheap Labor Importers! Unless the GOP starts representing the citizens instead of the employers of the illegal aliens, they will be history.
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meg writes:	Tuesday, November, 18, 2008 7:13 PM
Hooray for Mitch.He fought the good
fight tenaciously for years on campaign finance reform. He's a tough fighter. . just what we need. I think Hawkins is wrong.
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Tazzmax writes:	Tuesday, November, 18, 2008 3:04 PM
Hey hey,
I agree with Hawkins 100%!
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ScarletPimpernel writes:	Tuesday, November, 18, 2008 11:39 AM
i thought Hawkins
backed mac for prez? Well, better late than never to get on the bus.
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