Exclusive One-on-One With Michelle Malkin, the Happy Warrior
- Posted on August 28, 2012 at 7:35am by
Chris Field
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Editor’s note: Every issue of TheBlaze Magazine features an exclusive Q&A with movers and shakers we believe our audience would enjoy getting to know just a little better. The regular feature, “In the Hot Seat,” has featured David Barton, Brad Thor, Matt Kibbe, Sen. Rand Paul, S.E. Cupp, Rep. Allen West, Pat Gray and more.
This month, Mike Opelka interviewed Michelle Malkin. Below are a few of our questions and her answers.
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On her website (michellemalkin.com), Michelle Malkin describes herself this way: “I’m a mother, wife, blogger, conservative syndicated columnist, author and Fox News Channel contributor.”
She is certainly all of those things. However, we discovered some additional, very interesting items about the woman who calls herself a “happy warrior in the mold of Ronald Reagan.” Michelle Malkin joins us this month “In the Hot Seat.”
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BLAZE: Was there ever a time in your life that you were not a conservative—or was there a pivot point, an incident sparked your conservatism?
MICHELLE: I was a “congenital conservative” from the time I was a young girl, and that’s because of my parents.
There were two huge pivot points for me. College was the first. I had never been exposed to liberal racism. I had never been exposed to progressive ideas of multiculturalism and collectivism the way I was in college. And it was against everything I had been taught and everything that I believed instinctively.
And I think that 9/11 really focused my mind and my heart on several important policy issues—national security, sovereignty and a renewed sense and appreciation for the basic freedoms that we have and that I realized were under threat in a way I had never seen in my lifetime.
BLAZE: What is a political “deal breaker” for you? In other words, what single issue position could prevent you from supporting a president and vice president?
MICHELLE: I’ve mentioned 9/11, and when I talk about national security, the importance of immigration enforcement is one of my big issues and always has been. Any candidate that would come out for the kind of blanket amnesty and the sabotage of fundamental immigration rules isn’t for me.
BLAZE: Your success has also brought you some negative attention in the form of rude and crude insults, even threats. How do you deal with that side of fame?
MICHELLE: I am always a happy warrior in the mold of Ronald Reagan. After two decades in this business, you come to understand that these kinds of attacks—the ad hominem smears—come with the territory. Second of all, it’s a small price to pay to be able to make a living basically mouthing off! When I go onto college campuses, I tell the young kids, “I pinch myself every morning when I dwell on the concept of making a living broadcasting my opinions.” And I never lose that sense of wonder and appreciation.
Check out the full interview, including her thoughts on:
- What are the top three issues for undecideds to consider in the 2012 election?
- Will a third-party candidate ever win the White House?
- Was her total takeover of the social media world all part of a grand plan?
- Should we implement term limits for Congress?
- What one superpower would she like to have?
- Is there something about her that would totally surprise her fans?
- What’s the one thing she never leaves home without?
Get the full one-on-one only in the pages of TheBlaze Magazine.






















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Comments (90)
obrien871
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 6:08pmI‘m thinking of Gilligan’s Island except it’s just me and… Michelle Malkin… Ann Coulter… Megyn Kelley… Sarah Palin… Monica Crowley… and Mark Levin… oh wait what the! LOL
Report Post »stillbombshelterbob
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 6:23pmLevin!!! He’d eat you in the thirty seconds and then live happily ever after!
Report Post »fred64
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 11:04amhey there obrien871, may i join you? please?!
Report Post »Constantine Ivanov
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 12:31amMegyn Kelly is from a different camp, some similarities, but the kernel is pretty different.
Report Post »Monica Crowley is closer, but also different: less analytical skills, more superficial and some worm hides inside (too close to Alen Colmes).
Am I wrong? Maybe. But this is what I’ve got after many years of watching all of them. Now I stopped watching Fox News completely: too Saudi Arabic flavor, sometimes kind of stench…
pavepaws
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 8:51pmLaura Ingraham
Report Post »ronin_6
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 5:33pm@WANGO
Report Post »Wow dude do you have a thing for hot intelligent Asian chicks and just won’t admit it? Lord guy calm down before you stroke out!
Your link to the hardball clip just showed Mr. Mathews to be the a## hat he truly is. Wouldn’t give the woman 10 seconds to answer his question.
raymeo12
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 5:23pmLets face it, Michelle is truly HOT!! And anyone who looks that good, can’t be all bad.
Report Post »Eastinfection
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 5:09pmc’mon kids, …leave wango alone. he makes things more fun. if everyone here agreed on everything this would be boring as hell. keep spitting your spitballs, wango. i’ll keep putting gum in your hair till we both get kicked off the bus:)
Report Post »Wango
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 6:36pmYou got a deal there, bubba.
Report Post »WashingtonIsMyHero
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 4:07pmI remember how well Michelle handled the evil Malik Shabazz on O’Reilly a few years back. I bet she make losers like Wango and other basement-dwellers dirty their britches.
Report Post »intercepter
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 4:02pmI love reading all the comments ,what I don’t get is ,if you don’t like the site ,,change the channel ,no instead dick heads like wango come here and waste space ,I guess wango is a hero to some one ,maybe his free hand sally ,.The reason I replied is anyone who uses chris mattews as a source needs a head check ,so go away wango ,no one likes you ,you smell ,and you talk out your butt ,so as you read this wango and read how stupid this really does sound ,,that is what you sound like ,,type alot of words and say nothing
Report Post »nappy
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 1:21pmha.. ya gotta wonder why idiots like Wanko spend so much time obsessing over Conservative women like Michelle. Their heroes are all ugly, bitter man hating mustached women. You can tell by this idiot’s posts that there is a lot of pent up frustration there. I love the effect Michelle has on the unics.
Report Post »teapartyrocker
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 2:10pmYea! I understand why he is against a conservative system of government, because it looks like he needs to be controlled and told what to think! He is clearly part of the Drone Army!
Report Post »His opinion and those like his are the only opinions that should be respected and if they don’t like another persons opinion they trash their race, their looks or they just make their own facts up to change the subject and direct blame at the right.
focusonquality
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 12:01pmWow not hard to see the hater’s here Wang and ISTHEREWHATEVER. i wouldnt
Report Post »even want to imagin the the truck stop beauties you guys must be hanging with..
rosie palm and her four sisters…
IsThereADifference
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 11:47amYou SUCK Blaze!!! You could have listed the rest of the Q&A right there but you’re going to have us go rummage through a bunch a Blaze magazines. What were the answers you didn’t want to post out here where all the Blazers can see it???
Suck my ass!!!!
Chris Field
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 11:57amWe don’t give away for free all of our subscriber content.
Thanks for your thoughtful comment, though.
Report Post »Kaoscontrol
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 2:08pmISTHEREADIFFERENCE— Honestly, my two year old child wines less when he doesn’t get what he wants. He also doesn’t use such foul language. I guess someday you’ll grow up and reach his maturity level… Is your diaper all poopy?
Report Post »sheriff32
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 11:34amThis Reagan conservatives deal breaker for president is amnesty for illegal immigrants? she must have forgotten Pres. Reagan’s record on this matter. What Reagan did best was sit down with people whom he’d had fundamental disagreements with and compromised a deal that was in the best interest of this country. In todays political world this type of discourse doesn’t exist. Sad!
Report Post »Dustoff
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 12:54pmReagan worked with the dem’s was to end the Illegal problem. It was the dem’s who refused to fund the bill.
Report Post »So blaming Reagan is foolish at best.
nobama2012yeswecan
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 3:35pmReagan didn’t compromise ,He got the left to come to him!!
Report Post »teapartyrocker
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 11:21amMichelle Malkin is smart, beautiful and her conservative views obviously gets under the skin of the liberals and progressives! It seems that her critics are the very racists they claim to disdain so much!
Report Post »I myself don’t care where a person is from or what they look like, my parents taught me to judge people on their actions and their words.
Based on that, Michelle is cool and all others drool! nana – nana – nana…
riker01
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 10:22amI just love this girl. Excuse me while I do my morning stalk. lol! just a joke, honest.
Report Post »JQuentinEvermann
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 11:09amBad! Bad Mr. Goldline! Shame on you for that racist joke. I won’t fire back, as two wrongs don’t make a right…but oddly enough two Wongs make it white.
Remember, keep ethnic jokes specific, like using the name “Wong” specifically so that it becomes a joke about the Chinese rather than Asians in general. Just like making fun of Mexicans is fine (same as making fun of Canadians) but you can’t make fun of “Hispanics.” Remember, make fun of a person’s country, not their race.
And remember, when you have to treat or speak to someone differently, it makes them different.
Report Post »KusoJiJi
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 11:11amMalkin is ferocious. I’m glad we are on the same side.
Report Post »Goldline_scam
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 11:57amOh, I’ve been censored again…. so much for fair and balanced.
Report Post »JQuentinEvermann
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 12:25pm@Goldline – I’m with you there…discussions should be completely open. Agree with your statement or not, you have a right to say it. Half my comments have been removed, so don’t feel bad; it’s just The Blaze becoming “politically correct” along with the rest of the country. When you can’t say what you want here, well, maybe its too late to hold onto freedom.
If what you say doesn’t offend at least one person, it probably wasn’t worth saying.
Report Post »Wango
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 10:15amMichele Malkin is a complete joke. But she makes a good mop:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoM90bAsr1M
What an absolut digrace to truth, justice and the American way this woman is.
Report Post »JQuentinEvermann
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 10:45amI don’t have sound at work, so I couldn’t listen to the video, but, um, “Hardball?” With sources like that, how could you possibly be considered anything but well informed?
Report Post »Long Live Dixie
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 10:57amTroll someplace else,tou freakin’ JERK!You ******** need to stay in your Mom’s basement playin with your????
Report Post »Wango
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 11:15amYeah, that WAS brutal, wasn’t it? Just another conservative left gasping for air when faced with someone who actually calls them on their BS. But you’ll never see it for what it is – your’e too busy convincing yourselves that Obama conspired to twist the tracking of a hurricane. (Yeah, it’s as stupid as it sounds. You’re the people who cancelled day one. Why? “It might raaaaain!” Butch up, nancies.)
JQuentinEvermann
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 11:31amI don’t think Obama had anything to do with this hurricane…but, maybe Bush has come out of retirement to crush the Louisiana Blacks again with yet another storm he created. Does this not sound familiar?
As for what Obama does, it is obvious to any student of history what he is attempting. You’re just too racist to see that a Black man can actually be hell-bent on the destruction of this nations foundation. Of course, the fact that he said he was going to fundamentally change America never registered with you.
Stop looking at Obama as a “Black man” and just see him as a man, a man that is horrible for this country and its prosperity. It’s 2012, time for you to get over your White guilt and start blaming those responsible. He’s even more power-hungry than Bush was, which is why he expanded the PATRIOT act instead of repealing it. Its why he has American citizens killed with drone strikes instead of giving them a trial. Its why he is striving to get an iron grip on the internet and communication, gun ownership, industry, manufacturing, insurance, farming…on and on and on.
Why must you be told what to do by someone you don’t know? Why do you give up so many freedoms so someone else can live like a king? Useful idiot much?
Report Post »NeoFan
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 11:36amI love the filthy hippie photo wanko. It kind of illustrates just how far out of touch you are that you think that photo of a bearded filthy hippie is cool. Very 1960′s. You must be a lot of fun at the welfare funded crack house.
Report Post »And a racist to boot. wow. How very sad.
HuskerDave
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 11:41amMy, but you’re filled with hate, aren’t you, Wango? I pity you.
Report Post »Wango
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 11:50amNEOFAN . . Oh goodie, I get to tell my story again . . .
That photo is Ted Nugent. Did you know that he actually crapped in his pants for a week just to avoid military service? Yep. And he’s a self-admitted pedophilator. Yep again.
Oh, THE NUGE!!! He makes me proud to be an American and a conservative. The manliness of his manly manhooditude is beyond measure. Don’t you think? Oh, I know you do.
Uncle Ted! I have a friend who used to “say hello” to rock stars back in the 70s. And one night she found herself on Uncle T’s bus. I asked her about it. She just held up her pinkie and started laughing. I think that’s why he became a conservative.
Anyway, hope that clears things up for ya. If ya need any more context, just ask Gonzo. He’s my groupie.
Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 12:14pmDon’t feed the troll WANGO. He’s just trying to incite a response, his intelligence level is just the same as Pee Wee Herman’s, so is his past time. Look up his username in urbandictionary.com, definition #2 fits him to a “T”
Report Post »doublee
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 3:07pmshe’s so effective, she wakes up the wanker, the smell of fear is in the air, fear that his beloved obammy is outta here come nov 6.
Report Post »Bill Wallace
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 4:30pmWango…
Thanks for coming out. I just hope your thought process is better than your spelling.
Report Post »LakeHartwellSailor
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 4:53pmWANGO…once again you confused this wonderful woman with Nancy Pelosi….or even Debbie Wasserman-Schultz
Report Post »JQuentinEvermann
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 10:09amLOL…that picture – Yeah, I’m just sitting in the grass, leaning on a wooden post, made up, airbrushed *hair flip* working on my computer; oh, a breeze!
Report Post »Wango
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 10:42amShe’s a conservative – nothing genuine about her.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 10:44amI guess you like your women ugly. Of COURSE someone wants a nice picture taken when they are interviewed. If you want to whine, find out who the photographer was, they are the person who set up the shot.
Report Post »JQuentinEvermann
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 10:52am@Wango, nothing but her character, maybe, but conservatives are the only ones willing to let people stand for themselves, to lift oneself up. I’m sure you would rather stand in line for your ration of bread than find a way to provide for yourself, but maybe if you stopped watching racists like Chris Matthews you would have a better understanding of the issues.
@Anonymous, lighten up, I was making fun of the picture, not of her. She’s not hot, btw, just well spoken and intelligent.
Report Post »Wango
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 11:12amCROCODILEUNDIES . . . Alas, another conservative victimized, this time by her photographer. If only Malkin had been given the opportunity to see the shot and approve its use.
I’m still waiting for a conservative to take responsibility for something, anything.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 12:27pm@WANKOFF
Report Post »Someone p1$$ in your Cheerios today? You seem to be in a GOOD mood.
How about everyone report WANGO’s posts, maybe theBlaze will kick him off. He adds nothing to our conversations, instead just tries to incite angry posts. How much do you get paid, Wango?
Is it by the post, or by the response? Who pays you, HUFFPO, MEDIAMATT, or one of Soros funded media outlets? You don’t seem to have a job, since you’re on here insulting people all day.
Probably a college student.
Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 12:33pm@JQUENTINEVERMANN
Report Post »Sorry, sometimes you have to put “/sarc” after the comment for some people to understand.
DIR
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:44am@JQETINEVER…
You may have a point, but at least she’s not in a park as an old hag dressed up like a fake Vad-gina in protest over some pointless liberal cause like free feminine hygene spray. Just sayin.
Report Post »slvrserfr
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 10:05amAnother great example of how conservative women are way more beautiful than liberals.
Report Post »single stack
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:33amI love Michelle Malkin. She’s incredibly beautiful in every way.
Report Post »Patriots are blessed to count her among our ranks.
JRook
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:48am“Second of all, it’s a small price to pay to be able to make a living basically mouthing off!” Which of course is all she really does. Very rarely making a thoughtful or insightful point.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 10:01amJCROOK. You are describing Chris Mathews, Lawrence O’Donnell, Rachel Madcow, Ed Schultz, Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, Marty Bashir, Al Sharpton, Chris Jansing, Chuck Todd, Soledud O’Brien, Wolf Blitzer, and the list goes on.
Report Post »doglady
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:29amKeep up the good work Michelle. We love you and love seeing you on Fox.
Report Post »pwatkins
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:00amThanks Michele and may God continue to bless you with knowledge and understanding to keep us informed. You are beautiful inside and out….a real woman.
Report Post »TheMajority
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:11amBut she believes this communist International redistribution of OUR wealth making capabilities—as Capitalism. Just like every other party hack on the TV or radio.
Produce for profit and disposable income—or continue to decline. The reuslts are there. The reuslts are here.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:45am@THEMAJORITY
Report Post »If you are SO much smarter than Michelle, then perhaps you should open a website blog and be a Fox News Contributer so we can ALL learn from your fantastic success.
TheMajority
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:30amThe only thing that bugs me about MM, is she fought against Trump (just like both parties), when Trump is the only person in the lime light, who talked about ACTUAL GROWTH IN THE USA AGAIN.
If you don’t think “outsourcing” (what both parties call the free market Capitalism, but is actually communist International redistribution of our wealth making capabilities) is the #1 factor responsible for our decline–consider this. International redistribution started in 1978, when we had only 17% of our population on some sort of government assistance. Now, after 34 years, that number is 49.5%, and a much bigger welfare voting block.
President Trump, VP Allen West, and Head of Treasury Ron Paul—or the USA is finished, no matter what MM calls herself.
Report Post »TheMajority
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:40amI know how to pick the people who will save our Republic, better than MM—or anybody else.
Report Post »TheMajority
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:44amEvery person in the media is a party hack, as they call this communist International redistribution—Capitalism. Capitalsim beliongs to every citizen in the Nation. Not to government to over-regulate out aspiring competition, ship over seas, or simply take over like our health care industry and auto companies.
We need Trump to jump in 3 weeks before the election, and bring in West and Paul. They can use my argument to easily win—even the occupy and welfare vote.
TheMajority
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:53amDonald Trump. I hope you can see this. It is not obama we have to defeat in 2012 to save our Republic. It is this 2-party system we have to defeat in 2012 to save our Republic.
Report Post »therealconservative
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:54amYour a legend in our own mind.
Report Post »TheMajority
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:00amBut I make more money out of my 1 car garage, than any union worker in the world. I was suppose to lose my home and become a dependent because I got into manufacturing. Now my home is almost paid for after only 5 years of making more money. Making more money instantly–changes lives for the better, and only Donald Trump was, and still is talking about actual growth.
Report Post »TheMajority
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:01amI saw our decline happening 25 years ago. Did you?
Report Post »Libertyluvnmomma
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:12amthe Majority- so you’d pick~~~Romney~~~?
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:23amWow, you seem to know it all, that you can even answer your own posts before anyone else can.
Report Post »Is your name Tim?
kentuckypatriot
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:30amI love it when she gets in heated debates with lib women. She wins every time. She’s not someone to mess with, that’s for sure.
Report Post »elkslayer
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:25amShe is a refreshing new look.Great to have her on board. With my political views that is.
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:24amI‘ve been blessed to know Michelle for a few years now and she’s always great on my show. There is no tougher conservaitve; none.
Report Post »JUSTANOTHEROPINION
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:03amMalkin would be a great addition to THEBLAZE! Just wanted to throw that out there. Thank you and have a blessed day.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:52amI second that opinion!
Report Post »troymac20
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 4:28pmThird that opinion.
Report Post »DIR
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:33amA great idea. If you are around Chris ask Glenn to make her an offer she can’t refuse. If he does and she accepts maybe it‘ll chase ol ’moose breath’ wango away. He doesn’t care for her at all. He doens’t care for most of us here. He only comes to sew seeds of aggravation, which I’m to understand he was also doing with those gina-protesters earlier. Apparently he went there and got all aroused and little carried away. He was spotted trying to hump one of those phony-ginas while the ‘old bag’ wearing it was still in it. She gleefully thinks she was attacked by Sasquatch. She’s now in a local hospital undergoing psychological evaluation.
Report Post »cico31
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 7:59ammichelle should pay the vile chris matthews a visit
Report Post »jackact
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 7:49amNo one nails the left on point better than our girl Malkin.
Report Post »Smart, engaged, humorous and lethal.
Thanks Michelle for all you bring to our attention.
Let the lessons continue.
Revere2
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 7:55amI agree.
Report Post »GlennaBeckski
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:40amI totally agree! She blows Laura Ingraham and Ann Coulter out of the water. I love Michelle because she is conservative, succinct, knowledge on issues is unparalled, pragmatic, unadulterated straight shooter and unapologetic. Oh and yes, Absolutely Beautiful!!
You are a blessing to all Conservative Woman everywhere Michelle Malking!!
God Bless you and your family!!
Report Post »Fla.Patriot
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:04amDoesn‘t hurt that she’s smokin hot either right? Notice we conservatives have. People like Michelle, Sarah Palin, the PolitaChicks etc. And the Libs have Pelosi, Wassername? Shultz etc. Makes me Smile :)
Report Post »Wango
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 10:44amAnd nowhere is it on display with greater sexy aggression than in these two vids:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoM90bAsr1M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vafrB4XWYcI
So many conservative women, so few coat hangers.
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