The View From Martha’s Vineyard

Thursday - August 18, 2011 at 11:37 pm

By Patrick J. BuchananAs he and his daughters bicycle around the summer playground of the Northeastern elite, Martha's Vineyard, President Obama is steadily bleeding away both the support of the nation and that of his most loyal constituency.Several times, his approval rating in Gallup's daily tracking poll has sunk to 39 percent, with disapproval reaching 54 percent. Support for his Continue reading...

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We’re All Greeks Now

Friday - July 15, 2011 at 12:58 am

By Patrick J. BuchananDeparting for New Hampshire in November 2010, Sen. Judd Gregg, the fiscal conservative President Obama wanted in his Cabinet, blurted an inconvenient truth: "This nation is on a course where if we don't do something about it, get ... fiscal policy (under control), we're Greece."The remark was regarded as hyperbole. But Gregg had a point. For though Greece, measured by Continue reading...

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Hire Americans First

Friday - October 9, 2009 at 12:17 pm

by Patrick J. BuchananSeptember’s un- employment figures were not only disappointing — they were grim. For the 21st straight month, Americans lost jobs. Fifteen million are out of work — 5 million for more than six months.But as the Washington Times asserts, “America’s jobless crisis is much worse than the 9.8 percent unemployment rate.” Continue reading...

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Globalism vs. Americanism

Tuesday - September 15, 2009 at 12:54 am

by Patrick J. BuchananDown at the Chinese outlet store in Albany known as Wal-Mart, Chinese tires have so successfully undercut U.S.-made tires that the Cooper Tire factory in that south Georgia town had to shut down.Twenty-one hundred Georgians lost their jobs.The tale of Cooper Tire and what it portends is told in last week's Washington Post by Peter Whoriskey. [As Cheaper Chinese Continue reading...

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Angry White Men

Tuesday - August 11, 2009 at 1:54 am

by Patrick J. BuchananTo hear the Obamaites, those raucous crowds pouring into town hall meetings are "mobs" of "thugs" whose rage has been "manufactured" by K Street lobbyists and right-wing Republican operatives.Press secretary Robert Gibbs compares them to the Young Republicans of the "Brooks Brothers riot" during the Florida recount.But is it wise for the White House to denigrate Continue reading...

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