The Poodle Gets Kicked

Monday - March 15, 2010 at 11:32 pm

By Patrick J. Buchanan Actually, Joe set himself up. From the moment he set foot on Israeli soil, our vice president was in full pander mode. First, he headed to Yad Vashem memorial, where he put on a yarmulke and declared Israel "a central bolt in our existence." "For world Jewry," Joe went on, presumably including 5 million Americans, "Israel is the heart. ... Israel is the light. ... Continue reading...

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The Generals’ War

Tuesday - October 6, 2009 at 12:13 am

By Patrick J. Buchanan The Pentagon's pre-emptive strike came with the leak of Gen. Stanley McChrystal's confidential review of the Afghan war to Bob Woodward of The Washington Post. McChrystal's painting of the military picture was grim. Continue reading...

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Tell Israel: Cool the Jets

Friday - July 31, 2009 at 1:37 am

by Patrick J. Buchanan July 31, 2009 Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, who is wired into the cabinet of "Bibi" Netanyahu, warns that if Iran's nuclear program is not aborted by December, Israel will strike to obliterate it. Defense Secretary Gates' mission to Israel this week, says Bolton, to relay Obama's red light, was listened to attentively, but will not be decisive. Israel will Continue reading...

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Wanted: A Fighting Party

Monday - May 11, 2009 at 11:43 pm

By Patrick J. Buchanan As was evident at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, it is deja vu, 1961, all over again. We have a young, cool, witty, personable president -- and an adoring press corps. "I am Barack Obama," the president introduced himself. "Most of you covered me. All of you voted for me. (Laughter and applause.) Apologies to the Fox table. (Laughter.)" What is also evident Continue reading...

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Can This Marriage Last?

Friday - December 5, 2008 at 1:41 am

By Patrick J. Buchanan Having savaged each other for a year, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have now formed a rare partnership in power. Not since James Garfield chose James G. Blaine has a new president chosen his principal rival to be secretary of state. What does this tell us? First, don't take campaign oratory all that seriously. Second, unlike Dennis Kucinich, Ted Kennedy, Ron Continue reading...

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Comrade Obama?

Friday - October 31, 2008 at 10:52 am

By Patrick J. Buchanan If Barack Obama is not a socialist, he does the best imitation of one I've ever seen. Under his tax plan, the top 5 percent of wage-earners have their income tax rates raised from 35 percent to 40 percent, while the bottom 40 percent of all wage-earners, who pay no income tax, are sent federal checks. If this is not the socialist redistribution of wealth, what is Continue reading...

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Camp Followers

Friday - October 24, 2008 at 1:19 am

By Patrick J. Buchanan Perhaps the only institution in America whose approval rating is beneath that of Congress is the media. Both have won their reputations the hard way. They earned them. Consider the fawning indulgence shown insider Joe Biden with the dripping contempt visited on outsider Sarah Palin. Twice last weekend, Biden grimly warned at closed-door meetings that a great Continue reading...

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