By Patrick J. Buchanan "Chuck Hagel is out of the mainstream of thinking ... on most issues regarding foreign policy," says GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham. Neocon William Kristol concurs: Hagel is "out on the fringes." But where, exactly, is the mainstream on foreign policy in 2013? Since the Bush II years, "the three amigos" -- Sens. Graham, John McCain and Joe Lieberman -- have clamored for Continue reading...
A Grand Old Party in Panic
Friday - August 24, 2012 at 3:20 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan Whittaker Chambers said that "the great failing of American conservatives is they do not retrieve their wounded." He had it right, as Todd Akin can testify. In an interview that aired last Sunday, Akin, the Republican candidate for Senate in Missouri, was asked whether he opposed abortions for women who had been raped. Akin's reply: "From what I understand from Continue reading...
Is Mitt Serious About Condi?
Tuesday - July 17, 2012 at 12:06 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan The first criterion in choosing a vice president, it is said, is that he or she must be qualified to be president. Yet there is another yardstick by which candidates measure running mates. Do they bring something to the table? Can they help with a critical voting bloc? Can they bring a crucial state? Lyndon Johnson is regarded as a brilliant choice by JFK, though Continue reading...
Is the GOP Becoming a War Party?
Thursday - March 8, 2012 at 11:18 pm
By Patrick J. Buchanan Denouncing Republican "bluster" about war with Iran, President Obama went on the offensive Tuesday: "Those who are ... beating the drums of war should explain clearly to the American people what they think the costs and benefits would be." The president had in mind such remarks as those Newt Gingrich delivered to the Israeli lobby AIPAC that same day: "The red line Continue reading...
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