By Patrick J. BuchananEarly in Ronald Reagan's second term, Bill Rusher, the publisher of National Review, was interviewing the president in the Oval Office for a documentary on the conservative movement.Rusher asked how he would describe Barry Goldwater's role.Reagan thought a moment and replied: I guess you would have to call him the John the Baptist of our movement.I resisted Continue reading...
26 October 2012 
McGovern & Goldwater: Losers or Winners?
Friday - October 26, 2012 at 1:29 am
Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: Barry Goldwater, Bob Dole, Cold War, Conservative, Democrat, Democratic Party, Election, George McGovern, GOP, Henry Wallace, Liberal, Michael Dukakis, Nelson Rockefeller, Republican, Republican Party, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, War
The Long Retreat of Liberalism
Tuesday - July 19, 2011 at 1:18 am
By Patrick J. BuchananThough President Obama has run rings about the Republican Party in the debt-ceiling debate, that party can yet emerge victorious, if it will stick to its guns.Clearly, the Republican strategy was not thought through, when the party chose the debt ceiling as the legislative terrain on which to fight its fiscal war.The president had wanted a clean debt-ceiling Continue reading...
Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: Banks, Barack Obama, Ben Bernanke, Debt, Deficit, Democrat, Democrats, Economy, Federal Reserve, GOP, Liberal, Republican, Republicans, Taxes, United States, White House
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