The Republicans — After Dunkirk

The Republicans — After Dunkirk

By Patrick J. BuchananAt the Potsdam conference with Harry Truman and Josef Stalin, Winston Churchill learned that the voters of the nation he had led for five years through World War II had just voted to throw him out of office."It may well be a blessing in disguise," said his wife Clementine."At the moment, it seems quite effectively disguised," replied Churchill.Republicans must Continue reading...

Romney for President

Romney for President

By Patrick J. Buchanan"Providence has been pleased to give this one connected country to one united people -- a people descended from the same ancestors, speaking the same language, professing the same religion, attached to the same principles of government, very similar in their manners and customs, and who, by their joint counsels, arms, and efforts, fighting side by side throughout a long Continue reading...

Last Recourse of Failed Presidents

By Patrick J. BuchananBoth the 20th and 21st centuries have seen failed presidencies.William Howard Taft lost in 1912, though he might have retained office had not his old friend and former leader Theodore Roosevelt run as a third party Bull Moose candidate and won more votes than Taft.Herbert Hoover failed through no fault of his own. The Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression were Continue reading...

A Grand Old Party in Panic

By Patrick J. BuchananWhittaker 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...

Mitt’s ‘Damn-the-Torpedoes!’ Decision

By Patrick J. BuchananMitt Romney's decision to select Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate speaks well of the man who made it. Indeed, it seemed less like the moderate man we have come to know than Adm. David Farragut in Mobile Bay:"Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!"Facing sinking polls, endless attack ads on his tax returns and Bain Capital record, and venomous lies that he was Continue reading...