By Patrick J. Buchanan At 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...
11 December 2012 
In Concord, Pat Buchanan Says America’s Strength Comes from Unity, Not Diversity
Tuesday - December 11, 2012 at 10:02 pm
By Ben Leubsdorf - The Concord Monitor America’s strength comes from its unity, not its diversity, conservative commentator and former presidential candidate Pat Buchanan said last night at Concord’s Capitol Center for the Arts. “There’s two arguments. . . . The liberals, they say our diversity, our new diversity, is our strength. The more diverse we are, the stronger we are as a Continue reading...
11 December 2012 
The Winter of Conservative Discontent
Tuesday - December 11, 2012 at 4:32 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan As the white flag rises above Republican redoubts, offering a surrender on taxes, the mind goes back to what seemed a worse time for conservatives: December 1964. Barry Goldwater had suffered a defeat not seen since Alf Landon. Republicans held less than one-third of the House and Senate and only 17 governorships. The Warren Court was remaking America. In the arts, Continue reading...
7 December 2012 
A Republican Retreat — or Rout?
Friday - December 7, 2012 at 12:53 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan Given the expectations raised by the Republican punditocracy -- that Mitt was headed for a big victory -- the jolt of defeat hit especially hard. Now, what had seemed an orderly retreat has taken on the aspect of a rout, with Beltway Republicans calling for abandonment of fixed positions all along the line. After Senate candidates Richard Mourdock in Indiana and Continue reading...
27 November 2012 
Who’s Afraid of the Fiscal Cliff?
Tuesday - November 27, 2012 at 2:35 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan Were the average Republican asked for a succinct statement of his views on taxation, he or she might respond thus: "U.S. tax rates are too high for the world we must compete in. The tax burden -- federal, state, local, together -- is too heavy. We need to cut tax rates to free up our private and productive sector and pull this economy out of the ditch." This core Continue reading...
20 November 2012 
Mitt Wasn’t All Wrong About “Gifts”
Tuesday - November 20, 2012 at 5:37 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan "What the president's campaign did was focus on certain members of his base coalition, give them extraordinary financial gifts from the government and then work very aggressively to turn them out to vote, and that strategy worked." Thus did political analyst Mitt Romney identify the cause of his defeat in a call to disconsolate contributors. Republicans piled on. Continue reading...
30 October 2012 
Romney for President
Tuesday - October 30, 2012 at 2:44 am
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...
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