By Patrick J. Buchanan In what The Washington Post called "a bold act of political defiance," President Obama Wednesday announced the recess appointment of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Cordray's nomination had been blocked by a Senate filibuster. There was no way he was going to win approval in 2012. Enraged Republicans denounced the appointment as an Continue reading...
Four More Years — of This?
Friday - January 6, 2012 at 12:21 am
Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: Barack Obama, Congress, Debt, Italy, Mitt Romney, President, Republican, Republicans, Taxes, White House
Is America Losing Control?
Friday - December 30, 2011 at 2:40 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan "Events are in the saddle and ride mankind." In describing 2011, few cliches seem more appropriate. For in this past year, we Americans seemed to lose control of our destiny, as events seemed to be in the saddle. While President Barack Obama maneuvered skillfully to retain a fighting chance to be re-elected, the economy showed no signs of returning to the robustness Continue reading...
Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: Barack Obama, China, Christians, Debt, Deficit, Democracy, Europe, European Union, GOP, Iraq, Middle East, Republicans, Tea Party, War
Make Congress Vote on War on Iran
Friday - December 23, 2011 at 10:38 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan Returning from Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta dropped some jolting news. Asked by CBS's Scott Pelley if Iran could have a nuclear weapon in 2012, Panetta replied: "It would probably be about a year before they could do it. Perhaps a little less. But one proviso, Scott, is that if they have a hidden facility somewhere in Iran that may be Continue reading...
Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: Congress, International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran, Israel, Leon Panetta, Michele Bachmann, Neocons, Pentagon, Republicans, Ron Paul, War
The Roots of Voter Anger Go Back to 1954
Friday - December 2, 2011 at 12:42 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan Sixty-nine percent of voters nationwide are angry with the policies of the federal government. To understand why, it's important to remember that most voters believe tax cuts and government spending cuts are good for the economy. Collectively, voters have voted for politicians who promised spending cuts and tax cuts in just about every election over the past four Continue reading...
Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: Barack Obama, Big Government, Dwight Eisenhower, Election, Hubert Humphrey, Inflation, President, Republicans, Revolution, Richard Nixon, Taxes, White House
Subdividing America — to Win
Tuesday - September 27, 2011 at 1:39 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan "Now even as we speak, there are those who are preparing to divide us, the spin masters and negative ad peddlers who embrace the politics of anything goes. "Well, I say to them tonight, there's not a liberal America and a conservative America; there's the United States of America. There's not a black America and white America and Latino America and Asian America; Continue reading...
Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: Barack Obama, Culture War, Election, Israel, Jews, Operation Vote, Racism, Republicans, Tea Party
The View From Martha’s Vineyard
Thursday - August 18, 2011 at 11:37 pm
By Patrick J. Buchanan As he and his daughters bicycle around the summer playground of the Northeastern elite, Martha's Vineyard, President Obama is steadily bleeding away both the support of the nation and that of his most loyal constituency. Several times, his approval rating in Gallup's daily tracking poll has sunk to 39 percent, with disapproval reaching 54 percent. Support for his Continue reading...
Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: African Americans, Barack Obama, Black America, Debt, Deficit, Great Society, Jobs, Middle America, Poverty, Recession, Republicans, Tea Party
Who’s Really Downgrading America?
Monday - August 8, 2011 at 11:44 pm
By Patrick J. Buchanan The decision by Standard & Poor's to strip the United States of its AAA credit rating, for the first time, has triggered a barrage of catcalls against the umpire from the press box and Obamaites. S&P, we are reminded, was giving A ratings to banks like Lehman Brothers, whose books were stuffed with suspect subprime paper, right up to the day Lehman Brothers fell over Continue reading...
Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: AAA, Alan Greenspan, Banks, Barack Obama, Ben Bernanke, Debt, Default, Deficit, Dollar, Federal Reserve, GOP, Rand Paul, Republicans, Ron Paul, Taxes, Tea Party, United States
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