George Bush, Protectionist

By Patrick J. Buchanan "I've abandoned free-market principles to save the free-market system," President Bush told CNN, defending his offer of $17 billion in loans to the Big Three "to make sure the economy doesn't collapse." Thus did Bush concede that protectionism, if a critical U.S. industry is in peril, must trump free-trade ideology. For in offering the bailout to GM, Ford and Chrysler, Continue reading...

Meeting Medvedev Halfway

By Patrick J. Buchanan The morning after Barack Obama's election, the congratulatory message from Moscow was in the chilliest tradition of the Cold War. "I hope for constructive dialogue with you," said Russia's president, "based on trust and considering each other's interests." Dmitry Medvedev went on that day, in his first State of the Union, to charge America with fomenting the Continue reading...

An Amicus Brief for Neville

By Patrick J. Buchanan On Sept. 30, 1938, 70 years ago, Neville Chamberlain visited Adolf Hitler's apartment in Munich, got his signature on a three-sentence declaration and flew home to Heston Aerodrome. "I've got it," he shouted to Lord Halifax. "Here is a paper which bears his name." At the request of George VI, Chamberlain was driven to Buckingham Palace, where he joined the king on the Continue reading...

The Neocons’ Palin Project

By Patrick J. Buchanan Will the neocons who tutored George W. Bush in the ideology he pursued to the ruin of his presidency do the same for Sarah Palin? Should they succeed, they will destroy her. Yet, they are moving even now to capture this princess of the right and hope of the party. In St. Paul, Palin was told to cancel a meeting with Phyllis Schlafly and pro-life conservatives. Continue reading...

Distant Drums at Sarah’s Party

by Patrick J. Buchanan ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The American Right has just died and gone to heaven. Last night's convention address by Sarah Palin here in St. Paul has confirmed the bold decision of John McCain to choose the Alaska governor as his co-pilot and united the Republican Party as it has not been since the second term of Ronald Reagan. A wild enthusiasm for Sarah Palin has brought Continue reading...

Pushing Russia Into the Cold

By Patrick J. Buchanan A year after taking power, in June 1934, Adolf Hitler made his first visit abroad -- to his idol Benito Mussolini in Venice. Babbling on incessantly about "Mein Kampf "and the Negroid strain in Mediterranean peoples, the Fuhrer made a dismal impression. "What a clown this Hitler is," Mussolini told an aide. Two weeks later, Hitler executed the Roehm purge and Continue reading...

And None Dare Call It Treason

By Patrick J. Buchanan Who is Randy Scheunemann? He is the principal foreign policy adviser to John McCain and potential successor to Henry Kissinger and Zbigniew Brzezinski as national security adviser to the president of the United States. But Randy Scheunemann has another identity, another role. He is a dual loyalist, a foreign agent whose assignment is to get America committed to spilling Continue reading...