Barack Hussein Alinsky

Tuesday - February 22, 2011 at 12:46 am

By Patrick J. BuchananAs a large and furious demonstration was under way outside and inside the Capitol in Madison last week, Barack Obama invited in a TV camera crew from Milwaukee and proceeded to fan the flames.Dropping the mask of The Great Compromiser, Obama reverted to his role as South Chicago community organizer, charging Gov. Scott Walker and the Wisconsin legislature with an Continue reading...

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Sputnik Moment — or GM Moment?

Friday - January 28, 2011 at 12:44 am

By Patrick J. BuchananWhat America was to the world in 1950, General Motors was to the nation.It was the largest and most successful company with the largest number of employees. It paid the highest wages and contributed more in taxes than any other company. During World War II, no company had contributed more to the Arsenal of Democracy and America's victory.As one wag said, "For Continue reading...

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And the Debt Bomb Ticks On

Thursday - January 27, 2011 at 1:56 am

By Patrick J. BuchananWith his approval rating moving up to 50 percent and higher in some polls, the pundits are all agreed. President Obama has turned the corner. He is now the winter-book favorite in 2012.How, two months after his "shellacking," did he do it?First, by taking the wheel from Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, cutting a deal to extend the Bush tax cuts, bringing aboard Bill Continue reading...

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The Making of a President

Friday - December 10, 2010 at 10:15 am

By Patrick J. BuchananIf the Pelosi-Reid liberals are in a hissy fit over the tax-cut deal negotiated by Barack Obama, they have only themselves to blame.With their three-to-two majorities, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid could have forced the Republicans to vote again and again during the election for "tax cuts for the rich."They never did. Now, what else could Obama do after his own Continue reading...

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Tea Party’s Winning Hand

Tuesday - November 16, 2010 at 10:26 pm

By Patrick J. BuchananOther than being the highest-profile Republican victims of Tea Party candidates, what do Lisa Murkowski, Mike Castle, Charlie Crist and Arlen Specter have in common?Other than being tea party insurgents who routed establishment Republicans in high-profile primaries, what do Joe Miller, Marco Rubio, Christine O'Donnell, Pat Toomey, Sharron Angle in Nevada, Ken Buck in Continue reading...

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