Has History Passed Obama By?

Tuesday - November 16, 2010 at 10:19 pm

By Patrick J. BuchananBarack Obama's dream of being a transformational president who alters the course of his country died 48 hours ago.The message America sent Obama and the men and women America sent to Congress to replace his allies impel one to ask: Why would he want a second term?Why would the most liberal president since FDR wish to preside over the major surgery on the social Continue reading...

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New Tribe Rising?

Tuesday - April 20, 2010 at 12:53 am

By Patrick J. Buchanan"Is white the new black?"So asks Kelefa Sanneh in the subtitle of "Beyond the Pale," his New Yorker review of several books on white America, wherein he concludes we may be witnessing "the slow birth of a people."Sanneh is onto something. For after a year of battering as "un-American," "evil-doers" and racists, and praise from talk-show hosts and Sarah Palin as Continue reading...

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The Real Anti-Americans

Tuesday - March 30, 2010 at 11:31 pm

By Patrick J. BuchananAs Democrats, after a Sunday rally on the Capitol grounds, marched to the House hand-in-hand to vote health care reform, Tea Partiers reportedly shouted the "n-word" at John Lewis and another black congressman. A third was allegedly spat upon. And Barney Frank was called a nasty name.Tea Partiers deny it all. And neither audio nor video of this alleged incident has Continue reading...

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Is This How Democracy Ends?

Friday - February 19, 2010 at 2:07 am

By Patrick J. Buchanan"I used to think it would take a great financial crisis to get both parties to the table, but we just had one," said G. William Hoagland, a former adviser to the Senate Republican leadership on fiscal policy."These days, I wonder if this country is even governable."Quoted in The New York Times' lead story, "Party Gridlock Feeds New Fear of a Debt Crisis," Continue reading...

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America’s Party

Tuesday - December 22, 2009 at 12:18 am

By Patrick J. BuchananFor Democrats like Harry Reid, who called them "evil-mongers," and Nancy Pelosi, who called them "un-American," the NBC News poll must have hit like a sucker punch at a Georgetown wine-and-cheese.The Tea Party movement, those folks rallying against spending last spring and Obamacare in the summer town halls, are viewed more favorably than the Democratic Continue reading...

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