Putin's Narrowing Options

Bring Russia In From the Cold

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As President Bush hosts President Putin at his Texas ranch, Russia seems but a shadow of what she was only yesterday. Since the Reagan-Gorbachev summit at Reykjavik, Iceland, Russia has lost a worldwide empire stretching from Cuba to Cam Ranh Bay, including all of Eastern Europe. Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Belarus …

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Address to Bob Jones University

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Bob Jones University, Greenville, South Carolina I want to talk about a very serious subject this evening, one I fear and I feel is being deeply neglected in a presidential campaign where it ought to be discussed, and that’s the character of the nation that we both love. I’m sure …

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A Statement of Personal Beliefs

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While the Reform Party Platform is silent on what have come to be called the social, cultural and moral issues, I do not believe presidential candidates can remain silent. For most Americans today believe their country, in moral terms, is headed in the wrong direction; and these issues define who …

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Reform Party Nomination Acceptance Speech

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Long Beach, California Transcript: [Bagpipe Band plays Mr. Buchanan in] [crowd: “Win, Pat, win! Win, Pat, win!”] Thank you . Thank you. Let’s have a nice welcome for the lady who’s gonna succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton: Shelly Buchanan! [applause, cheers] Thank you. Thank you, and I proudly accept your nomination …

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An Unnecessary War?

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By Patrick J. Buchanan – The Washington Post In A Republic, Not An Empire, I take many controversial stands: Indicting Jefferson for naval disarmament, defending Polk’s war with Mexico, decrying U.S. annexation of the Philippines, and supporting Harding’s Washington naval treaty. But all has been trampled under by the hysterical …

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Speech at the Iowa Straw Pool in Ames, Iowa

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Transcript: Thank you, Bruce Springstein, for that tremendous introduction. [cheers]. Now, let me talk–let me talk a little bit–go back into the past and talk about how I first came into this conservative movement. It was back almost 40 years ago; I was a young recruit in the great army …

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A Republic Not An Empire

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by Patrick J. Buchanan – May 8, 1999 COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Citadel, South Carolina We must restore this nation’s military power… America must retrench and America must rearm. General Grinalds, distinguished guests, and friends of the Citadel. It is truly an honor to address this last graduating class of the 20th …

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Why We Can’t Quit the Culture War

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by Patrick J. Buchanan – February 19, 1999 With the Senate’s failure to muster even a bare majority for the conviction of Bill Clinton, some conservatives are near despair. “I no longer believe that there is a moral majority,” writes veteran activist Paul Weyrich. “I do not believe that a …

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