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Palin to Resign

By | 07.03.09 | 4:43 pm

In five minutes, Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska.) announced she would skip the 2010 gubernatorial race, resign her own office at the end of July (her term is up December 2010), and, according to the pundit class, effectively take herself out of the 2012 election.

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Banned in DC

By | 06.18.09 | 10:28 am

Banned in Tysons Corner, Va., actually, where Pat and Bay Buchanan’s The American Cause will hold its conference on building a new Republican majority. An email just in from the organizers:

I am sorry but we are not going to grant you a press pass due to the disparaging

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Pat Buchanan, 1971: Give the SCOTUS ‘Black Seat’ or ‘Jewish Seat’ to a Catholic

By | 06.16.09 | 3:52 pm

Trevor Griffey digs up a 1971 memo written by Pat Buchanan, then an adviser to President Richard Nixon, arguing that the administration needed to get ready for the 1972 election by giving preferential treatment to white ethnics.

My recommendation is now and has been that the Administration — in

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Winning Over Hillary Voters With White Nationalism

By | 06.16.09 | 12:32 pm

The American Cause, the Pat and Bay Buchanan-run coalition that employs Marcus Epstein, is holding a national conference in Virginia this weekend on the theme of “Building a New Majority.” The highlight, looking at a draft of the schedule, might be this afternoon panel:

Winning Working America: How

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Bay Buchanan Speaks Out Against the ‘Lynching’ of Marcus Epstein

By | 06.05.09 | 4:40 pm

Bay Buchanan, whom I interviewed this week about troubled anti-immigration activist Marcus Epstein, has published a fuller account of his problems and a broadside against the — wait for it — “lynching” that ensued.

The stories about Marcus were for the most part inaccurate and incomplete. 

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Tancredo, Buchanan Bruised by Racist ‘Karate Chop’

By | 06.02.09 | 12:01 am

On July 7, 2007, Marcus Epstein had too much to drink and stumbled onto Georgetown’s scenic, shop-lined M Street, walking in no particular direction. At 7:15 p.m., he bumped into a black woman, called her a “nigger,” and struck her in the head with an open hand. An off-duty Secret More…

Pat Buchanan to Bush: Thanks for All the Jobs

By | 02.17.09 | 1:29 pm

The godfather of paleo-conservatism, a man who ran against President George W. Bush in 2000 and endorsed him in 2004, unleashes the fury against the ex-president’s economic record.

The only relevant comparison is to Herbert Hoover… Beginning and ending in recession, the Bush presidency added a net of 407,000

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New Adventures in Bad Faith

By | 01.06.09 | 9:07 am

The crocodile tears flow so fast and furious from this Pat Buchanan column that your computer screen might get moist. Fair warning.

On [Harry Reid's] blacklist [of unacceptable choices for Barack Obama's Senate seat] were, according to the source, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., Rep. Danny Davis and State Senate

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