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Doug Patton is a freelance columnist who has served as a political speechwriter and public policy advisor.  He receives e-mail at: dougpatton@cox.net.
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» These People Hate America
By Doug Patton | Published 06/29/2009 | From Our Writers | Unrated
        Where most presidents revere Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence, and James Madison, the father of the Constitution, this president’s role models have been domestic bomber Bill Ayers and Marxist Saul Alinsky, whose “Rules for Radicals” contains the blueprint for tearing a free America from its underpinnings and replacing it with a repressive nanny state.

 

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» The Undeserved Abuse of the Palin Family
By Doug Patton | Published 06/16/2009 | From Our Writers | Unrated
       Not since Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas faced down the trumped-up lies of Anita Hill before the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1991 has a public official suffered more undeserved abuse at the hands of petty, small-minded liberals than Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska.

 

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» Has the Time Come to Say RIP, GOP?
By Doug Patton | Published 06/2/2009 | From Our Writers | Unrated
        If Republicans vet Sotomayor and find the kind of radical ideology that Obama embraces--and then vote for her out of fear of a popular president--we should order the headstone that reads, “RIP, GOP,” for this great party will be headed for the ash heap of history, right alongside the Whigs.
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» Memorial Day 2009 Is a Solemn Occasion
By Doug Patton | Published 05/25/2009 | From Our Writers | Unrated
        But when I see the president of the United States travel to Europe and refuse to go to a U.S. military cemetery in France--even at the invitation of the French president--I am glad my father did not live to see it.
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» Barack Obama's Irrelevant Religiosity
By Doug Patton | Published 05/21/2009 | From Our Writers | Unrated
        When Barack Obama told Rev. Rick Warren last year that knowing when life begins is “above my pay grade,” he was splitting hairs at a molecular level, and in so doing he told us more about himself than he may have realized.
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» A Mandate for Tyranny?
By Doug Patton | Published 05/12/2009 | From Our Writers | Unrated
         If elections have consequences (and they do), then the vote of the people of California on Prop 8 should be every bit as much of a settled mandate as was the last presidential election.
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» Obama, the Unconstitutional Scholar
By Doug Patton | Published 04/21/2009 | From Our Writers | Unrated
        Our founding documents declare that our rights are guaranteed by our Creator, not by Barack Obama, Harold Koh, the U.S. Supreme Court, or some foreign judge.
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» Biden Was Right That Obama Would Be "Tested" Early in His Presidency
By Doug Patton | Published 04/13/2009 | From Our Writers | Unrated
          Remember Vice President (then senator) Joe Biden’s warning just before last November’s election?  “Mark my words,” he said to a group of donors at a fund-raiser last fall.  “It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy.''
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» Iowa, a Great Place to Be FROM
By Doug Patton | Published 04/7/2009 | From Our Writers | Unrated
         Iowa, the state in which I was born and raised, has become the latest judicial laboratory for deviant social policy.  In a unanimous vote last week, the Iowa Supreme Court created the “right” to same-sex marriage.
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» The GOP Has Brought a Knife to a Gun Fight
By Doug Patton | Published 03/31/2009 | From Our Writers | Unrated
        My own snoring jolted me back to reality.  Some of the lines were interesting, but they were delivered with all the passion of a grocery list.
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Blogs by this Author
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Peace Is Achieved When the Good Guys Conquer the Bad Guys
Published 05/29/2007
        As I opened the op-ed page of my local newspaper on Memorial Day, I noticed a somber editorial cartoon depicting a mother holding onto her child with one han...
Will Someone Please Explain Chris Matthews to Me?
Published 10/18/2007
        During the recent debate among the Republican presidential candidates, former Sen. Fred Thompson was asked whether the federal government should in...
An Ethical Brave New World
Published 11/28/2007
       A line from Mirand's speech in Shakespeare's "The Tempest," reads:  "O wonder!  How many goodly creatures are there here!  How beauteous mankind is!...
Huck and the Gipper
Published 01/8/2008
       A few weeks ago, as the presidential campaigns were heading into the home stretch in Iowa and as I was heading into a much-needed holiday hiatus, I publi...
John McCain's "Disappointing" Response
Published 02/25/2008
      Imagine if a front-page article smearing your good name appeared in one of the biggest newspapers in the country.  In place of proof, the newspaper substituted...
Run, Ralph, Run--Again!
Published 03/4/2008
       Four years ago, I wrote a column titled, “Run, Ralph, Run!”  It was in response to consumer advocate Ralph Nader running for president.  ...
A Memorial Day to Remember--2008
Published 05/25/2008
         This Memorial Day, I will remember the 4,435 Americans who died revolting against the tyranny of King George in the American Revolution.   &nb...
Obama: With Supporters Like These...
Published 06/4/2008
       In case you fell victim to Barack Obama’s cynical attempt to bury a major news story by holding a press conference in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on a Satur...
The Rules for Democrats and Republicans
Published 07/21/2008
         During his days doing stand-up in the 1960s, Bill Cosby recorded a track for one of his comedy albums about the American Revolution.  As only Cosb...
Christian Ministers Stand Up
Published 10/1/2008
        Contrary to popular belief, conservative Christian ministers have never been monolithic in their willingness to engage in anything close to partisan pol...
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