Patrick J. Buchanan Examines "The Slow Awakening of George W."

Washington Times ^ | 09-17-03 | Buchanan, Patrick J.

[Theodore R.]

Though the word "economy" is not in the Constitution, the public expects the president to be "manager of the economy." If a president has a hemorrhage of job losses "on his watch," whether responsible or not, voters may retire him quickly from office.

[apackof2]

UAW

[JohnGalt]

There is political truth in what you say, but again Pat and Bush are going after a simply big government solution, rather than a focus on deregulation and tax cuts, as Reagan did.

While there is no paleo-right consensus on trade, there is one on monetary policy, which is the real culprit for the loss of manufacturing jobs as American products simply cannot compete in foreign markets of Third World countries.

[truthkeeper]

Flame on folks, but this time I think Pat's commentary deserves a big fat BUMP to the top.

[Buck72]

Pat's right about this. We need to level the playing field by using tarrifs and lowering the burden of regulations and taxes on American companies.

[GOP_1900AD]

Hate to pop your balloon, but the vast majority of jobs lost have been in typically non union industries such as electronics.

[TomB]

Separated at birth?

Patrick J. Buchanan...........................Stimson J. Cat

[Lazamataz]

Well argued. That completely turned around my viewpoint on the topic.

[EternalVigilance]

Unfortunately for President Bush, while he has a good heart, he was horribly miseducated at Harvard.

Kinda dumb to criticize someone's education with such twisted syntax.

Pat needs an editor.

[hchutch]

The only reason we had such an industrial base through the 1960s was because everyone else's (Germany, Japan, UK, USSR, China, Taiwan, etc.) had been bombed into rubble in World War II.

Part of this loss was to be expected. The rest of it was stuff we did to ourselves through allowing the trial lawyers to run rampant, and by letting regulations get way out of hand. The big problem that we have is that businessmen and the folks who REALLY made our economy work (the Rich so many people love to bash) have had it with the BS and are voting with their companies.

[republicanwizard]

That's an insult to the gentleman on the right.

[hedgetrimmer]

zealots like Zoellick are beyond retraining. They are uneducable.

This is the truth.

[RLK]

Unfortunately for President Bush, while he has a good heart, he was horribly miseducated at Harvard.

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A good heart, sort of, a miseducation, no brain, and and an obliviousness characteristic of a social class separated from serious reality.

[hedgetrimmer]

The only reason we had such an industrial base through the 1960s was because everyone else's (Germany, Japan, UK, USSR, China, Taiwan, etc.) had been bombed into rubble in World War II.

This is not true. Canada wasn't bombed. Mexico wasn't bombed but they never established an industrial base. Only 2 cities in Japan were bombed. Where was China bombed in WWII? They had a mostly agrarian economy then didn't they?

[Tokhtamish]

I think the eye openner was that trip Bush made to Midwest and the less than warm reception he got from all those unemployed. And the earful he got from all those manufacturers.

Kinda reminded him how his father seemed oblivious with all the happy talk Sununu was feeding him while anger was building up in the countryside.

[TomB]

Well argued. That completely turned around my viewpoint on the topic.

You eeeeeediot!

I was trying to SUPPORT Pat's argument (whatever it was).

[ImpBill]

Pat, while being a fatally flawed messenger, often has very valid messages. This is one of those times.

[hchutch]

You may want to look at the firebombings of Tokyo and other cities in addition to the two we dropped atomic bombs on. Hrady any city in Germany or the UK wasn't bombed. Japan had been in various wars with China for ten years before Pearl Harbor.

Aside from North America, everywhere else was bombed by one side or the other in World War II.

[truthkeeper]

I feel the same as you.

[RLK]

Your argument won't sell to anyone except various fanatics.