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Archives of Doug Patton

RIP Doug Patton – Beloved Husband, Father and Columnist - Apr 14, 2014
Where No One Locks the Door - Feb 10, 2014
No Reason to Spend the Evening with BHO - Feb 03, 2014
Cuomo Puts a New Spin on an Old Mantra - Jan 27, 2014
Did Orwell and Jones See Google and Obama Coming? - Jan 20, 2014
Rodman: The Perfect Representative for Obama Diplomacy - Jan 13, 2014
Iowa Caucuses Will Not Elevate Paul Ryan to the Presidency - Dec 23, 2013
The Enemy of America is Obama’s Friend - Dec 16, 2013
Liberalism is a Religion; Hatred is its Sacrament - Dec 09, 2013
Why I’m Thankful in 2013 - Dec 02, 2013
The Fifties Ended on November 22, 1963 - Nov 25, 2013
GOP Should Not be Part of Democrat Hypocrisy - Nov 18, 2013
Passing Thoughts on the Random Scene (with apologies to Thomas Sowell) - Nov 11, 2013
Obamacare Tantamount to Pixie Dust - Oct 28, 2013
Who Will Tell Obama He has no Clothes? - Oct 21, 2013
Obama’s Thuggish Behavior, Part II - Oct 14, 2013
Stunt at WW II Memorial Shows More Evidence Obama is a Thug - Oct 07, 2013
Obamacare: At Least Dems are Willing to Fight for It - Sep 30, 2013
Guess Where Those Chemical Weapons Came From, Mr. President? - Sep 16, 2013
The Most Embarrassing President of My Lifetime - Sep 09, 2013
Middle East Mess May Be Exactly What Obama Wants - Sep 02, 2013
Chris Christie Should Switch Parties - Aug 26, 2013
PC Orthodoxy is Destroying America - Aug 19, 2013
Five Years Later, Obama Again Blames Bush - Aug 12, 2013
Once a Weiner, Always a Weiner - Aug 05, 2013
Obama, Zimmerman, and Race in America - Jul 22, 2013
Surrendering Privacy from Cradle to Grave - Jul 08, 2013
America Has Ceased to Be Great � or Good - Jul 01, 2013
Where Are All the Courageous Liberals?�but I Contradict Myself - Jun 24, 2013
Guess Who is Behind "Conservative" Radio and TV Ads? - Jun 17, 2013
A Congressman with Guts Takes on Obama - Jun 10, 2013
Michele Bachmann, One of Our Best - Jun 03, 2013
IRS Scandal Another Reason Why We Need the Fair Tax - May 20, 2013
American Pravda, a Nation of Lawbreakers and Benghazigate - May 13, 2013
Will Rubio Become Yet Another Candidate for Whom I Cannot Vote? - Apr 29, 2013
Witnessing the Death of Liberty - Apr 22, 2013
The Gipper and the Iron Lady Tower over Today�s "Leaders" - Apr 15, 2013
Welcome to Margaret Sanger�s Brave New World - Apr 08, 2013
Will John Roberts Betray Us Again? - Apr 01, 2013
Campaign Commercials Romney Should Run - Jul 16, 2012
Roberts Rules, Now it�s the People�s Turn - Jul 09, 2012
Obama Team's Leaks Are, Indeed, 'Offensive' - Jun 25, 2012
Government Does Very Few Things Well - Jun 18, 2012
Liberals Are Waging the Real War on Women - Jun 11, 2012
Memorial Day 2012 Was a Solemn Occasion - Jun 04, 2012
For the Left, Their Ends Always Justify Their Means - May 28, 2012
Obama�s Weapons of Mass Distraction - May 21, 2012
Entitlement Mentality on Display in Nebraska - May 14, 2012
Soros or ALEC: Whom Would the Founders Support? - Apr 30, 2012
Dems' War on Motherhood a Surefire Loser - Apr 23, 2012
Pandering to the Ignorant - Apr 16, 2012
Now More Than Ever, We Need the Fair Tax - Apr 16, 2012
Obama Just Can�t Resist Injecting Race into Any Situation - Apr 02, 2012
Obama�s Policies Returning America to Slavery - Mar 26, 2012
Bob Kerrey Not as Fearless as He Once Was - Mar 19, 2012
Why America Needs Breitbart More Than Ever - Mar 12, 2012
When Common Sense Becomes Controversial - Mar 05, 2012
Just a Taste of a Second Obama Term - Feb 20, 2012
Planned Parenthood Part of the Disease, not the Cure - Feb 13, 2012
Longing for Sarah or Mike or Marco or Paul - Feb 06, 2012
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Utopia - Jan 30, 2012
Murder, Mayhem and Tinkling on Terrorists - Jan 23, 2012
Let's Have Rush Limbaugh Moderate a GOP Debate - Jan 16, 2012
Christ is the Source of a Truly Merry Christmas - Jan 02, 2012
Will Mitt's Big Bet be a Deal-Breaking Campaign Faux Pas? - Dec 19, 2011
Throwing Good Money After Bad - Dec 12, 2011
Lame Commercials Will Lead to GOP Loss - Dec 05, 2011
Why I'm Thankful in 2011 - Nov 28, 2011
Penn State Scandal another Sign of our Times - Nov 21, 2011
Another High-Tech Lynching is Underway - Nov 14, 2011
Spousal Benefits an Assault on Marriage - Nov 07, 2011
Obama's Useful Idiots 'Occupy' America - Oct 24, 2011
If I Only Had a Heart, Part 2 - Oct 17, 2011
San Francisco Lesbians Guilty of Criminal Child Abuse - Oct 10, 2011
If I Only Had a Heart - Oct 03, 2011
Pat Robertson Has Become an Embarrassment - Sep 26, 2011
Barack Obama Has No Clothes - Sep 19, 2011
The War is On - Sep 12, 2011
Buffett a Kinder, Gentler Soros - Aug 29, 2011
Rick Perry: Gipper or another Bush? - Aug 22, 2011
Only Republicans Can Re-elect Obama - Aug 15, 2011
There is the Real World, and There is Washington - Aug 08, 2011
This is Not Leadership - Aug 01, 2011
We Are All Barbarians - Jul 25, 2011
Sex, Lies and Government Schools - Jul 18, 2011
Bachmann Knows Her Constitution - Jul 04, 2011
Romney A Weak Front Runner - Jun 27, 2011
PDS Has Consumed the MSM - Jun 20, 2011
Ryan-Rubio, Now That's the Ticket! - Jun 13, 2011
Can We Trade Barack for Bibi? - May 30, 2011
I Like Mike, But It Doesn't Matter Now - May 23, 2011
Thank You, Mr. President - May 16, 2011
We Need New Definitions of Rich and Poor - May 09, 2011
Obama Seems Incapable of Loving America - May 02, 2011
Beltway Elitists Mock Trump at Their Peril - Apr 25, 2011
'Tis the Season to be Angry - Apr 18, 2011
Newt Takes Lame Excuses to a New Low - Apr 04, 2011
The 9,000 Pound Elephant in the Living Room - Mar 28, 2011
The Other 48 Should Follow Nebraska and Maine - Mar 21, 2011
A Constitution Designed to Protect Unpopular Speech - Mar 14, 2011
If I Had to Pick a Candidate Today� - Feb 21, 2011
I Will Never Vote for another Bush or McCain - Feb 14, 2011
And That's Why You Don't Elect Novices or Idiots - Feb 07, 2011
From Roe vs. Wade to West Philadelphia - Jan 31, 2011
Liberals Hate Free Speech Unless It's Theirs - Jan 24, 2011
GOP Leadership Shows Very Little - Jan 24, 2011
The Only Real Hope at Christmas is in Christ - Dec 27, 2010
Clinton is the New 'President Czar' - Dec 27, 2010
Perhaps WikiLeaks Has Done Us a Favor - Dec 13, 2010
Why I'm Thankful in 2010 - Nov 29, 2010
Clueless Left Misreads the Tea Leaves - Nov 22, 2010
The Culture War Rages On - Nov 15, 2010
Crist, Murkowski Represent the Worst of American Politics - Nov 08, 2010
Christine O'Donnell Not Radical Enough - Nov 01, 2010
Keep Digging, Mr. President - Oct 25, 2010
A Politician Saying, 'I'm Not Ready' � How Refreshing! - Oct 18, 2010
Don't Crown the GOP Just Yet - Oct 11, 2010
Are We Really Suffering From Too Much Religion? - Oct 04, 2010
The War on Prosperity During the Summer of Recovery - Sep 20, 2010
Is it Time to Start Using the 'I' Word? - Sep 13, 2010
Barack Obama is No Failure - Sep 06, 2010
Despite Media, Public Sees Truth About Obama - Aug 30, 2010
Let's Start Blaming Millard Fillmore - Aug 23, 2010
Speaking Truth to Race - Aug 16, 2010
Et tu, Andy? - Aug 09, 2010
Let Every Federal Department Justify its Existence � Constitutionally - Jul 26, 2010
How About a Brewer-Jindal Ticket in 2012? - Jul 19, 2010
Is Personal Privacy a Thing of the Past? - Jul 12, 2010
The 17th Amendment Was a Very Bad Idea - Jul 05, 2010
God Bless Joe Barton, So Long GOP - Jun 28, 2010
Sarah Will Have Many Markers to Call in for 2012 - Jun 21, 2010
Why Americans Should Love Partisanship - Jun 14, 2010
The Grateful Soldier - Jun 07, 2010
Beautiful Intolerance, Part II - May 31, 2010
Intolerance is a Beautiful Thing - May 24, 2010
Pandering to Lawbreakers Blurs Line Between Legal and Illegal - May 17, 2010
Where No One Locks the Door - May 10, 2010
Are Americans Going John Galt? - May 03, 2010
Heineman and Nebraska Lead the Way on Sanctity of Life - Apr 26, 2010
Congress Has Become an Institution of the Useless - Apr 12, 2010
The Law of Unintended Consequences - Apr 05, 2010
Leadership for a New Generation - Mar 29, 2010
Liberalism Truly is a Mental Disorder - Mar 22, 2010
The Corrosive Effects of Illegal Immigration - Mar 15, 2010
Buying Insurance in Fantasyland - Mar 08, 2010
Bold Colors or Pale Pastels - Mar 01, 2010
FDR, BHO and the Audacity of Arrogance - Feb 15, 2010
'Choice' Means Allowing Women to Make a Different One - Feb 08, 2010
Throwing off the Yoke of the Nanny State - Feb 01, 2010
Obama Thinks He's President of the World - Jan 25, 2010
Being a Democrat Means Never Having to Say You"re Sorry�and Mean It - Jan 18, 2010
2010, Our Most Dangerous Year Ever - Jan 11, 2010
Ben Nelson Makes Us Ashamed to be Nebraskans - Jan 04, 2010
Forever a Paper Tiger, Never a Golden Bear - Dec 21, 2009
If Truman Had Taken WWII as Seriously as BHO Takes War on Terror - Dec 14, 2009
Are These the Actions of a President Who Loves His Country? - Dec 07, 2009
Give Me Character Over IQ Any Day - Nov 30, 2009
The Rise of the Conservative Woman - Nov 23, 2009
It's the Same War, Mr. President! - Nov 16, 2009
Are You Ready for a Political Earthquake? - Nov 09, 2009
Scratch Another GOP Candidate off the List for 2012 - Nov 02, 2009
Health Care Bill is About Control, Not Health Care - Oct 26, 2009
Passing Thoughts on the Random Scene - Oct 19, 2009
Wilson vs. Obama�Who Spoke the Truth? - Sep 21, 2009
Government Gets Health Care Backward - Sep 14, 2009
Let Us Not Confuse Longevity With Statesmanship - Sep 07, 2009
And Then They Came For My IRA - Aug 31, 2009
Obama Unaccustomed to Having His Lies Challenged - Aug 24, 2009
Don't Think That It Can't Happen Here - Aug 17, 2009
Sen. Grassley, You Can't Fix a Crap Sandwich! - Aug 10, 2009
Barack Obama 'Acting Stupidly' - Aug 03, 2009
I Was Wrong About Barack Obama - Jul 27, 2009
Why Are Liberals Surprised to Learn Their Heroes Are Racists? - Jul 20, 2009
Palin Again Confounds the Clueless Chattering Classes - Jul 13, 2009
These People Truly Hate America - Jul 06, 2009
ABC Becomes the "All Barack Channel" - Jun 29, 2009
Palin Should Go On Letterman - Jun 22, 2009
So, You Want to Compare Hate Crimes - Jun 15, 2009
Has the Time Come to Say RIP, GOP? - Jun 08, 2009
Barack Obama's Irrelevant Religiosity - May 25, 2009
Memorial Day 2009 is a Solemn Occasion - May 25, 2009
A Mandate for Tyranny - May 18, 2009
Let Us Hope Obama Finds His Own Souter - May 11, 2009
We Need New Definitions of Rich and Poor - May 04, 2009
Obama, the Unconstitutional Scholar - Apr 27, 2009
Sadly, Joe Biden Was Right - Apr 20, 2009
Iowa, A Great Place to Be From - Apr 13, 2009
The GOP Has Brought a Knife to a Gun Fight - Apr 06, 2009
Pandering to the Greedy Poor - Mar 30, 2009
American Idol and Domestic Terrorism - Mar 23, 2009
GOP Will Gladly Take Rush if Dems Will Claim Soros - Mar 16, 2009
Orwell Would be Impressed with Obama - Mar 09, 2009
Why Our Enemies Are Laughing at Us - Feb 23, 2009
It's Worse Than We Thought - Feb 16, 2009
An Open Letter to Our New President - Feb 09, 2009
What a Difference a Generation Makes - Feb 02, 2009
Farewell Herbert W. Bush, Hello Franklin D. Obama - Jan 26, 2009
Barack Obama and the Culture of Death - Jan 19, 2009
Shot to Death on Main Street - Jan 12, 2009
Christmas Celebrates a Living, Loving God - Jan 05, 2009
A Tale of Two Churches - Dec 22, 2008
More Proof the Inmates Are Running the Asylum - Dec 15, 2008
I Beg Your Pardon, Mr. President - Dec 08, 2008
GOP Needs More Sarahs and Fewer Arnolds - Nov 24, 2008
Why I'm Grateful in 2008 - Nov 24, 2008
McCain, Not Palin, Lost This Election - Nov 17, 2008
Let's Just Take the Next Four Years Off - Nov 10, 2008
Barack Obama's Dream Cabinet - Nov 03, 2008
The Firestorm in Nebraska - Oct 27, 2008
Intellectual Flyover Country - Oct 20, 2008
Sarah Barracuda Visits Nebraska - Oct 13, 2008
Christian Pastors Stand Up - Oct 06, 2008
America Beyond the Point of No Return? - Sep 29, 2008
Imagine if the Media Were Fair - Sep 22, 2008
Biden is Obama's Dick Cheney - Sep 01, 2008
McCain Names a Woman of Action - Sep 01, 2008
The Bear is Still in the Woods - Aug 25, 2008
Voters Should Pass a Minimal Civics Test - Aug 18, 2008
Solzhenitsyn Could Have Been One of Our Founders - Aug 11, 2008
Let's Just Get it Over With, Shall We? - Aug 04, 2008
The Rules for Democrats and Republicans - Jul 28, 2008
Jesse Jackson Has No Clothes - Jul 21, 2008
Helms Helped Give Us Reagan - Jul 14, 2008
New Oversight of Supreme Court Needed - Jul 07, 2008
Too Many Lawyers, Too Little Wisdom - Jun 30, 2008
The Last Reasonable Liberal - Jun 23, 2008
A Love Greater Than Life Itself - Jun 16, 2008
With Supporters Like These... - Jun 09, 2008
A Memorial Day to Remember - Jun 02, 2008
Californians, Take a Lesson from Nebraska - May 26, 2008
Is Obama Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? - May 19, 2008
Dem Primaries a Microcosm of Socialist Thinking - May 12, 2008
Government-Approved Religions and Cults - May 05, 2008
When Political Correctness Becomes Conventional Wisdom - Apr 28, 2008
Jimmy Carter's Personal State Department - Apr 21, 2008
Charlton Heston Made History - Apr 14, 2008
The Barack Obama Double Standard - Apr 07, 2008
Obama Has Chosen His Running Mate - Mar 31, 2008
Blood, Guts and Al Gore - Mar 17, 2008
Run, Ralph, Run - Again! - Mar 10, 2008
John McCain's "Disappointing" Response - Mar 03, 2008
McCain is Running for a Third Bush Term - Feb 25, 2008
When Justice is Sentenced to Death - Feb 18, 2008
BHO is no JFK - Feb 11, 2008
First Black Prez Turns out to be a Bigot - Feb 04, 2008
Funding Our Own Bankruptcy - Jan 28, 2008
Ben, Barack and a Disregard of Principle - Jan 21, 2008
Huck and the Gipper, Part II - Jan 14, 2008
Huckabee Confounds Elites as Reagan Did - Jan 07, 2008
Mall Signs Might as Well Read 'Please Shoot Me' - Dec 17, 2007
Revisiting the 'Religion of Peace' - Dec 10, 2007
An Ethical Brave New World - Dec 03, 2007
Why I'm Thankful in 2007 - Nov 26, 2007
Endorsement Says More About Pat Than Rudy - Nov 19, 2007
For McCain and Thompson, It's Too Little Too Late - Nov 12, 2007
Democrats Think it's Just Their Message - Nov 05, 2007
GOP Should Learn from Louisiana Election - Oct 29, 2007
Al Gore's Inconvenient Nobel Prize - Oct 22, 2007
GOP Senators Should Defend Rush Limbaugh - Oct 15, 2007
McCain-Feingold Doing What Its Authors Intended - Oct 08, 2007
Corporate America's Loyalty Now Global - Oct 01, 2007
Rudy Looking Dangerously Presidential - Sep 24, 2007
The Loony Left Has Found Their Candidate - Sep 17, 2007
Being a Democrat Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry - Sep 10, 2007
The People Must Demand the Fair Tax - Sep 03, 2007
Bush May Have Buried the GOP - Aug 27, 2007
Triangulating on the Political Fringes - Aug 20, 2007
Talk Loudly and Carry a Big Nerf Bat - Aug 13, 2007
Dems Desperate to Surrender Before We Can Win - Aug 13, 2007

Doug Patton describes himself as a recovering political speechwriter who agrees with himself more often than not. His weekly columns are syndicated by Cagle Cartoons newspaper syndicate. Readers are encouraged to email him at dpatton@cagle.comand/or to follow him on Twitter at @Doug_Patton.