Doug Patton

(Editor’s note: Doug Patton passed away on February 27, 2014. He will be greatly missed.) RIP Doug Patton – beloved husband, father and columnist Doug Patton was s a freelance columnist who has served as a political speechwriter and policy advisor to conservative candidates, elected officials and public policy organizations.

Most Recent Articles by Doug Patton:

Congress Has Become an Institution of the Useless April 5, 2010

Healthcare legislation would address the "maldistribution of income in America."

The Law of Unintended Consequences March 29, 2010

Obama-Reid-Pelosi-Care: Barack Obama and the Democrats own it

Leadership for a New Generation March 23, 2010

Barack Obama, his Chicago gangsters, and the useful idiots in Congress, have just violated the U.S. Constitution in ways the American people won’t fully understand for years

The Corrosive Effects of Illegal Immigration March 8, 2010

Scores of California hospitals have had to close their doors because of a tsunami of illegals seeking “free” health care

Buying Insurance in Fantasyland March 1, 2010

Neither your misfortune nor your preexisting condition gives you claim to my life, liberty or property

Bold Colors or Pale Pastels February 22, 2010

In search of a Conservative leader

FDR, BHO and the Audacity of Arrogance February 8, 2010

Amity Schlaes describes the almost schizophrenic way in which our 32nd president governed the nation for the first eight of his twelve long years in office

‘Choice’ Means Allowing Women to Make a Different One February 1, 2010

Lesson is that you had better not bring your pro-life message into the public square — especially if you have lived it

Obama Thinks He’s President of the World January 18, 2010

Someone needs to break the news to him that he is neither the savior of humanity nor the president of the world

Being a Democrat Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry…and Mean It January 11, 2010

But if loose lips sink ships, Vice President Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid could take down a carrier division

2010, Our Most Dangerous Year Ever January 4, 2010

The Communist Chinese hold our economic future in their blood-soaked hands.

Ben Nelson Makes Us Ashamed to be Nebraskans December 28, 2009

Nelson’s response was to cut a deal with Majority Leader Harry Reid to exempt Nebraska from ever paying any additional Medicaid costs

Christmas, A Time For Real Hope December 20, 2009

Fight for freedom in 21st Century America

If Truman Had Taken WWII as Seriously as BHO Takes War on Terror December 7, 2009

Imagine: President Harry Truman addressing cadets at West Point on his strategy for finishing World War II

Are These the Actions of a President Who Loves His Country? November 30, 2009

Cap and Trade, Fort Hood, Afghanistan, 9/11 terrorists, Navy Seals

Give Me Character Over IQ Any Day November 23, 2009

American Politics

The Rise of the Conservative Woman November 17, 2009

Liberals are angry and unhappy people, and they hate and fear the new breed of female politician represented by Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachmann

It’s the Same War, Mr. President! November 9, 2009

Our Muslim-sympathizer-in-chief, Barack Obama, wants us to believe this was an isolated incident with no connection to the Islamic extremism we are battling overseas

Are You Ready for a Political Earthquake? November 2, 2009

Paradigm shift back toward the Reaganesque principles

Scratch Another GOP Candidate off the List for 2012 October 25, 2009

Newt Gingrich

Health Care Bill is About Control, Not Health Care October 19, 2009

Thousands of pages of rules, regulations, restrictions and, most of all, astronomical spending

Passing Thoughts on the Random Scene, October 12, 2009

With sincere apologies to Thomas Sowell:

Wilson vs. Obama—Who Spoke the Truth? September 14, 2009

“And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free”

Government Gets Health Care Backward September 7, 2009

Healthcare insurance, Death Panels