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Douglas MacKinnon is former White House and Pentagon official who spent three years working in a Joint Command. Douglas MacKinnon was also press secretary to former Senator Bob Dole. Douglas MacKinnon has published hundreds of columns in every major paper in the country, and Douglas MacKinnon is heard and seen regularly on radio and television as a political commentator. Douglas MacKinnon is also an author and novelist. Douglas MacKinnon's latest novel entitled “Vengeance Is Mine,” can be found at Amazon.com and features a main character who proudly wears his strong belief in traditional values upon his sleeve.
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Douglas MacKinnon (Nov 03, 2011)
During a speech on citizenship that he delivered in 1910, Theodore Roosevelt stressed what decades later has come to mean so much too so many:
"It is not the critic who... more
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Douglas MacKinnon (Oct 24, 2011)
As the Republican primary process continues, there is no doubt that the establishment GOP is winning and the Tea Party is losing.
Worse, as we accelerate toward the first... more
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Douglas MacKinnon (Oct 11, 2011)
In politics, character does and should count.
For instance, character can be demonstrated in any number of ways including during a Republican presidential... more
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Douglas MacKinnon (Oct 06, 2011)
I once had a conversation with a well-connected Democrat in Washington, D.C., with regard to
lack of advertising in conservative publications.
Without missing a beat, she... more
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Douglas MacKinnon (Sep 29, 2011)
Leaving aside the televised, overly scripted, predictable and marginally useful "debates" now
taking place between the Republican candidates for president, there are much... more
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Douglas MacKinnon (Sep 21, 2011)
I must confess that I no longer have a clear understanding as to how many of our major newspapers operate.
It had been my assumption -- and you know what they say about... more
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Douglas MacKinnon (Sep 16, 2011)
Surprise. Despite his "jobs" speech, President Obama's own handpicked White House Office of Management and Budget has just predicted... more
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Douglas MacKinnon (Sep 01, 2011)
In their quest to widen the low-road and increase its rider-ship, the liberal Washington, D.C-based Politico just offered up this hackneyed but oh so predictable headline:... more
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Douglas MacKinnon (Aug 29, 2011)
When you hear every single liberal media outlet in the country say, "We will know more about Rick Perry after we vet his 11 years in office," you need to... more
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Douglas MacKinnon (Aug 12, 2011)
As our economy continues to self-destruct; U.S. credit is shockingly downgraded; home prices remain at historic lows; unemployment rises; small businesses continue to... more
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Douglas MacKinnon (Aug 09, 2011)
I spoke recently with a senior Democrat strategist who offered up a quite logical and incredibly frightening scenario for those who are desperate to vote Barack Obama out... more
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Douglas MacKinnon (Jul 14, 2011)
Even as Mitt Romney inexplicably flip-flops on his past very accurate observation that President Obama has made the economy worse, liberals in the mainstream media are now... more
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Douglas MacKinnon (Jul 12, 2011)
As a conservative with some experience in presidential politics, it's more than amusing for me to watch left-of-center mainstream reporters and pundits — and even a few... more
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Douglas MacKinnon (Jun 28, 2011)
Okay, so here are some unsolicited but heartfelt words of caution for Governor Rick Perry of Texas as he contemplates whether to enter the Republican primary for President of... more
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Douglas MacKinnon (Jun 23, 2011)
“See. What did I just warn you about?"
Those words came over the phone in reaction to NBC Sports purposely removing the words "Under God" from a... more
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Douglas MacKinnon (Jun 13, 2011)
That loud crash you just heard off in the distance was the New York Times finally hitting the bottom of the barrel with an embarrassing but expected thump.
Having long... more
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Douglas MacKinnon (Jun 06, 2011)
New York Democrat Anthony Weiner's tortured answers about his "Twitter-gate" episode and the mainstream media's at least initial reluctance to cover the story, speaks volumes... more
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Douglas MacKinnon (Jun 01, 2011)
On April 25, the landscape populated by Republicans hoping to replace President Obama was dramatically reshaped when Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi took himself out of the... more
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Douglas MacKinnon (May 27, 2011)
For years, various politicians, "educators," and most in the mainstream media have asked, encouraged, and even demanded that we compromise our very principles. That we betray... more
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Douglas MacKinnon (May 07, 2011)
I watched President Obama’s remarks regarding the killing of Osama Bin Laden by a heroic and courageous team of American operatives with a Democrat and an Independent. After... more
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Douglas MacKinnon (Mar 09, 2011)
As we have witnessed with the Democrat politicians in Wisconsin cowardly fleeing their own state and literally turning their backs on their constituents, there are... more
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Douglas MacKinnon (Jan 13, 2011)
What is the life of a U.S. soldier worth compared to that of a Member of Congress? Apparently much less in the eyes of some in the mainstream media if we go by two tragic... more