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  Encyclopedia: Pat Choate
Patrick Jeffrey "Pat" Choate was the 1996 Reform Party of the United States of America Vice President candidate.
Choate was selected by the party's presidential nominee Ross Perot.
He is married to Kay Choate, and has two grown step-sons.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Pat-Choate   (172 words)

  
 Salon News | The kingmaker speaks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Pat Choate, the man behind the strategy to craft a left-right-center coalition with Pat Buchanan out front, reveals the plan to seize the White House next year.
Pat Buchanan's announcement Thursday that his Reform Party presidential campaign will be co-chaired by Bay Buchanan, Pat Choate and Lenora Fulani shows the party founded by Ross Perot is striving to build a "left-right-center" coalition, Pat Choate told Salon News.
Choate, who ran as Ross Perot's vice presidential candidate in 1996, is generally credited with bringing Buchanan into the party and is today perhaps its major power broker.
www.salon.com /news/feature/1999/11/11/choate   (1078 words)

  
 Pat Choate
Choate has held several positions in the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Office of Management and Budget, and in the governments of Tennessee and Oklahoma.
Pat is the author of more than 200 articles, monographs, professional papers, and reports on U.S. competitiveness, trade, education, training, technology, politics, and public policy.
Pat Choate holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Oklahoma.
www.lecturenow.com /People/PatChoate.htm   (385 words)

  
 Interrogatory
Pat Buchanan fits well into this party — indeed, better than most since he is an experienced public figure who thrives in controversy, and often is its source.
Choate: For John Hagelin to win the nomination, a majority of the Reform party voters must choose, in effect, to merge the Reform party with Hagelin's Natural Law party.
Choate: My advice is invite the media to the convention and make sure that all functions are fully open to them.
www.nationalreview.com /interrogatory/interrogatory062000b.html   (660 words)

  
 Press Release Archive: PAT CHOATE TO ADDRESS GW STUDENTS ON "SAVING REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY" OCTOBER 21
Pat Choate is a political economist, think tank strategist, populist spokesman, author, GW adjunct professor and now the Reform Party's vice presidential candidate.
Choate, one of America's most widely recognized authorities on U.S. competitiveness, mana gement practices and public policy, is also a familiar figure of broadcast media.
Choate teamed up with Reform Party presidential candidate Ross Perot in 1993 to co-author "Save Your Job, Save Our Country: Why NAFTA Must Be Stopped Now," which outlined the treaty's effects on America's working class and the status of Mexico's economy and society.
www.gwu.edu /~media/pressreleases/choate.html   (536 words)

  
 SPEECH BY PAT CHOATE FORMER REFORM PARTY CHAIR AT THE NATIONAL REFORM PARTY CONVENTION - T H E   I N T E ...
CHOATE: Well, I was watching television last night and Bob Novak and Bill Press on CNN's "Crossfire" delivered a eulogy for the Reform Party.
CHOATE: There are some that would wish that, and it would be a distinguished record, if that were done.
CHOATE: And I say that not from a distance, not from an academic perspective -- I say that from direct and personal observation.
www.buchanan.org /no-00-0810-choatespeech.html   (1613 words)

  
 Salon Feature | The kingmaker speaks
Pat Buchanan and Lenora Fulani are going to walk through the streets of Harlem, taking our program to the inner city.
Let's say Pat was to succeed in putting in Supreme Court justices that would share his view, which is tough given the Senate.
Pat's going to get 10-15 percent right off the bat from the social conservatives; he'll just pull them straight out of what was the Republican Party because the Republicans have gone left; Gary Bauer will not be on that ticket.
www.salon.com /news/feature/1999/11/11/choate/print.html   (5786 words)

  
 Pat Choate -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
He is known for his strong stance against (International trade free of government interference) free trade agreements.
Choate co-hosted the radio talk show "For The People" with (Click link for more info and facts about Chuck Harder) Chuck Harder.
He hosted a weekly (A communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves) radio show called The Week Ahead from 1994 to 1996 and the Pat Choate Show from 1997 to 2000.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pa/pat_choate.htm   (145 words)

  
 Choate Quits as Chair of Reform Party -- 05/08/2000
In a telephone interview with a national wire service, Choate insisted the party is united after many months of infighting, and he said his departure will not increase the sense of disarray.
Choate has served as an advisor to Buchanan, especially in the area of foreign policy, and he agrees with Buchanan's opposition to the North American Free Trade Agreement, insisting that such treaties force American workers to compete with cheap overseas labor.
In the 1996 race, Perot and Choate received eight percent of the vote, enough to qualify the party for $15 million in the 2000 national election.
www.cnsnews.com /ViewPrint.asp?Page=\Politics\archive\200005\POL20000508b.html   (316 words)

  
 CNN Transcript - TalkBack Live: Will the Real Reform Party Please Stand up? - August 11, 2000
Pat Buchanan has used the party's ballot access in good name to promote what is really a rather right-wing, conservative social agenda and embroiling the party in divisive social issues like abortion.
Now the Buchanan camp, and Pat Choate is likely to say, no, no, their's is the proper convention, his is the rightful nomination, they had more delegates, these were not credentialed delegates, but ultimately, this will be up to the courts to decide, and this case is going to go strongly in our favor.
PAT CHOATE, BUCHANAN REFORM MOVEMENT: She's a great choice, because Pat Buchanan, of course, is a foreign policy expert, and Ezola Foster speaks to on the great need in America today, and that's to educate and prepare our children.
transcripts.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0008/11/tl.00.html   (5777 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Books: Hot Property : The Stealing of Ideas in an Age of Globalization   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Choate is a range rider - looking at the borders of this nation, protecting the frontiers of innovation from the poachers and the rustlers riding the contemporary range of ideas, practical discovery, and innovation.
Choate is a great story teller and for most of the book, you almost don't realize that you're being gently force-fed a history lesson to which everyone should pay attention.
Pat Choate has always been the guy who a former president of the University of Oklahoma (George Cross) must have been talking about when he suggested that he wanted a University which the football team could be proud of.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0375402128?v=glance   (3156 words)

  
 Events @ the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Pat Choate, author of Hot Property, warns that the future ability of the United States to remain a leading innovator is being challenged by the widespread theft of intellectual property and pressures to adopt a patent system that will penalize the small scale inventor.
According to Choate, the Eisenhower Administration “actively encouraged, even forced, U.S. firms such as Motorola and GE to share their patents and knowledge with the Japanese.” Japan sought access to overseas technology as the price for foreign firms doing business in Japan or, in other cases, purchased technology by acquiring U.S. companies.
Choate advocates improved funding of the Patent and Trademark Office to increase the size of the professional staff, deepen its expertise, and speed the consideration of patent applications.
www.wilsoncenter.org /index.cfm?fuseaction=events.event_summary&event_id=128773   (1250 words)

  
 Reform Party Press Secretary Quits [Free Republic]
Buchanan and Choate have known each other for years and are allies on trade and other foreign policies.
Pat, if it don't work out, you can always "take over" the Libertarian Party by kissing the butts of some it's unethical supporters and kill off that party in 2004.
Pat is like the guy who kills his Mom and Dad then claims he shouldn't be punished because he is an orphan.
www.freerepublic.com /forum/a38fe816350d2.htm   (1329 words)

  
 'Gentlemen do not steal the ideas of others.' Oh yeah? | csmonitor.com
According to Pat Choate, the British aristocracy once believed that "gentlemen do not steal the ideas of others." As the author deftly points out in his latest venture, however, that philosophy (even among Englishmen) could not be further from the truth.
Choate, a political economist, radio co-host, and 1996 vice-presidential running mate of Ross Perot, tracks the evolution of the stealing of ideas and inventions, along with the development of legal mechanisms, such as patent and copyright laws, to protect (or at least attempt to protect) owners from such thievery.
As examples, Choate recounts the successes and failures of, among others, Eli Whitney and IG Farben in protecting their ideas through legal means.
www.csmonitor.com /2005/0524/p17s02-bogn.htm   (560 words)

  
 Interrogatory on NRO
at Choate is former chairman of the Reform party.
Pat Buchanan has said that a third party "may be wrong way to reach the American people." Do you agree?
The media's coverage was so partisan that I suspect that if Buchanan or Nader had proposed a cost-effective means of converting lead to gold, the establishment media would have criticized them for fostering a possible lead shortage.
www.nationalreview.com /interrogatory/interrogatory110800a.shtml   (1036 words)

  
 T H E   I N T E R N E T   B R I G A D E - Official Web Site
Pat Buchanan said the "road is wide open" for him to win the Reform Party presidential nomination, and he would not attempt to force an anti-abortion plank into the party's platform.
Choate and Buchanan emphasized that Monday's court ruling had put the party's fierce infighting behind it, and that Choate's leadership will put the party on track to mount a credible challenge to Gore and Bush, the expected Democratic and Republican presidential nominees.
Choate also announced plans to move the party's headquarters to Washington, raise $1 million by the August convention and participate in several SpeakOut.com online events in which voters can question and debate party officials and candidates.
www.buchanan.org /b2k-newswire-076.html   (1833 words)

  
 AllPolitics - Reform Party - Pat Choate
Choate, 55, claims the mantra of the outsider.
Choate, in defiance of most mainstream economic thinking, argues that open markets have cost millions of American jobs.
In 1975, Choate moved to Washington, D.C., to direct the Economic Development Administration's Office of Economic Research, then was ousted when Jimmy Carter's team took over.
cgi.cnn.com /ALLPOLITICS/1996/candidates/reform/choate   (698 words)

  
 Quest for the Presidency: Choate named Reform Party chairman 03/28/00
Pat Choate talks to reporters during a break at the Federal Court House in Lynchburg, Va., on Thursday, March 23.
Choate announced plans to move the party's headquarters to Washington, to raise $1 million by the party's August convention and to take part in several SpeakOut.com ``debates'' that will allow voters to ask questions and debate with party leaders and candidates.
Pat Buchanan, the front-runner for the party's nomination, said today that he hopes Gargan reconsiders, but he predicted the party would regain its health either way.
quest.cjonline.com /stories/032800/gen_choate.shtml   (911 words)

  
 evote.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
But Gargan had contended that the meeting was convened illegally and the vote to oust him and install Choate was invalid.
Choate argued that Gargan's refusal to step down and his continuing claim to the chairmanship was hurting the party's ability to make a meaningful White House bid.
Buchanan, meanwhile, is being sued by New Hampshire Reform Party Chairman John Talbott, who says the conservative columnist is illegally using the party's name in his state and trying to elect his own convention delegates at a meeting in Manchester on Saturday.
www.evote.com /news_section/2000-03/03282000Choate.asp   (331 words)

  
 evote.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Choate often has taken positions outside the mainstream of economic thought, which generally promotes free trade.
Choate argues that open markets have cost millions of American jobs by forcing U.S. workers to compete with cheap overseas labor.
Within 24 hours of the federal judge's ruling Monday in Choate's favor, the new chairman announced plans for a party makeover, including establishing headquarters in Washington and raising $1 million by the party's convention in August.
www.evote.com /news_section/2000-03/03292000Choate.asp   (575 words)

  
 Perot-Choate Ticket Discovers First Obstacle: Choate's Mom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Betty Choate, 84, who lives in the crossroads town of Maypearl, about 40 miles south of here, was asked Tuesday night what she thought her son's chances were of becoming vice president.
Choate said he won't appear on his former network, but will appear on other talk shows and with Perot on his infomercials.
Earlier Wednesday, Choate, discounted a recent poll showing 74 percent of respondents thought Perot had neither the personality nor the temperament to be president.
www-tech.mit.edu /V116/N41/perot.41w.html   (485 words)

  
 Loyal Opposition
Buchanan's most sympathetic ally of late, Pat Choate, was present at the shindig, too.
Choate, a pro-labor, anti-corporatist policy wonk who ran for vice president with Ross Perot in 1996, has been Buchanan's leading advocate within the Reform Party.
Choate tried to make sense of it for me. He said he is pro-choice and a supporter of gay rights--two issues where Buchanan would deem him a heathen--but that he was happy to work with both Buchanan and Fulani.
www.americanpolitics.com /102799Corn.html   (1489 words)

  
 Pat Choate - SourceWatch
Pat Choate is a member of the board of directors of Open Debates.
Choate "directs a Washington-based policy institute, the Manufacturing Policy Project.
He was the vice-presidential candidate of the Reform Party in 1996, when the party captured 8.40 percent of the popular vote.
www.sourcewatch.org /wiki.phtml?title=Pat_Choate   (178 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: Pat Choate -- Ross Perot's Running mate September 11, 1996
Pat Choate is an economist and a long time Perot confidante.
ROSS PEROT: Dr. Pat Choate is the person that I have selected to be my running mate.
Choate will play a central role in the campaign of ideas, solutions, and an equally central role in implementing them when we win.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/election/september96/perot_9-11.html   (2426 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Books: Hot Property: the Stealing of Ideas in An Age of Globalization   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
With a flair for the illuminating anecdote, Choate links the historical success of entrepreneurial innovators with America's rise to economic power, bringing in everyone from Noah Webster to the FDA, RCA, IG Farben, Dow and Hollywood.
Even those who don't consider themselves "petty thieves" for illegally downloading songs off the Internet will be brought up short by Choate's careful delineation of the economic and social consequences of IP piracy on an international scale.
Choate surveys the history of intellectual property laws in the U.S. as rooted in our Constitution, reflecting the original commitment to protect inventors for the good of our nation's growth.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0375402128   (478 words)

  
 Insight on the News: Pat Choate gets to the bottom line of the Asian financial crisis - former vice presidential ...
Pat Choate is the economic historian who was Ross Perot's 1996 presidential running mate.
Choate is a courtly and thoughtful speaker who weighs his words.
Pat Choate: They're both honorable and talented men, but they are demonstrably unable to manage our global economic affairs.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1571/is_n6_v14/ai_20221600   (1440 words)

  
 New America Foundation : event -482- "Hot Property: The Threat of Intellectual Property Theft to our Economy and Safety"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Choate cautions that our relentless pursuit of lower-priced and unregulated medications is jeopardizing our health and also warns that the general disinterest of our government toward the protection of American intellectual property is affecting our job security and undermining our economy.
Choate examines the history of our intellectual property, illustrating how the U.S. has transformed itself from a largely agricultural society into a manufacturing, scientific and technological superpower.
Please join Pat Choate, former vice presidential running mate to Ross Perot, as he lays out these important issues we now face in an age of globalization.
www.newamerica.net /index.cfm?pg=event&EveID=482   (203 words)

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