I disagree. Pat should have been elected in 92 but he was way ahead of his time. We weren't ready to hear his warning. He was the 1992 version of DJT.
I’m afraid Buchanan was deemed quite unfriendly to Israel to garner evangelical support.
But, “authentic”? Yes, he was “authentically Pat”. In that way similar to DJT but without the Intel of Q.
I would speculate there was a reason for that. Q in the 90’s would have had their reasons.