Buchanan set the path for Trump. His candidacy was a continuation of the lunch pail worker Republicanism. Bush Deep State Uniparty constant war crowd beat him. Got us to where we are now.
I’d also heard rumors of an out of wedlock child for Pat. Never confirmed it.
Reagan’s biggest mistake was his VP pick. Led to the Clintons and a few trillion wasted in the Middle East.
I was in the convention hall when Reagan announced that Bush was his man--and I was one of the few that was not wildly cheering and applauding. I knew that should Reagan win the White House, Bush would undo everything he accomplished. Reagan should have gone with Jack Kemp or Paul Laxalt.