Why do the neocons hate Dixie so?

worldnetdaily ^ | November 26, 2003 | Pat Buchanan

[WKB]

Dixie ping

[11th Earl of Mar]

Oh, now Howard Dean is a neocon?

Pat Buchanan is losing it.

[Maelstrom]

Neocons hate the South for what it represents:

A force for limited government.

[Starbug]

Bump

[11th Earl of Mar]

The neocons are pro-Israel. So, too, are these folks who believe in standing by Israel because the Bible tells them so.

This is where many conservatives part ways with Buchanan.

His Jew-baiting comments like this insult Jews and Christians.

[js1138]

Pat has absolutely no sense of irony. I can call pickup truck drivers white trash because I'm a southerner. If I don't own one, it's not because I don't want one.

Conservatives are honorary Southerners That's why so many of us voted for Pat in Palm Beach County.

[bourbon]

(((MS PING)))

Pat Buchanan has ancestors from MS? Who knew?!

BTW, I am NOT a Pat Buchanan fan, but I have to agree with him on this point: There are several prominent "neocons" who really have a beef with the South. Geo. Will is another good example. I normally love what Will writes, but when he opens his mouth about the South he usually embarrasses himself.

[GigaDittos]

Pat is a guy who will always wish he was president.

[bourbon]

ooops. double ping there. my bad.

[familyofman]

"What is it in the wiring of these neocons that they so loathe white Southerners who cherish the monuments, men and memories of the Lost Cause?"
GOP votes in Dixie are a lock - why bother liking those that will vote for you no matter how little you care for them? After the votes are counted they can just ignore the "white trash" again. Can you say - pander?

[XRdsRev]

Just my personal opinion but I don't really know any Conservatives that hate the Confederate flag or the historical Southern Confederacy. I, like others I know, believe that both the mid 19th century North and South held many sacred and honorable principles and were made up of basically good people who became manipulated by circumstances of their time. I do however know Conservatives (including myself) that hate the concept espoused by some (I believe a very small minority) of the South splitting off from the rest of the United States in the present day.

I think Secession betrays the concept of most of our Founding Fathers, who risked their lives & fortunes to build a country. I really don't think they would be pleased with it falling apart to suit regional interests. I am paraphrasing George Washington but he made it clear, that even though he was a Virginian, he believed that we were all Americans first and we had to put our sectionalism aside for the good, health, prosperity and security of the whole Republic.

The whole Yankee/Redneck division is silly to me and particularly so in a time when we should be minimizing our differences as Americans and standing together to fight those foreign interests who wish to conquer us. I have been very fortunate to have many good friends all over the country and I realize that while we are different in many ways, we have much, much more in common. In the eyes of foreigners, we are all Yankees.

In 2003, when an hostile adversary is trying to destroy our way of life, it's probably not a good time to be arguing with fellow citizens about who and what was right 135 years ago.

[cooldog]

Pat's really lost it here; I read that column by Krauthammer just yesterday, and what he said was that Dean and his ilk loathed the south. Buchanan is so far off base here that its laughable!

Go read Krauthammer's column, then come back and read this one again ...

[sheltonmac]

a Dixie *PING* to anyone who might have been missed.

[af_vet_1981]

A point of personal privilege. I have family roots in the South, in Mississippi. When the Civil War came, Cyrus Baldwin enlisted and did not survive Vicksburg. William Buchanan of Okolona, who would marry Baldwin's daughter, fought at Atlanta and was captured by Gen. Sherman's army. William Baldwin Buchanan was the name given to my father and by him to my late brother.
As a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, I have been to their gatherings. I spoke at the 2001 SCV convention in Lafayette, La. The Military Order of the Stars and Bars presented me with a battle flag and a wooden canteen like the ones my ancestors carried.

Granted his service to the Confederate cause, but what service has Patrick Buchanan actually rendered in the armed forces of the United States of America ?

None, zilch, nada ...

I wonder if Pat will be the next artist to cover Stipe's song.

Me, me...
Me in the corner
Me in the spotlight
Losing my religion
Thought that I heard you laughing
Thought that I heard you sing
I think I saw you try
Consider this
Consider the lengths that I would go to
The slip that brought me to my knees
And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no I said too much
I set it up
Thought that I heard you laughing
Thought that I heard you sing
Life is bigger
Bigger than you and you are not me
The lengths that I would go to
Hey, I said too much
I set it up
I think I saw you try
It's me, me...
Me in the corner
Losing my religion
Trying to keep an eye on you
And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no, I said too much
I set it up
Thought that I heard you laughing
Thought that I heard you sing
Losing my...
It's me
It's me...
Can't you see 

[4CJ]

Kudos to Mr. Buchanan for an excellent article.

[WKB]

If the double ping police catch you your privileges will
be suspenned for 3 months

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

How on earth is that a jew-baiting statement?

[THUNDER ROAD]

Pat is a guy who will always wish he was president.

The way things are going....
in a few short years from now...
we will ALL wish that Pat had been President !

.....THUNDER.....

[MissAmericanPie]

Ol'Pat is still smarting. His attitude towards Israel cost him alot of Southern votes that he was counting on.