It was only afterwards that the media (and liberal Republicans) began their campaign to position the speech as a hate-filled diatribe.
And, we see that even today, the media won the war to rewrite the speech after the fact, to the point where even Republicans buy into the dishonest and factually incorrect spin that was applied after the fact.
And I don't even like Buchanan! But, this almost Soviet rewriting of history really bothers me.
I think you replied to the wrong post... I said nothing about Buchanan or his speech.
Since you mentioned it to me, though, I'll tell that I thought Buchanan's speech was a great one, just a poor venue for it strategically. Buchanan's speech given at the convention helped underscore the growing complaints that Bush 41 wasn't conservative enough. I became one of the angry, ill-informed, "teach the GOP a lesson about moderates" who voted 3rd party in 1992, the only time in my life that I didn't vote a straight Republican ticket. And look where that brilliant strategy got us.