I'm sure the Gipper had his reasons. Anyway Buchanan isn't the issue for me and I don't see him as being a threat to the GOP. As far as I'm concerned this writer David Kirkpatrick is suffering from mental delusions by pretending he is.
buchanan knows that the left wing media is going to put him back in the spotlight to attack President Bush. It's not that the media believes pat any more then any intelligent person does, but he's a useful and willing tool.
Besides, I wish Reagan hadn't fired him. He should have made him Ambassador to Somalia...for life.