Posted on 10/17/2004 7:15:03 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative
Matt Drudge said he heard from the "grapevine" that Pat Buchanan will endorse Bush tomorrow.
The only people who wll care about this are the Buchananites. Pat's endorsement will mean a few more votes for Bush; but fewer than Nader will cost Kerry. Combined, it means maybe a 1 or two points spead for Bush in States where Nader is on the ballot.
note to Pat: put a sock in it.
Did Patty B consult our own 'Willie Green' before he made this endorsement?
Hey guys, since Pat is endorsing the president you may now throw out your concerns over voter fraud!! This IS the october surprise.
Bush will carry 50 states because of Buchanan's endorsement!!!!!!!!
;)
In a related story, Hell freezes over. Film at 11.
It's sad to see such animosity toward a guy who stated in the early 1990s that if we didn't get our borders under control, we were going to be exposed to terrible acts of terrorism, negative pressures on the ability to elect conservatives and ever increasing balkinization of the nation as well as incredible negative impacts on education, healthcare, social services, local communities and multiple forms of national infrastructure.
Yep, boy was he sure wrong. NOT!
Duh!
The animosity is not toward conservative policies. It isn't accurate to tie support of Pat to support of conservatism.
The main discontent with Pat surrounds his statements about Isreal, the Middle East, as well as personal views of his character.
There are times I enjoy listening to Pat. He's a bright man, articulate. His interviews during the swiftvet height were the sharpest on TV, imo. Then there are periods when I wish to have no association with him. That desire has never been because I reject conservative principles.
Did Patty B consult our own 'Willie Green' before he made this endorsement?
Well he does have a constituency, so I guess it is ok. Bush isn't compromising, he is. Despite hating the Likud Party, Sharon, neocons and free trade he is endorsing Bush because he knows Kerry is a mortal danger to the Republic.
He must have been paid-off by a bunch of Florida Demoncrats.
My apologies to Willie Green.
RATOR was capable of stirring the pot real well. I think he's even given up on Pattie.....
LOL, I was thinking the same thing, on reading the headline.
I think your comments are reasoned. In that context I'll respond that although I do think Pat's policies are misguided at times, I do not see him as I see democrats. They seek to take down our system by any means possible.
I don't think Pat wishes to do that. While I disagree stridently with his middle-east views, I do think he speaks reasoned logic on other issues.
It was never my intent to have his complete platform adopted. It would have been fine with me if nothing more than his demands that our nation's security be considered above political correctness and the citizens of a foreign nation, had been implemented.
I voted for him in 2000. As such I realized the congress would moderate his desires. Many of his advisors would have been republican.
For all his talk about avoiding incumberances in the middle-east, I don't see how he could have avoided military action there post 09/11.
Had our leaders implemented reasoned border control policies, we would have avoided 09/11. There was no excuse for what took place.
We still don't have adequate border control and all folks can think to say about Pat, is that he inconsequential.
Is homeland security inconsequential? Nope.
Thanks for the comments.
I believe the ironic response waould be "NO PAT NO!"
That's okay Glenn. Post 09/11, when our borders were ignored, I realized there would be folks who would dismiss any call to get them under control. Expecting those same folks to understand the value of Buchanan's message on that point, was out of the question.
Take care.
D1
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