Posted on 08/21/2005 11:01:12 AM PDT by linkinpunk
Pat must be desperate for attention.
Seems to me Buchanan demonized GW Bush for speaking for certain groups that HE was trying to reach.
Yes judges make it so much better then a voting republic! Wheres her property? I just might want to have eminate domain take over to put up a Hooters on the site!
Well done for both sides.
Here's my take on Pat.
I think he's genuine.
I think he's kind of personable.
He's all about the "cult of personality".
therefore...
He's a media whore.
He's a social conservative - only.
therefore...
He's no better than your average Democrat. In any race where he was on a Republican ticket (US Rep, Sen, Prez), I'd (very reluctantly) vote Rat. Giving power to him would do more short and long term damage to Republicanism than a straight-up loss.
Yup, he's that bad.
Pat doesn't run from meeting people he disagrees with. He is a model for forthright American conservatism.
Exactly , Pat's always been a stand up guy . Many of the the issues he brought to our attention in the 90's are now coming to fruition . He's always been a man ahead of the times .
Except for the conservative part.
Pat, is there something you haven't told us?
I like Pat. He was conservative when conservative wasn't cool.
Pat doesn't like liberals cross-dressing as the new conservatives.
One of the things that had leftists really angry with Roger Ailes at Fox was his choice of a liberal to play opposite Sean Hannity. Roger Ailes wanted Hannity to have a foil.. a lefist who would always be bested by the right.. His choice was Alan Colmes.
Back in the late 1970s when CBS wanted a conservative who could be bested by any liberal they hired Pat Buchanan. Pat was so good at coming in third best against any liberal that when Ted Turner wanted a right wing buffoon to put up against his left wing talkers on Cross Fire, Ted hired Pat Buchanan.
Does anyone with a brain and even a tiny bit of knowlege about Ted Turner think Ted hired the best conservative he could find for Cross fire? Would Ted hire an appealling consevative to convert the CNN viewers to the right? Or would Ted want the most ineffective conservative he could find that would always lose to the leftist commentator opposite him.
It is worth nothing that Pat never does well in elections. His best performances are massive defeats. His attempt at talk radio was a disaster. Pat had a track record of being a media performer that couldn't draw an audience with a crayon. His TV career is limited to the role of losing to liberals.
Pat got fired by the Reagan administration for poor performance, and was hired by CNN for POOR PERFORMANCE.
To understand Pat's worth one need only look at who hired him .. who fired him.. and why.
Because, as we all know, judges and the government know best.
Pat doesn't run from meeting people he disagrees with. He is a model for forthright American conservatism. That's why he is in demand.
No kidding. I see no difference between the new "conservatives" and the liberals from 40 years ago.
Well said. 40 years ago, the liberals wanted the Government to take over the country, now as new conservatives they want the Government to take over the world.
Absolute nonsense . Buchanan is one of the best debaters out there . Ted Turner might be crazy , but not necessarily stupid when it came to good business decisions in the past . Buchanan has always shredded anyone that was unfortunate enough to debate him , and even the Klintonites had a bit of unease when Buchanan surged in 96 as far as a fear of debating him .
Doesn't surprise me, as Buchanan had the flamingly gay Justin Raimondo working on his campaign in 1996, even going so far as to represent Pat on Bill Maher's show.
That's the most laughable thing I have ever heard.
The Dems wanted Buchanan to win just as bad as we wanted Howard Dean to win in 2004. While watching Howard Dean on TC, Rove was overheard saying, "Yep. That's the guy we want. Right there."
No doubt Clinton and his people were saying the same thing about Buchanan. "I hope the Republicans are dumb enough to nominate that guy."
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