Posted on 08/29/2008 4:20:29 PM PDT by Thorin
Very good news from The Nation:
>Remember when Pat Buchanan ran a number of hard-right, fringe campaigns for president in the late 1980s, 1990s and 2000? Well, guess who was supporting him:
From an AP report in 1999:
Pat Buchanan brought his conservative message of a smaller government and an America First foreign policy to Fairbanks and Wasilla on Friday as he continued a campaign swing through Alaska. Buchanan’s strong message championing states rights resonated with the roughly 85 people gathered for an Interior Republican luncheon in Fairbanks. … Among those sporting Buchanan buttons were Wasilla Mayor Sarah Palin and state Sen. Jerry Ward, R-Anchorage. In fact, Buchanan himself told me he was thrilled by the choice, saying as soon as I mentioned it: “It’s great for the base. I’m pretty sure she’s a Buchananite!” People seem to be missing the fact that this is a classic, Rovian appease-the-base choice.
[Hat tip Ross Douthat]
UPDATE: On Hardball, Pat Buchanan just said Palin was part of the Brigade in Alaska in ‘96
I have very mixed feelings. On one hand I know she isn’t qualified to be Commander in Chief if she is somehow thrust into the Presidency. That very possibly could happen. On the other hand, I really like the fact that she is an NRA member, and Pat Buchanan supporter.
Who do you think would have been, Tim Pawlenty? I can tell you this, if McCain had picked Pawlenty, the Rats wouldn't have gone after his lack of foreign policy experience, but when they do it with Sarah Palin, they make feminist blood boil!
At least she visited troops in US hospitals in Germany, she wasn't out grandstanding for European electoral votes!
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