Sorry, but "gifted & courageous" don't spring to mind when Hitler is mentioned. But I will give him "dark & mysterious"...
Courage is only a virtue in pursuit of good. Courage to do evil is not a virtue. Sure Hitler had courage. So what? That doesn't mean he was admirable in any way. And gifted? Are you kidding? You don't think his oratorical skills could be classified that way? What about his ability to bend others to his will? Many people are gifted, and many abuse or twist their gifts against He who gave them. There are singers of incredible talent who use their gifts to raise money to fund abortions. Being gifted does not, again, mean that a person admires you.
I think we should also see the quote in context. Consider what Pat said first:
Though Hitler was indeed racist and anti-Semitic to the core, a man who without compunction could commit murder and genocide, he was also an individual of great courage...Racist, anti-semitic, "without compunction" and a genocidal murderer? And people here believe this is a statement of admiration. People don't want to like Pat Buchanan and are twisting his words to make one thing sound like another. And who do we know that likes to do that? The liberals, that's who. Why, I wonder, do so many people here on this forum want to sound so much like those they keep protesting against?
Putting it into context in this instance is on par with anyone who says, “well, no offense, BUT...” before following up with “your wife is ugly/I hate (racial epithet here)/down with jews/etc”
I hardly think the people on these boards taking direct quotes and drawing obvious conclusions about the nature of those who made them somehow equates us to the individual discussed. Further implying that makes somehow makes me a Liberal is pretty classless, too. I can’t think of a nastier insult
Accordng to experts, “Pat Buchanan” is an anagram for “jew hating pundit well past his relevance”