[Victoria Delsoul]

Looks like Pat is in tremendous need for free publicity. However, as a Akhenaton well said, "Put a bridle on thy tongue; set a guard before thy lips, lest the words of thine own mouth destroy thy peace...On much speaking cometh repentance, but in silence is safety."

[FairOpinion]

Or more simply put: "It is better to stay silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt".

No doubt remains about Pat.

[dogbyte12]

Yeah, but wasn't ahkenaten murdered along with much of his family, and his son Tutankhaten put on the throne, his name changed to Tutankhamen, to reflect the priests desire to go back to the multiple god universe before they eventually killed Tut at the age of 17?

I really have no point, I just wanted to use this trivia in a conversation and have never had a chance until now.

[Alberta's Child]

However, as a Akhenaton well said, "Put a bridle on thy tongue; set a guard before thy lips, lest the words of thine own mouth destroy thy peace...On much speaking cometh repentance, but in silence is safety."

LOL. In an era of talking heads, talk radio, and other elements of "the chattering class," this advice is sure to fall on deaf ears.

Pat's always had one major problem -- the same problem that Rush Limbaugh has to a much lesser extent. These people are at their best when they are functioning as members of the unofficial opposition. The heyday of Limbaugh's radio show, and the best columns that Buchanan has ever written, date back to those 1992-94 days when the forces of the political world were arrayed against conservatives.

Now it is 2003. Limbaugh's show has lost a little flavor because he doesn't have as much to satirize about, and Buchanan is left criticizing an administration that has been, by and large, a pretty good one by most conservative standards.