Care to explain why the Buchanan speech made you quit the party. That seems a little extreme, considering it was the speech of a man who had been beaten like a gong in the primaries. It's not like he was representing the main-stream Republican voice. He was representing his 5% of primary voters.
He was on in PRIME TIME.....he put the ugly face on the GOP.
I did not appreciate the "culture wars" militancy. His trashing of gays, eliminated any chance of trying to grow the party to greater inclusiveness.
His use of the LA riots was, IMHO, race baiting.
One of the great things about the Republican Party is the respect and tolerance it has for strong religious beliefs and the legitimacy of religious belief in influencing political discourse.
The problem is to balance that while opening the door to other groups who have the same respect yet have differing political opinions that may challenge religious orthodoxy.
Politics is not black and white, it's about openness and debate and compromise - Pat's speech was non of those things. It was an alienating rant that shut the door on the Republican party growing itself to creating a bigger conservative tent.