The point is that Buchanan ran against George H.W. Bush. Unlike Ronald Reagan's speech at the 1976 convention, Buchanan's speech was not the speech of a vanquished opponent, cheerfully conceding and promising to fight another day. It was a nasty screed that basically said "I'm still right and all of you who didn't vote for me are un-American idiots." It was the most obnoxious speech I have ever heard.
Pat Buchanan gave us eight years of Bill Clinton. He is a useless POS for that reason alone. I wouldn't pee on him if he was on fire.
It was NOT a great speech. I was there and watched the whole convention. I have never seen a more dispirited group of people as there were leaving the hall that night. Every one of us knew that Bush was going to lose at that point, and we knew that Buchanan's speech would get hung around Bush's neck like a stone.>>>>
It was a great speech and Bush might have been re-elected if he had embraced it instead of dissing it.
In the election Bush came off as being insensitive to the plight of the working person. It came to a head when he glaced at his watch during that one debate. That action cost Bush the election.
This is the most deluded assessment of the speech that I've seen yet. The full text of the speech is posted earlier in this thread for all to see; and it most certainly does not carry the tone that you ascribe to it.
Pat Buchanan gave us 8 years of Clinton . . .
Perot gave us 8 years of Clinton . . .
I'm tired of hearing this bunk. The Republican party gave us 8 years of Clinton by fielding two candidates that failed to energize the party's base. You cannot win an election without your base.