Pat Buchanan: off the rails at high speed

Buchanan is certifiable

He brought up the issue that some whites made race an issue in their voting just like he would bet that some blacks made race an issue in their voting.

I loved a Jon Stewart Comedy Central piece on the Primary in Philadelphia.  A black reporter was looking for black brothers in support of Obama.  All he found were black men for Hillary.  A woman reporter was seeking sisters for Hillary.  All she found were white women for Obama.  It was a riot.

Chris Matthews called Buchanan out beautifully.  As did the woman ... I space her name.  Pat is a relic and should be losing air time ... his fame is over.  Of the air!

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by: Dagon @ Wed May 14, 2008 at 21:24:41 PM CDT

The woman reporter

Chris Matthews called Buchanan out beautifully.  As did the woman ... I space her name.

That was Andrea Mitchell.  Yes, she did do a good job skewering Buchanan's rant.

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by: Zorya @ Thu May 15, 2008 at 05:59:18 AM CDT

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Barack's "One of Them" and Hillary is "One of Us"?

I reject being lumped in with being one of whatever Buchanan is merely based on having a similar skin tone.

At the end of the clip Pat's giving lip-service to a color-blind world, ignoring the fact that while he and others of his ilk cling to and give importance to historically negative aspects of racial divisions that he's perpetuating a society where race remains a factor.

Not that race isn't an important factor in this day and age. But we need to find a way of inclusion, a way to confront and overcome the divisiveness that Buchanan impliedly advocates with his "one of them" vs. "one of us" mentality.

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by: the.sue @ Wed May 14, 2008 at 21:30:44 PM CDT

"one of them"

yeah, that part really stood out for me too.  i think that was the line the gop payed him to fart out.

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by: Lurleen @ Wed May 14, 2008 at 21:56:02 PM CDT

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....that is one of the first things in the Edwards clip.

He said it was time..... to knock down the walls between us and all get together again, the RNC must be livid with that one.

It's the Hammer of JUSTICE,
It's the Bell of FREEDOM,
It's the Song about LOVE between,
my Brothers and my Sisters
...All over this Land.

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by: Orion45 @ Wed May 14, 2008 at 22:24:54 PM CDT

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Race Is An Issue

I begrudge neither the pride my African-American Democratic compatriots feel towards Senator Obama because of their shared race, nor their votes for him in the Democratic primary.  Nor do I begrudge women who are so proud and invigorated by the fact that Senator Clinton is a woman.  Both are positive reasons.  

I am bothered by people who would never vote for Senator Obama because he is African-American, and I'm equally bothered by those who would never vote for Senator Clinton because she's a woman.  Those are negative reasons.  No good can come from negative reasons.  

While the West Virginia primary is being played out as a racial negative, those ignorant hillbillies and such, I feel compelled to add that it is my experience that someone who is bothered by one of those two negatives is probably equally bothered by the other.  Just because some hillbilly votes for Clinton over Obama in the Democratic primary, it doesn't automatically mean they would vote for her in the general election.  Regardless of the race or sex of the Democratic nominee, I do not think West Virginia is key to taking back the White House in November, and I don't hold out much hope for the rest of the South either.  The races in the South may work better together these days, but there has been no conciliation between the races.  White Southerners are not going to vote for Obama, and mostly because he's Black.  They'll accuse him of being unpatriotic for not wearing a flag pen and not saluting during the national anthem, or they'll accuse him of being a Muslim because his middle name is Hussein.  But it's mostly because he's Black.

If we're going to take back the presidency, we have to do it without the South.

Anyways, hold onto your hats.  The California Supreme Court is about to rule on same-sex marriage.  Pardon the expression, but the shit is about to hit the fan, and I have it on GOOD authority.  The issues that will divide this campaign have yet to be fully enunciated or appreciated.  

By Thursday evening, however, it's going to be apparent why I believe in Barack Obama and intend to work tirelessly for his election as President.  

Houston Bridges

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by: Houston @ Wed May 14, 2008 at 23:05:09 PM CDT

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Pat

was over 20 years ago. His writing on AIDS will haunt him forever.
"Gay waiters should be fired".
I paraphrase.

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by: hank @ Wed May 14, 2008 at 21:46:03 PM CDT

He's goin' off the rails on a crazy train...

Pat's topped even himself here.  Wow, just wow.

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by: Storm @ Wed May 14, 2008 at 21:54:01 PM CDT

Talk about your contradictions

I noticed Buchanan mentioned Dr. King.

Didn't he say a couple of derogatory statements about King in the past?

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by: Alvin McEwen @ Wed May 14, 2008 at 22:45:03 PM CDT

what is the point ?

What is the point of asking a rabidly racist Repig like Buchanan, about the Democratic Primary? He has a vested interest in seeing Democrats lose, which is why he kept trumping up the Kentucky race,(WAY out of any logical bounds of it's non issue status in the General Election for a Democrat), and not mentioning Oregon where Obama will gut Clinton.
Candidate Pat Buchanan even frightened Republicans, the only Republican scarier is his sister, (from Amityville.)

MSNBC would do better having all their Repigs discuss their Party, their candidates, their issues, and use the progressive commenators to discuss the Democratic Party, candidates, and issues.

"race, taste. and History finally overcome....and you ain't there"
by Tony Kushner

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by: peteyPornpig @ Wed May 14, 2008 at 22:51:47 PM CDT

Damn, what's Tweety ON?

Give him more!

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by: johnbinpt @ Wed May 14, 2008 at 23:25:43 PM CDT

Combination of

Viagra and Metamucil.

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by: Naperville Mom @ Thu May 15, 2008 at 00:17:49 AM CDT

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And Mr Spiffy's Hair Dye No. 3

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by: Lurleen @ Thu May 15, 2008 at 00:23:57 AM CDT

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I've always found it rather curious that these white male "news" commentaters

never venture to ask why 25-35% of the eligible adult electorate REFUSE to vote in any presidential election. After all, for over 200 years, we've had no choices but representatives for the white male minority running for the highest office in the land. And for all those years in which Black Americans were allowed to vote, they had no choices but white male Americans. Same thing for women, who make up the electoral majority in this country. Yet I never see any questions or demographic discussions about the large and embarrassing percentage of Americans who don't vote - other than statements claiming they are lazy or don't care about their country.

It's rather interesting to note that Blacks have been voting for white male candidates for years, while its the Whites who haven't had an interracial presidential candidate, so the conservative attempt to claim the Blacks are being "more racist" in voting than the Whites is really just full of manure. When the white male newscasters can start asking people if they would vote for another old white man on the same level they attempt to grill the population about Blacks or women, then they can start talking about race with some balance.

I wish someone would point out to crazy Pat that, compared to other democratic nations, we historically have a significantly lower turnout in presidential elections, and yet this year, registrations for Democrats have skyrocketed and many states have had record primary turnouts. I'd like to see one of these conservatives get asked if they think the higher turnout is because there are two candidates who aren't old white men.  

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by: kevinbgoode @ Thu May 15, 2008 at 07:58:40 AM CDT

One of the deeper mysteries

in modern broadcast "journalism" is the question of why Buchanan is ever  on the air at all.  Never mind my disagreements with him on nearly every issue.  He is wrong factually on virtually everything he ever talks about.  Whether he is analyzing social/political trends, predicting the outcomes of specific elections, or whatever, he always gets it wrong.  So why do they keep using him?  Even Olbermann puts him on the air.  If the media were anywhere near as "liberal" as we're always told, this man would have been earning his living as an upholsterer years ago.  

Cynic, n.  A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.  
-Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

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by: QScribe @ Thu May 15, 2008 at 09:29:06 AM CDT