Whats your opinion of Patrick Buchanan?

[nickshepDEM]

In a sentence or two.

Asking because... I recently picked up his book "Where the Right Went Wrong: How Neoconservatives Subverted the Reagan Revolution and Hijacked the Bush Presidency"

And I must say, so far its not that bad. Im 10 pages in and he's already nailing Bush and the neocons for overstretching out military.

[musette_sf]

1. Racist sexist xenophobic asshole

Oh, yeah, I forgot elitist, exclusionary, and intolerant of diversity.

Now THAT should do it.

Oops, forgot Nixon toady and image-maker, and friend of Watergate co-conspirators, who feels that Nixon got a raw deal. :eyes:

Okay, I feel I must add that I have read several of his books, and watch him regularly on McLaughlin's Champeenship Politico Wrasslin Half-Hour. Nothing has happened as of yet to alter my opinion.

[peekaloo]

10. LOL!

I think he's also a bed wetter.

[Robeson]

22. After yours, there's no need for my opinion. You've just stated it...

...:thumbsup:

[Mass]

32. You missed anti-semitic and Nazi defender, except that you got it

[Thom Little]

36. That nails it. No need for me to post anymore.

[Totally Committed]

48. That about sums it up for me, too...

Racist
sexist
xenophobic
asshole

Yup... check, check, check, and check. And that goes for his sister, too.

TC

[tatertop]

2. He's plenty smart. Good writer. Makes some excellent points.

[acmavm]

3. Only thing the idiot bastard ever got right in his life was that we had no

business going into Iraq.

Other than that, he's your typical neo con supporting lying sack of shit.

[prescole]

26. Buchanan wrote that even democratic imperialism is imperialism

He opposes the neocons foreign policy just as fervently as any left winger, and he's been spot on in his criticism of Bush/Cheney. I read his columns for their historical contextualization of what this administration is doing. Super smart man.
(Puts on flame retardant suit...)

[AndyTiedye]

4. Even a Stopped Clock Tells the Right Time Twice a Day

[rurallib]

24. And a dumb fuck can be right for the wrong reasons

Buchanan is simply a right wing IDIOT!!!

[Jim Sagle]

5. Sucko.

[Rick Myers]

6. I read that book, and agreed with alot of it

Pat's a nut, but he has a firm grasp of history!!!

[Tiggeroshii]

12. Agreed.

[nickshepDEM]

18. blah

[Tiggeroshii]

21. LOL

my bad. I've been not attentive enough or something today. haven't been seeing everything as they are. Edited.....

[nickshepDEM]

23. I know what you mean. I have those days too.

[DaveinMD]

7. he's a

bigot of the highest order. Himmler would be a friend of his.

[left of center]

8. old Democrat

Pat Buchanan is a living fossil, an old Democrat from back when the party was socially conservative and socialistic.

[Mass]

20. Democrat? Nope.

In other country, what he is has a name, facist.

[UDenver20]

9. Truthfully, I like him.

The more I listen to him, the harder I find it to disagree with him.

[Mass]

31. You may want to learn more about him, in this case.

[stevedeshazer]

33. So, you agree with this? Sorry, I don't....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Buchanan#Political_views

<snip>

Buchanan has described multiculturalism as "an across-the-board assault on our Anglo-American heritage" and supports restricting immigration into the United States. He has described homosexuality as leading to "a decay of society and a collapse of its basic cinder block, the family." He opposes abortion, including in cases of rape and incest. He supports allowing prayer in public schools. He supports abolishing many government bureaus and advocates a flat tax. He is in favor of ending treaties that do not protect the interests of the United States, such as one-way defense treaties where the U.S. must militarily come to the defense of another country, but not vice versa.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
That's your guy?

[WCGreen]

11. He's more of a populist in the old William Jennigs Bryan

mode...

And you know what, love him or hate him, he is consistent with his ideology and doesn't change his philosophy to suit changing political trends....

[jedr]

13. So far right , that he's left.... n/t

[Xipe Totec]

14. Self-Inflating gas bag

Perpetual motion mouth.

world's smallest minority.

[Spinzonner]

15. Occasionally useful Evil

[Eugene]

16. Buchanan is an old school fascist.

His opposition to the Iraq war comes from his distrust
of Jews and fear of Israel, a cause near and dear to
most neocons. His is an old style know-nothing populist.
His promotes xenophobia and isolationism.

He always has nice things to say about self-avowed fascists
and they claim him as one of their own. And he has never
been shy about defending "unfairly" accused suspected Nazis.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

50. That's basically what I was going to say

He also embraces conspiracy theories (see 'New World Order').

Chip Berlet wrote a great piece on him called something like "Buchanan and Fascism".

[No Exit]

17. A loyal and faithful member and defender of the Republican party.

Sometimes masquerades as a "maverick" or "rebel" (see also: John McCain), but every evening returns faithfully to the fold around feeding time.

[Mass]

19. fascist, racist, and antisemitic.

[ProSense]

29. You forgot brother of Babe Buchanan. n/t

[fearnobush]

25. He is an old school typical anti-semite catholic with conservative

values - values that my folks had. He is believes in the constitution and has deep convictions about what his party was (good) and what it is now (bad). Sometime's he pisses me off to know end, I want to throw a shoe at the TV, other time, I truely admire the man and respect his conservative veiw points because he seems to be one of the few Republicans left today that actually defends what the party was and ought to be. Not that I agree at all with them, but I see him always bringing up the Goldwater Reagan conservatives and how they were true GOP where as Bush and the Conns are just that...Conns.

[Awsi Dooger]

27. He's got the exclusionary stuff down pat

So I can't write too many positives. At least he doesn't automatically slant every issue toward the righty viewpoint. He did during the campaign and especially the debates last year, the partisanship overflowed. But since the war he'll look at issues more balanced and I agree with one poster he has many good points based on historical analysis. Certainly preferable now to his term on Crossfire.

[prescole]

28. Conviction. Consistency. Principle.

If he's a fascist, we're a bunch of commie pinkos.

[Mass]

30. Sometimes, I am frightened by some people on DU.

This guy has even said good things about Hitler and had revisionist positions about the Holocaust.

How do you call that.

Not to speak about his racist comments.

[prescole]

38. Right back atcha.

Boo!

[Fire Walk With Me]

34. He's someone who is so ugly, that as the ugliness builds, he'll find

himself with less and less followers. So the wise man told me, so I believe.

[ruggerson]

35. I have just ONE thing to say about this

Has anyone every truly seen him and "Bay" together in the same room at the same time?

[MrSlayer]

37. He's right about the neocons, wrong about almost everything else.

I do agree with him on immigration.

[JWS]

39. Don't forget he was a David Duke supporter n/t.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

40. Xenophobic bastard SOB.

And I'm being nice.

[zulchzulu]

41. Amusing, mentally diseased, pun-filled charlatan

There are worse Repugs...

[fortyfeetunder]

42. Take out the "at" in Patrick and you'll understand!

He can't figure out who he supposed to be loyal to. He's pandered to the neocons, now he's bashing them. Toadshit.

[IndianaGreen]

43. 80% populist, 20% Nazi

Pat Buchanan is so right when he rails against globalization and foreign entanglements. It's that 20% Nazi streak that makes him so unsuitable for political office!

[election_2004]

44. Psycho bastard

His constant degradation of the LGBT community is just...shameful. And disgusting.

[union_maid]

45. wingnut, fascist, bigot, but informed

He's an anti-semitic, bigoted, rightwing religious extremist. He's also a political professional and some of his analysis is pretty well informed.

[Vinca]

46. He makes some very good points, but

in the end he always returns to his (warped) roots.

[1932]

47. Reactionary, isolotationist moralizer who hijacked reform party nomination

only to fake a cold and not campaign so that his party wouldn't take votes from Bush in 2004.

[Greybnk48]

49. I wish more repugs were like Pat Buchanan

let me qualify that. He's clear and straight-forward in his views. With Pat Buchanan, what you see is what you get. I grudgingly admit to agreeing with him at least twice over the past few decades, although I can't remember about what, all I remember is that I'm always shocked.

So, even though I disagree with almost everything this man believes, I like him in the sense that he never hedges and puts his views out clearly for others to agree with or refute.

[mnmoderatedem]

52. well you surely would agree with him...

on Iraq. He's been adamantly opposed to it from the start. As well as outsourcing and other shrub policies; he's been a rather outspoken critic of the shrub administration. There's another reason for you to like him. :evilgrin:

[SunDrop23]

51. Douche bag.