How little has changed! Remember this from Pat Buchanan's 1992 speech...

[bobweaver]

Yes, we disagreed with President Bush, but we stand with him for freedom to choice religious schools, and we stand with him against the amoral idea that gay and lesbian couples should have the same standing in law as married men and women.

We stand with President Bush for right-to-life, and for voluntary prayer in the public schools, and against putting American women in combat. And we stand with President Bush in favor of the right of small towns and communities to control the raw sewage of pornography that pollutes our popular culture.

We stand with President Bush in favor of federal judges who interpret the law as written, and against Supreme Court justices who think they have a mandate to rewrite our Constitution.

My friends, this election is about much more than who gets what. It is about who we are. It is about what we believe. It is about what we stand for as Americans. There is a religious war going on in our country for the soul of America. It is a cultural war, as critical to the kind of nation we will one day be as was the Cold War itself. And in that struggle for the soul of America, Clinton & Clinton are on the other side, and George Bush is on our side. And so, we have to come home, and stand beside him.

- excerpt from Pat Buchanan's speech at the 1992 Republican National Convention in Houston (the infamous "family values" convention

[BlackCoffeeSound]

1. well

say what you want about Pat, he has probably more in common with us than his old party at this point. He embraces many ideas that this party now holds dear such as the fear of US Imperialism. I'm sure that socially, most democrats are at odds with Pat but he has sacrificed his entire career standing up to the neo-conservative movement of today. Most of the "new" Republicans see Pat as a traitor and black listed for his views on this war. Take a chance and read "A Republic, Not An Empire" and see for yourself.

[jdj]

2. yes, I feel like a moderate since the right is now ultra-violet

as far as the spectrum goes, or should I say "ultra-violent."

[Elwood P Dowd]

3. Pat would probably be a better prez than some democrats.

At least he hasn't sold out to the Military Industrial Complex and the free-trading, outsourcing, trickle-down, corporate crowd that convinced Clinton to sell us out with NAFTA, GATT/WTO, and the Telecommunications Bill.

[James T. Kirk]

4. Quite a bit has changed for Buchanan!

He was resoundingly defeated twice in the Republican primaries for the '92 and '96 elections and then was crushed in 2000 election when he switched to Reform. 1992 may have been the height of his popularity. What a loser!

[Jim Sagle]

5. Pat Pukeannan ain't nuthin' but shit and neither are any of his apologists

[baldguy]

6. Molly Ivins: "It was better in the original German."

[porkrind]

7. LOL! (n/t)