Mr Buchanan is a most subtle man.

[necso]

And he disguises this better than many.

Yes, I see now. These are the architects, the builders.

Mr Buchanan would know this -- no one better. And this much I will concede him.

But perhaps a handful of names have been overlooked. -- Common decency makes so many demands on a man.

Subtle, subtle indeed.

My apologies are a small price to pay.

And now you have them.

[dammit905]

1. Dude, Pat Buchanan sucks.

I don't care how many issues he agrees with us on, or how much he helps us. It's about as empty as Nader agreeing with us on every issue -- face it, he's on the other side.

[TaleWgnDg]

2. Hey. Isn't Pat Buchanan jumping around in his politics . . .

b/c Buchanan (ever the sleaze artist) suspects that the winning team MAY be the Democrats? Does Buchanan smell rightwing politics that he championed has crested, plateaued, and is now on the downside; therefore, the winds of America's politics may be swinging back to moderate or perchance LEFTWING?

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"President Bush has promised he's going to establish
elections in Iraq, he's going to rebuild the infrastructure
and he's going to create jobs. And he said if it works
there, he'll try it here". -- David Letterman
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edited to add: and, oh, yeah, Buchanan is selling his new book! LOL

[checks-n-balances]

5. No. He'd NEVER support Kerry, since he helped Nixon discredit him!

...a fact that I had either overlooked or forgotten until I saw the MSNBC special about Kerry's leadership in the antiwar movement in 1972.

The program included audiotaped conversations between Nixon & Haldeman, Nixon & Kissinger, among others. Buchanan was mentioned regarding Nixon's use of John O'Neil to "destroy" Kerry as one of Nixon's perceived "enemies." And in what must be fairly recent interviews, Buchanan mentioned that Kerry didn't deserve forgiveness for his past antiwar views and actions, because Buchanan still holds the view that Nixon's Vietnam policies were right.

Too bad Buchanan can't admit that our actions in Iraq and in Vietnam have BOTH been disastrous for all countries involved.

Interesting sidebar, not completely off-subject:
As Nixon's "Dirty Trickster," Charles Colson was placed in charge of his anti-Kerry campaign. Yesterday's program noted that, years later, Colson apologized to Kerry for his role in the smear campaign, although he declined MSNBC's request for comment - perhaps because of the obvious parallel to today's GOP smear campaign?

I wish the press would "press" Colson again about how Kerry was treated by a sitting president 30+ years ago, and viewers could draw their own conclusions.

On edit: rewording of title

[Owlet]

3. Actually, he's been fairly consistent

To give the Devil his due, Buchanan has always staked out a position as a Nationalist - an ultra-Nationalist to be sure, but he has always opposed any international involvement where he could not see a direct threat/link to this country's well-being.

I'm no fan of Buchanan, and his opposition to the war in Iraq should be seen in the light of his track record in opposing US military adventures.

You'll recall that in his book he argued that the US had no business supporting the pre-Pearl Harbor war effort against Germany. Again, consistent albeit wrong-headed.

[Racenut20]

4. A "Taft Conservative"

Back from that land of oz. Isolationist. Nationalist. Worked as a Nixon speech writer.

The reason he has "some" appeal to progressive people is that he openly embraces his lesbian sister Bay.