Pat Buchanan: Sarah Palin's Use Of Blood Libel Was 'Excellent' (VIDEO)

[RamboLiberal]

Pat Buchanan said Wednesday that Sarah Palin has been a victim of the media in the wake of the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), and she was right to use the phrase "blood libel" in defending herself from charges that her language had anything to do with the mass shooting.

"Frankly I thought it was an excellent statement with regard to the phrase 'blood libel'," Buchanan said. "That of course refers to the libel that was used in the Middle Ages, charges against Jews that were utterly unsupportable slanders and I think she's using it in that context."

MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell (as you'll see in the video below) didn't seem quite sure where to go after that.

Buchanan offered a full-throated defense of Palin, who he said "is not a dispenser of hate, she's a victim of hate."

"I think to say what she did -- calling it what it is as reprehensible and insupportable slander -- and the other part of her statement I thought was exactly right," Buchanan said. "She waited for four days while this was going on before responding was correct and I thought it was an excellent statement."

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/01/pat_buchanan_sarah_palins_use_of_blood_libel_was_excellent_video.php?ref=fpb

Figures that old bigot would love it.

[Warren DeMontague]

1. Pat Buchanan, the anti-semite?

Thanks for weighing in, dude.

[Lucky 13]

2. Her message is "racist approved"!

[liberal N proud]

3. They keep falling all over themselves to appease her

WHY?

Why does the right keep providing her cover?

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

10. There's no one left.

When you're at the end of the nut bar, there's nothing left to eat.

[yellowcanine]

4. Nurse Ratched Alert. Medication Time for Pitchfork Pat.

Make sure he swallows them this time.

[JoePhilly]

5. "Pat Buchanan said Wednesday ... " .... that's wrong ....

It should read "Pat Buchanan screamed Wednesday ..."

Pat doesn't SAY anything. He screams each and every word like a maniac.

And of course Pat likes Palin's use of "blood libel" ... he probably believes it was true.

[Kali]

6. oh whew

didn't he get quoted as saying something almost sensible recently? - I thought the world was ending, good to know all is back to wingnut-normal

[hlthe2b]

7. Something with which this guy would agree...

Antisemetic? No, way.... :eyes:

[gratuitous]

8. Don't tell Pat, but Sarah has pulled her video

But I have little doubt, that despite the owie knee that kept him from going to Vietnam, Buchanan will pivot seamlessly into how this proves Palin's point all the more.

[Lance_Boyle]

9. But Pat Buchanan is surely the Voice of the Jewish people!

Just look at how many in Palm Beach County voted for him in 2000...