Comments on: Pat Buchanan: Racist and Blind to America’s Greatness

By: Anonymiss

Anonymiss — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:52:53 +0000

Wow. I’m really shocked he said all this on national television and really believes that he is right. This is really sad and unfortunately I am sure he is not alone in this kind of mentality.

By: Deanna

Deanna — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:44:30 +0000

I want to be Rachel Maddow when I grow up! (or you…I need better access to facts when emotions or ingrained ideas/prejudice take over a conversation–must be that reporter in you!)

Interestingly enough, we have a scandal going on at the University of Illinois in Chicago right now, where a number of candidates were given entry into the school over other more qualified candidates. In this case though, it wasn’t because of Affirmative Action, it was because of political clout!

I heard an interview on NPR a number of years ago, with a similar dynamic (sorry–I can’t remember the parties involved.) But one, a la Pat Buchanan tried to say that Affirmative Action was discriminatory, and that people should only be evaluated on merit. The person then got quiet when the interviewer pointed out that George W. Bush did not have the grades to stay at Yale, but that possibly a donation to the school was what allowed him in.

Okay–you will probably call me out on my lack of concrete facts (I’m upset about the failing memory, too!) but I understood that Affirmative Action was designed to balance majority privilege, I suppose until things became naturally more equitable. From the interview with Mr. Buchanan (among many other things), looks like we have a ways to go still!

By: Max Reddick

Max Reddick — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:04:08 +0000

Uncle Pat represents a dying breed of man. His racist rhetoric is so thoroughly ingrained that he can no longer tell the truth from his own foolishness. Yet, the right keeps him and others like him around like furniture. If they were serious about moving forward, if they were serious about rebuilding their platform, they would go ahead and thank Uncle Pat and his ilk and firmly but politely usher them out the door.

By: belledame222

belledame222 — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:17:06 +0000

I was thinking Maddow’s “Uncle Pat” was a neat little bit of sarcasm/deflation. Good ol’ wacky fascist Unca Pat, tottering around the attic, wrapped in his Confederate/swastika flag and bellowing something incomprehensible or other. But, yeah, “endearing” he’s not.

And yeah, it’s not exactly been a secret that he’s a fascist in the true sense of the term. Hidden in plain sight, I guess. Who knows. Here’s a compendium of some of his greatest hits over the years:

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2553

By: Tyler

Tyler — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:18:56 +0000

Well said.

By: dancinginthedark

dancinginthedark — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:36:21 +0000

Carmen D,

Yes, you brought sunshine with this post. Thank you.

The more Pat B. talks the more he sounds like a complete and ignorant fool.

By: macon d

macon d — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:21:04 +0000

This is a perfect rejoinder, Carmen, thank you. The links at the end are especially useful!

Sometimes I think that it’s good to just let Pat B talk. The more he does, the more he reveals that rotten racist core of conservative ideology that you wrote about recently. The best cure for mold and rot is sunshine, etc.

By: Quincy

Quincy — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:47:52 +0000

I am soooo glad you saw this! This is the first site I thought of when I did. Excellent!