I Forgot That Pat Buchanan Is An Anti-Semite

The neo-cons have totally taken over the GOP but old time conservatives like Pat Buchanan's past views on Israel and Jews were downright appalling. Ishmel Reed works my nerves on occassion but this time I agree with him.

Nothing is more uplifting than watching MSNBC's "Morning Joe," where wealthy Anglicized Irish Americans like Joe Scarborough, Chris Matthews, Tim "Little Russ" Russert and Pat Buchanan hold forth on the topic of race. During the week beginning March, 17, 2008, the talk was all about whether Barack Obama should distance himself from Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Presumably in the same manner that they distanced themselves from Don Imus. Buchanan has been awarded more time to discuss race and the bigotry of Rev. Wright than the scores of Black intellectuals and scholars, who could provide some insight, combined.

According to U. S. News & World Report (1/16/92), Pat Buchanan said In 1977 that Hitler was "a political organizer of the first rank," a man of "extraordinary gifts," "great courage" and elements of "genius." Yet there was his sister, Bay, debating Roland Martin, one of a handful of token Black commentators with any kind of bite. This was on CNN, March 21. She was in a tizzy about the Rev. 's anti Americanism, yet Hitler, her brother's hero, was responsible for the deaths of 120,000 Americans.

Why doesn't Dan Abrams at MSNBC just go ahead and offer Minister Louis Farrakhan a commentary? Why isn't the Anti-Defamation League and the American Jewish Congress, so quick to pounce upon Blacks who say silly anti Semitic things, all over MSNBC for Buchanan's position as Dan Abram's resident authority on race.

I have to laugh at his referring to MSNBC's key pundits as "Anglicized Irish Americans." I had just responded to an email where we were discussing Pat Buchanan's crazy comments last week regarding how blacks should be grateful for having been brought to America in chains. I basically said that he and his ilk had sold their souls to the devil in order to be accepted as WASPs. I'm glad someone else gets my line of thinking. But, I still cannot see why Pat Buchanan is still being given such a prominent voice in the media (not to mention his many runs for President).