What would it take for Pat Buchanan to be fired by MSNBC?

[Bleacher Creature]

Cause at this point, I think the answer may just be "nothing."

[el_bryanto]

1. That article was pretty lousy

But it's not like this is a new opinion of Pat Buchanan's - he's been peddling this bullshit for quite a long time, and they are ok with it.

Bryant

[Captain Hilts]

2. Why would they? He works for free, they have airtime to fill and he says outrageous things

that keep ratings up.

[G_j]

8. he works for free?

:shrug:

[Captain Hilts]

17. He works for dirt cheap. nt

[Johonny]

9. more to the point

is there a more "sane" conservative to take his place. He generally get's along with their hosts and they feel the need to have a "conservative" voice on the air. I think he does a good job representing the bitter angry old that the conservative base has become. Looking at the conservative punditry your not finding much better out there.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

11. That's not true.

I read he works for kittens. Which he then proceeds to scarf down as snacks.

[Chester Berthum]

23. A lesson learned from O'Reilly, and now Beck!

Crazy=cash!

[LiberalAndProud]

3. He'll die or retire, but never be fired.

[Mojambo]

4. Maybe if he grew a Hitler mustache. n/t

[napi21]

5. I think they keep him around as a joke. I didn't see him todaay

so if something he said today is what triggered your question, I appologize.

It seems like most of the other hosts just make fun of him and his BS...especially the primetime hosts starting with Hardball.

[bobburgster]

6. He's the only republican whacko that will go on regularly.

[DJ13]

7. Surveillance photos of him in drag?

Oh wait, that was Bay Buchanan....... never mind.

[WeDidIt]

10. Don a Waffen SS Uniform, grab a little girl and skull rape her live on teh set?

Naaaaah. Even that wouldn't do it.

[OHdem10]

12. The real answer is to find Democrats just as knowledgeable and

just as passionate in their beliefs to confront and refute
his views.

[WeDidIt]

13. M$NBC did that

and now Pat won't go back on Rachel's show.

[atreides1]

15. They're out there

It's just that the media doesn't want those kinds of Democrats on the old idiot box. They tend to prefer Democrats who couldn't buy a clue on a game show.

Granted every so often a smart one gets through and it takes the media days to deal with the damage.

[Anti-Republician]

14. Pat Buchanan....

As much as I don't care for him, I think he should stay on MSNBC. You can't have all Democrats on one show trying to argue a point. You have to have an oddball to bring controversial conversations so the show can be interesting. Everytime he talk on MSNBC, his true colors shows very brightly. We all know he's Anti-semitic and an Airhead lol.

[SoCalDem]

19. "...argue a point..." is the PROBLEM with "news" media

How 'bout just report FACTS..and quit the "arguing" part?

earth flat
no it's not
yes it is
no it's not
yes it is
no it's not..

well we're out of time.. as you can see there are "some people" who think the earth is flat, and some who do not..

[smoochpooch]

16. Call a white person a racist. nt

[givemebackmycountry]

18. I notice that he has not gotten within a mile of Rachel Maddow

Since she splattered his racist ass all over her studio.
She ripped his ass a new one.

[WI_DEM]

20. raping Mika on the air--No, wrong, raping Joe on the air.

[Berry Cool]

21. I think he would have to use both the N-word and the K-word on the air

and say freeing the slaves was a bad idea, and that Hitler had the right idea when it came to The Final Solution.

Nah, they'd just suspend him for a week and have him give one of those "I'm sorry if I offended anyone" apologies. Then he'd go right back to blathering.

[ThomWV]

22. What would it take? How about if Chuck Todd agreed to take his place - same difference

Not a nickle's worth of difference between them other than Chucky doesn't have the experience base.

[defendandprotect]

24. General Electric has long pushed Buchanan . . .

and, evidently, over the years he's been financed by CIA with any right wing

money they could lay their hands on -- including KKK money!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

25. Apparently wearing a stahlhelm, goosestepping across the screen, and shouting Heil Hitler

probably won't do it.

Maybe turning into Phil Donahue would do it.