Pat Buchanan

[Zebedeo]

just used the phrase "your boy" to describe both Pres. Obama and Emanuel Cleaver on Rev. Al's show. Rev. Al called him on it the first time (re Obama) but not the second time (re Cleaver).

Pretty ugly.

[Rosco T.]

1. Over here :)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=1647089&mesg_id=1647089

[eleny]

2. And then he laughed when he was called out about it

[Zebedeo]

3. Nervous

laughter, to be sure. I wonder if he is regretting those comments right about now.

[monmouth]

4. Griffin should suspend him indefinitely. I really am upset about this.

The man is the President of the United States for god's sake. How dare he? I'm writing MSNBC and really complain about this. Disgusting. They suspend everyone else for so-called "I misspoke" statements. This goes way beyond that.

[Zebedeo]

5. Yeah, having watched it live,

I think it was pretty obvious that he knew he was using a loaded word there. He did it intentionally. And Buchanan doesn't exactly have a spotless record on race going in to this incident.

[CTyankee]

6. Saw that. I'm disgusted more than ever with Pat B. This guy has to go.

He is decrepit and a racist thug. He needs to never be on cable or any other network news show. The "boy" stuff twice! The guy is drunk on power now that this charade has come to an end. He thinks he can say ANYTHING!

I think he is crazy...really, really crazy...

[Zebedeo]

8. I actually think MSNBC

should have conservatives and Republicans on as guests more than they do. Usually the shows are nothing but echo chambers where every one of the four panelists agree with each other. They should have some other points of view on, just to make the shows interesting to watch, and also to expose, deconstruct and rebut the conservative talking points.

BUT - This particular conservative has no business being on the teevee. He really is a dinosaur, and it is embarrassing to have an obvious racist on a panel of commentators. Is he an "MSNBC contributor"? I just think that in his case, his views are beyond the pale and there is no reason to have him on.

[CTyankee]

10. I literally do no know what to do about this...

[Journeyman]

7. I wrote Maddow and told her I'd never watch her again if she continued to host that racist ass. . .

And I didn't watch her, for over two years. No big loss - she was the only television news I was watching at the time. But someone here on DU told me recently that Maddow hasn't had Buchanan on in years so I started watching again, haven't seen him in a few months now, so I wrote her awhile back to thank her and let her know I'll continue to watch her show.

I don't believe Maddow wanted Buchanan on her show, but she was probably hamstrung, given she was still a novice back then. So it was her producers I was after. I think the carrot and stick is the only thing TV producers understand. There is no nuance. Only blunt force ("I won't watch anymore") coupled with quiet cajoling ("I appreciate what you've done and will reward you").

[flamingdem]

9. That racist f**k can't help himself, so let's help him retire nt

[CTyankee]

11. Yep, time for his Happy Home Reagan Ranch...wherever that is...

no medicare, ya know...

sorry, pat, your loss...

[flamingdem]

13. no medicare, that would be great!

use a voucher Pat

[dgibby]

12. Everything Pat says sounds better in the original German,

to paraphrase Molly Ivans. He's MSNBC's resident Nazi apologist.

[jwirr]

14. Get the contact numbers and emails for complaining about him. nt

[Mosby]

15. why is this racist, anti-semitic POS still allowed on TV?

Seriously WTF?

[dgibby]

16. Here's the e-mail I just sent to MSNBC

Please let me introduce myself. I am a 65 year old white female, registere Independent, and loyal MSNBC viewer; however, my viewing habits are about to change, thanks to Pat Buchanan. I have had it with his bigoted, racist attitude and remarks. I have also had it with the fact hat he as remained employed at MSNBC despite his deplorable track record.

Tonight he crossed my line in the sand. Having grown up in the South during the '50's and '60's, I KNOW a racist dog whistle when I hear one. It is more than egregious that he would refer to the first black President of the United States as "boy".

How much more disparaging and demeaning does he have to be before he is fired. Would showing up in a white hood and a sheet do it? Is that what it will take before MSNBC wakes up to how offensive he is? How many viewers do you have to lose? How much revenue?

Bottom line: I love ed Schultz, Lawrence O'Donnell, and Rachel Maddow, but I, and many others will walk if Buchanan remains in your employ one more week. Give him his severance pay and bid him farewell or say goood-bye to your viewers. I stayed when you let Keith go, I stayed when you let Cenk go, but if Buchanan is there next wee, spewing his racist drivel, I'll boycott you and your sponsors, and your sponsers will know exactly why.

Please do yourselves and your viewers a a favor, and do the right thing.

Sincerely,

xxxxxxxx

[Zebedeo]

17. Wow!

Nice letter. I applaud you. :applause:

[dgibby]

18. Thank you.

I grew up with people like Pat. They're a blight, and one of the reasons I'm Pro Choice. If I had been Pat's mother, I'd have had his birth annuled! I might have differences with Obama, and I'm definitely a critic, but it's about policy, not race.

[Control-Z]

26. Excellent letter!!

Seriously excellent! I wish I had you to write for me. If I were a rich and famous celebrity/politician I would offer you a boatload of money to work for me.

:yourock:

[wiggle-room]

19. It's a common term, doubt he meant it racially.

Maybe there's a bit of an overreaction here?

:shrug:

[October]

20. No! You're wrong.

He's the President of the United States. Buchanan owes an apology at the very least.

[wiggle-room]

22. I hear this term used frequently and not in a racial way, usually in a sports context.

I don't think he meant it racially.

[October]

30. No excuse. The term is disrespectful no matter what.

[KurtNYC]

21. How common is the term "coonskin" ?

"nail the coonskin to the wall" - Pat Buchanon

[wiggle-room]

23. I'm talking about the video in the OP. No idea what you are talking about.

[KurtNYC]

25. This bit:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1648681

Also, his new book proclaims that war against Hitler was "unnecessary." He is obsessed with race as you can see with a quick scan of his blog:
http://buchanan.org/blog/

[Control-Z]

27. BS!

Buchanan's intention was to demean the president of the United States. It doesn't matter how you try to slice it or dice it.

Buchanan has proven himself, again and again, to be a giant POS. Your defense of him is troubling.

[wiggle-room]

28. .

I'm not defending anyone. I'm interested in honesty and fairness. Based on the video in the OP, and based on having heard the terms "your boy" and "my boy" used by men referring to other men in non-racial terms, I don't believe PB used the term in a racial manner. If this opinion troubles you, then I guess you'll just have to be troubled.

[liberalla]

29. No overreaction... a little background on Buchanan

from Media Matters: http://mediamatters.org/research/201107290005#longhistory">The Bigotry of Pat Buchanan

He's an equal opportunity offender.
Some teasers:


Buchanan Complained That With Elena Kagan, The Supreme Court Would Have Too Many "Jews."

Buchanan: Sonia Sotomayor An "Affirmative Action Pick."


Buchanan: "It Was Here That 600,000 Black People, Brought From Africa In Slave Ships, Grew Into A Community Of 40 Million," Later Adds, "We hear the grievances. Where is the gratitude?"


Buchanan Warns Against The Nation Becoming "Multiracial, Multicultural," Adds, "I Prefer The Kind - I Grew Up In A Different Country."

Buchanan: "This Has Been A Country Built, Basically, By White Folks."

Buchanan On Obama's Nobel Peace Prize: "Affirmative Action Nobel."

"Offended" Buchanan Stands Up For "White Males," Falsely Claiming Only "White Males" Died At Gettysburg, Normandy.

Buchanan: "Promiscuous Homosexuals Appear Literally Hell-Bent On Satanism And Suicide."

Buchanan: "Homosexuality Involves Sexual Acts Most Men Consider Not Only Immoral, But Filthy."

Buchanan Has Referred To Gays As "Sodomites" And "The Pederast Proletariat."

Buchanan: "The Poor Homosexuals -- They Have Declared War Upon Nature And Now Nature Is Extracting An Awful Retribution."

Buchanan: "Homosexuality Is An Affliction, Like Alcoholism."

As An Editorial Writer, Buchanan Reportedly "Disseminated Smears About Civil Rights Leaders Passed On By J. Edgar Hoover."

Buchanan Reportedly Warned Nixon Not To "Fritter Away His Present High Support In The Nation For An Ill-Advised Governmental Effort To Forcibly Integrate Races."

Buchanan "Condemned Critics Of The Sharpeville Massacre In South Africa, Where 67 Blacks Were Gunned Down By White Police."

Buchanan: "Conservatives Are The Niggers Of The Nixon Administration."

Buchanan Urged Nixon Not To Visit Martin Luther King's Widow; Buchanan Thought King Was "One Of The Most Divisive Men In Contemporary History."

Buchanan: "Women Are Simply Not Endowed By Nature With The Same Measures Of Single-Minded Ambition And The Will To Succeed In The Fiercely Competitive World Of Western Capitalism."

Buchanan Urged The GOP To "Take A Hard Look At Duke's Portfolio Of Winning Issues."

Buchanan: David Duke "Zeroes In On Issues That Should Be A Wake-Up Call For All Our Big-Government Conservatives.

Buchanan: Hitler "Was Also An Individual Of Great Courage."

Buchanan: "Was World War II Worth It? ... Why Destroy Hitler?"

Buchanan Wrote Foreword To Book Compiling Works Of A White Supremacist.

Buchanan Relied On White Supremacists For Research In Work.

Buchanan Defended Bob Jones University's Ban On Interracial Dating.

Buchanan: "America Committing Suicide" While "Asian, African, And Latin American Children Come To Inherit The Estate."

Buchanan: Immigration Will Turn U.S. Into "A Polyglot Boarding House For The World, A Tangle Of Squabbling Minorities."
Buchanan Blamed VA Tech Murders On Immigrant "Invasion," Claimed Immigrants "Are Going Berserk Here."

Buchanan: "Yes, I Do" Have A Problem With States Becoming Majority Hispanic.

Buchanan: "Chicano Chauvinists And Mexican Agents" Want To "Take Back Through Demography And Culture What Their Ancestors Lost Through War."

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On the Norway shooter:
Buchanan: "As For A Climactic Conflict Between A Once-Christian West And An Islamic World ... Breivik May Be Right."

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.Don't forget his political 'base': http://mediamatters.org/mobile/blog/201108020025">Pat Buchanan: Endorsed by White Nationalists

This man wanted to be President of the United States. Can you imagine?

[SusanaMontana41]

24. The racism of the Tea Party never has been subtext. n/t