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marmar

(77,064 posts)
Tue Jan 10, 2012, 10:44 PM Jan 2012

Herr Buchanan: Van Jones and Militant Gays got me removed from the air




from HuffPost:



Embattled pundit Pat Buchanan lobbed another grenade at MSNBC on Tuesday, saying that a smear campaign by "militant gay rights groups" and Van Jones was contributing to his months-long absence from the network.

Buchanan has not been seen on MSNBC since late October, and network president Phil Griffin told reporters on Saturday that the views his employee laid out in a recent book are to blame. The book, "Suicide of a Superpower," contains a chapter entitled "The Death of White America" and posits that the "European core" of the country is being throttled by immigrants. Griffin said that Buchanan might not be allowed back on MSNBC at all.

However, Buchanan has recently been pushing back against his bosses. On Monday, he spoke to radio host Hugh Hewitt, saying that medical problems had sidelined him and that he has not been formally suspended from MSNBC. On Tuesday, he spoke to Sean Hannity on his radio show and repeated that claim. But he took things one step further. He said that the issues in his book were the "great issues facing the country for the next 25 years" and should be discussed.

"Look, for a long period of time the hard left, militant gay rights groups, militant -- they call themselves civil rights groups, but I'm not sure they're concerned about civil rights -- people of color, Van Jones, these folks and others have been out to get Pat Buchanan off TV," Buchanan continued. "This has been done for years and years and years and it's the usual suspects doing the same thing again." ............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/10/pat-buchanan-militant-gay-van-jones-msnbc_n_1198080.html



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Herr Buchanan: Van Jones and Militant Gays got me removed from the air (Original Post) marmar Jan 2012 OP
Need a bigger shovel, Pat? Canuckistanian Jan 2012 #1
Glad to be falsely accused, in this case. kenny blankenship Jan 2012 #2
Your hatred and bigotry got you removed you idiot rustydog Jan 2012 #3
He wouldn't be Pat Buchanan if he was not practicing (klan-style) wizardry. Dawson Leery Jan 2012 #4
Many of us agreed, at the time, that Van Jones could and would do... DCKit Jan 2012 #5
This would never have happened back in the good old days in die Vaterland! ddeclue Jan 2012 #6
only surprised he left out the "joooooss" JI7 Jan 2012 #7
So was I! Behind the Aegis Jan 2012 #10
No, no, it was Van JOHNSON that did it! The Genealogist Jan 2012 #8
I'm going to rec this thread for the photo alone pinboy3niner Jan 2012 #9
NO Pat you did it yourself Raine Jan 2012 #11
 

DCKit

(18,541 posts)
5. Many of us agreed, at the time, that Van Jones could and would do...
Wed Jan 11, 2012, 12:03 AM
Jan 2012

much more productive work outside the constraints of a WH position. If they were THAT afraid of him, they should've just left him there.

Whether or not he had anything to do with Pat's timely departure from MSNBC, I think the above might be sinking in.

Behind the Aegis

(53,934 posts)
10. So was I!
Wed Jan 11, 2012, 03:15 AM
Jan 2012

When I saw the news about his ouster, I was just waiting for him to blame us, then I could use this:

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