Head...explodes....

[Drunken Irishman]

At Columbia Journalism panel, Pat Buchanan: "I don't want to be quoted, but I like Barack Obama."

https://twitter.com/#!/reidepstein/status/193809883248852992

[freshwest]

1. Most people being Restored To Sanity do like him. But will he vote for him? Haha.

[Warpy]

2. Being restored to sanity is a long shot in his case

since I think his grip on reality has always been tenuous, at best.

However, he is just enough of a stopped clock to realize what a disaster his party is in its present form.

[freshwest]

3. Or since he got fired from cable brain soap news, he may have had time to reflect.

Not that he ever worked hard a day in his life. I recall a debate between him and RFK, Jr. Buchanan was trying for the bootstrap analogy, and Robert shut him down even though his voice is always strained from asthma.

Pretty much told him gently, that neither Buchanan nor himself had suffered as much as most of the people on welfare, or in other situations, who are called lazy by the right. They had never missed a meal, health care or gone without a home and family and support. So that to judge how the poor were doing by their privileged lives was bogus and immoral. He was using Catholicism to shame him, I think, since they both are.

Buchanan was startled at the analogy and he was clearly embarrassed. He conceded fully, but you know some of the other blowhards never would have. Still, he's a twit over all, and a product of his privileged upbringing, but this would not be his first epiphany.

[immoderate]

4. I don't think he's a Romney fan either.

He might even be detecting (as I do) that Romney is too dumb to be president.

--imm

[Warpy]

5. Dunno, that didn't seem to bother him about Stupid

in either 2000 or 2004. Then again, Stupid had the fake folksiness down pat, something Romney is incapable of. Buchanan could have gotten sucked into that and mistaken it for street smarts like so many other people did. Or he realizes now that stupid presidents are disasters in the making.

[immoderate]

6. Good point. Buchanan may have succumbed to "perkiness."

Dangerous way to make political choices.

--imm

[bluesbassman]

7. I think Buchanan bought the team more than the player with Shrub.

Seems to me Rmoney's team are all about as clueless as he is.

[hedgehog]

8. I think Buchanan was raised to admire toughness.

I think he recognizes that beneath an innate courtesy, Obama is also very, very tough!

[Bake]

9. I think you're on to it there.

I agree!



Bake

[grantcart]

10. I got news for you. All 'national security' Republicans are going to be voting for Obama.

For the simple reason that he does what he says.

Romney's fleck less insincerity and his wild tax plans will win him no admirers among the military or its supporters.

And none of them are going to be 'quoted'.

I believe that Romney is going to be wildly 'over represented' in polls because there is going to be a whole bunch of people who are voting for Obama and not letting anyone know about it.