Pat Buchanan's exit from MSNBC?

[Rosa Luxemburg]

[Betsy Ross]

1. One can hope. n/t

[BlooInBloo]

2. Of course not. It's already been abundantly proven that nothing he can say will get him canned.

[Democrat 4 Ever]

14. Maybe he has a contract with MSNBC and he is trying to force them

into breaking it by firing his ass. Then he could saunter on over to Racist Central at Faux News and be welcomed with open arms. He could even wear his sheet and hood on air.

There are times when you are sure that Pat Buchanan can go no lower and then he grabs a shovel and keeps digging. I want to know why Harball and Rachel keep having him on. You notice he doesn't darken the door of Countdown. But on the flip side he has his own specially racist seat with Joe the Dead Intern and Mika the Shill each morning who let him rant his tripe endlessly.

He is a filthy joke and MSNBC should be ashamed.

[burning rain]

23. Actually, I think MSNBC is a more likely home for him than Fox.

Potential protestors / boycotters would less likely target MSNBC than Fox for harboring Buchanan, because MSNBC is "the liberal network," and one is less likely to protest / boycott one's friends.

[AllentownJake]

3. Why do you want him to go?

I love the idea he represents conservatives!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

17. did I say I wanted him to go? He joins Rush, Palin, Steele, Coulter as the RW idiot brigade!

[Berry Cool]

4. It won't happen unless he lets a "forbidden pejorative" escape

and even then, he'll probably be permitted to apologize and it will all be forgotten. Toothless old lion that he is.

[old mark]

6. He could have been President!!!!!

not.

mark

[Sebastian Doyle]

16. Maybe he'll let one fly like his former Crossfire fill in host Bob Novak did?

Didn't Novakula say "this is bullshit" and walk off the set in the middle of the show? :evilgrin:

[MadBadger]

5. What happened?

[Lasher]

11. He was just on with Rachael.

She drew him out and he shared his views regarding race in general and affirmative action specifically. He was too dumb to shut up and kept destroying himself as the segment went on. Surely he will be taken to task for this.

[KaryninMiami]

7. He's certainly showing off his main talent tonight- that of an ignorant, sexist, racist asshole

Qualities he just abounds in. He should just move over to Fox and be done with it. What a fucking asshole.

[RepublicanElephant]

8. he'll just go back to morning joe, where he's a better fit. nt

[uponit7771]

9. Pat can call Obama the N word ending in "er" and still be an NBC analyst, he's a ratings getter

...but for some reason I can't dislike him like I disliked Imus before his apology.

Maybe because he is at least out with his racism and xenophobia and doesn't try to hide it and be fake.

[PatSeg]

34. I know what you mean

With Pat, I can totally disagree with what he says, but not dislike him personally. Maybe it is because he doesn't speak in republican talking points. And he has been known to actually laugh at himself.

Also, I can remember him opposing Bush's Middle East debacle, when so many republican and Democrats supported the invasion of Iraq. He expressed his own opinions, not that of any party. Unfortunately his opinions on race are disturbing and I could tell that Rachel was surprised at how far he went.

[lob1]

10. I think Rachel does a good job of helping Buchanan sink himself.

[Cha]

12. That's good..and working for

the same station, yet!

[jenmito]

18. I wish she would've pointed out more strongly that Sotomayor graduated at the top of her class on

her OWN and is given the highest rating of "well qualified" compared to Harriet Miers who was STUPID and not comparable to Sotomayor.

[lob1]

20. I agree.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

22. yes

[MadMaddie]

25. Pat Buchanan believes that there is no way a Latino woman

earned her grades fair and square. Many of the Repugs that were questioning her over the last 3 days felt the same way.

[jenmito]

26. True. He is SOOOOO "old school"! I'm so glad people like him

are aging and dying out. Sorry, but that's how I feel.

[MadMaddie]

27. I can't argue with you on that

These particular kind of racists are the very reason why America has taken a back seat to the world in everything.

[jenmito]

28. Exactly.

How right you are. :fistbump:

[snake in the grass]

30. I don't believe W. earned his grades.

What does it say about Ivy League schools, when the Boy King went there?

[xxqqqzme]

35. And I still want to know who sat in dimson's classes

for him, wrote his papers and took his exams? I would love to know how much they were paid.

[Paladin]

36. And Affirmative Action Does NOT Get You On Law Review. n/t

[Orsino]

29. She also did a fine job, apparently, of letting him use the show to propagate his memes.

Will Rachel have the courage to say no to any further appearances by Buchanan?

[vaberella]

13. It won't happen and he won't apologize. n/t

[City Lights]

15. I've been hoping for that since March of 2008 when he was on his

Rev. Wright crusade.

I'll keep my fingers crossed, but won't hold my breath.

[hlthe2b]

19. He's been like this his whole life and throughout his career

Why would anyone do anything about him now? It has hardly been a secret.

[ErinBerin84]

21. I doubt it

I'm beginning to think that nothing Pat could ever say would get him fired. I think that was even an article on Media Matters..."What would it take for MSNBC to fire Pat Buchanan?"

[Hepburn]

24. I doubt it....

...IMO the powers that be at that place probably agree with him...and while watching his bullshit on Rachel Maddow, were most likely cheering him on and clapping.

[inna]

31. what happened on Rachel Maddow?

i missed what happened recently, but i definitely noticed some sort of a falling out between her and Pat months ago. when she just started her new show about a year ago, they were extremely friendly, were laughing together all the time, and she always referred to him as "my friend Pat" and even called him her "uncle". then, months later, all of it came to a screeching halt (but i never figured out what exactly triggered that falling out... probably, his being a right-wing bigot?? :P )

[spiritual_gunfighter]

32. Never happen

They will probably give him his own show because I am sure the Rachel vs. Pat steel cage matches are ratings gold.

[spiritual_gunfighter]

33. I also think he should stay

I for one want Pat Buchanan to be the face of the Republican party, old white racist men. Everytime that hateful little man opens his mouth he brings votes over to our side. Give him his own show I say.

[AspenRose]

37. They should send his ass to Fox

but they won't.