Pat Buchanan even pissed of Rachel Maddow....

[vaberella]

This blatant racism is unforgivable. I think MSNBC has lost me as a viewer if they continue to give this fuckin' asshole a platform. Infamous quotes from tonight:

"100% of Whites wrote the Declaration of the Independence."

"100% of Whites built this nation..."

And it's times like this I have to sit there and hate this country with everything that is in my being. It's times like this...that I forget that there are some good people who are White. It's times like this that I remember all the shit I have faced, and I expect to face from fuckers like Pat Buchanan. It's times like this I look at the American flag and see blood. When he kept saying 100% of whites did this or that all I could think was that then 100% of Whites massacred 99% of Natives in the United States. Then 100% of Whites oppressed, beaten, killed, and continue to marginalize Blacks.

It's times like this I have to wonder what I did wrong in life to be so hated. Why the colour of my skin and who I am is so vulgar to garner such statements; and I can say with certainty we are truly hated.

Keep it real Buchanan, because you definitely redfine when Whites keep it real, they keep it real racist.

[MadBadger]

1. What was he responding to?

Why did he make those comments? I wasnt watching.

[vaberella]

2. He was asked by Rachel Maddow what he feels about

Whites Males who have dominated the Supreme Court all these years. Then He went on a tangent of the greatness of White Men and basically what they are due. It is a right for White men in a nutshell to have positions of power because 100% of them built this nation.

[asjr]

38. And most of them had black slaves to clean

up after them.

[GentryDixon]

101. And forget the real Natives of this nation.

I saw his rant, but I feel Rachel made the point of his being 50 years behind the times when she could finally get a word in.

He is such a hateful old bag of wind.

I emailed Tweety yesterday and told him to stop giving this old racist a platform.

At least Pat Bagley of the Salt Lake Tribune has it right:

[Political Tiger]

4. To the fact that 108 of 110 SC justices have been white.

His basic argument is that this is a white country. :puke:

[tledford]

98. It *is* a white country... until 2050...

Buchanan, and so many other white men, are TERRIFIED that in another thirty or forty years white men will no longer be a majority in this country, even though most living white men over fifty will be dead by then.

Like any despot threatened with a loss of power, white males are freaking out about this inevitable occurrence. Well, many white males; I'm a 53-years-old white male Southerner and I wouldn't be terrified about it even if I expected to be alive forty years from now, because I have confidence that white males won't be abused by others as badly as white males have abused minorities for centuries.

[noiretextatique]

103. bingo...the racists are afraid of payback

this is the reason why the KKK was started.

[Hissyspit]

47. VIDEO HERE:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=338289&mesg_id=338289

[Leo The Cleo]

91. Wow

A person with her breadth of knowledge based on her experience as a judge is not qualified. A person who graduated from Princeton and has more judicial and federal judicial experience than anyone who has ever been on the supreme court is not qualified. Seems interesting.

[noiretextatique]

104. SCOTUS ONLY FOR WHITE MEN!!!!

WHO BUILT THIS COUNTRY!!!
:sarcasm:

i wonder how he explains uncle clarence's presence on the court. like a typical rw hypocrite, i am sure he will find a way to justify that asshole's appointment.

[MadMaddie]

109. Yet they put Thomas up there who has been an ineffective

uninterested, jurist. Thomas does what his master Scalia says.

He is the joke.

[sarah553807]

3. The most flooring comment of all was..

that white men built this country,so they have the right to make the final decision.I know nothing should surprise me with pat,but that boiled my blood.especially when he referenced 100% of whites fighting in normandy or the civil war,and how white were the ones writing the declaration of independents,or the bill of rights.What pat isn't aware is that minorities would have loved to help write the declaration of independents,or bill of rights,or help fight alongside their white colleagues in normandy or in the civil war or in both world wars.But they weren't ALLOWED to.They were told their opinions were worth shit,by yes,white males.that's what the civil right movement was about,to participate in the future decisions of america and start being treated as americans.

[vaberella]

Obviously you can tell those details meant nothing. The sexism and racism was unmatched.

We dirty minorities really didn't contribute shit to this nation...we have actually aided in it's downfall and of course the marginalization of the still prosperous White man.

[blossomstar]

56. His is just one person's opinion,

and they are like assholes, everyone has one. The man is just a big obsolete asshole. They are on the losing end of everything and are desperate. HE and the neanderthals like him are now the MINORITY. They aren't liking it. Comments like these just make them shrink even smaller than they are if that is possible!

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

12. Please remind him of the 54th Massachusetts

A braver regiment there never was. Might not have fought at Gettysburg, but then neither did my Civil War ancestors--but they all helped preserve the Union.

[MadMaddie]

31. Don't forget the black Tuskegee Airman and the WWII Navajo Indian

communications (I believe it was Navajo) group that baffled the Germans. Many, many women supported all war efforts in our country too.

There were brave soldiers of all hues that defended this country of ours.

Pat Buchanan is the racist he has always been.

[boppers]

48. Cherokee in WWI

In WWII, Comanche at Normandy/Atlantic, Meskwaki in North Africa, Navajo in the Pacific. Navajo was also used in the Korean war, and Viet Nam.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_talker

[MadMaddie]

108. Thank you for the correction.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

76. Navajo Code Talkers

you are right--their code was never broken. And remember one of the Marines at Iwo Jima who posed for the famous flag photo was Native American as well. And I know some female WWII veterans.

[RamboLiberal]

114. Other notable military units of African Americans

9th & 10 U.S. Cavalry, and the 24th, 25th , 38th , 39th, 40th and 41st Infantry Regiments - infamous Buffalo Soldiers. http://www.buffalosoldier.net/

World War I
and the 24th and 25th Infantry. The men in these units were considered heroes in their communities. Within one week of Wilson’s declaration of war, the War Department had to stop accepting black volunteers because the quotas for African Americans were filled.

When it came to the draft, however, there was a reversal in usual discriminatory policy. Draft boards were comprised entirely of white men. Although there were no specific segregation provisions outlined in the draft legislation, blacks were told to tear off one corner of their registration cards so they could easily be identified and inducted separately. Now instead of turning blacks away, the draft boards were doing all they could to bring them into service, southern draft boards in particular. One Georgia county exemption board discharged forty-four percent of white registrants on physical grounds and exempted only three percent of black registrants based on the same requirements. It was fairly common for southern postal workers to deliberately withhold the registration cards of eligible black men and have them arrested for being draft dodgers. African American men who owned their own farms and had families were often drafted before single white employees of large planters. Although comprising just ten percent of the entire United States population, blacks supplied thirteen percent of inductees.

While still discriminatory, the Army was far more progressive in race relations than the other branches of the military. Blacks could not serve in the Marines, and could only serve limited and menial positions in the Navy and the Coast Guard. By the end of World War I, African Americans served in cavalry, infantry, signal, medical, engineer, and artillery units, as well as serving as chaplains, surveyors, truck drivers, chemists, and intelligence officers.

Although technically eligible for many positions in the Army, very few blacks got the opportunity to serve in combat units. Most were limited to labor battalions. The combat elements of the U.S. Army were kept completely segregated. The four established all-black Regular Army regiments were not used in overseas combat roles but instead were diffused throughout American held territory. There was such a backlash from the African American community, however, that the War Department finally created the 92d and 93d Divisions, both primarily black combat units, in 1917.

World War II
After much urging from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), in 1941 the War Department formed the all-black 99th Pursuit Squadron of the U.S. Army Air Corps (later the Air Force) to train a small group of pilots. They trained at Tuskegee, Alabama, and became known as the Tuskegee Airmen. The group flew important supply and service missions in North Africa and Europe beginning in 1943.

Black soldiers were generally restricted from combat, but the realities of war would soon blur the lines of race. One major breakthrough came during the Battle of the Bulge, in late 1944, says Ambrose.

General Dwight D. Eisenhower, faced with Hitler's advancing army on the Western Front, temporarily desegregated the army, calling for urgent assistance on the front lines. More than 2,000 black soldiers volunteered to fight.

Similarly, demands in Italy called the Tuskegee Airmen to action. In 1944 they began flying with white pilots in the European theatre, successfully running bombing missions and becoming the only U.S. unit to sink a German destroyer.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/02/0215_tuskegee.html

The 761st Tank Battalion was deployed as a public relations effort to maintain support from the black community for the war effort. But faced with heavy casualties in the summer of 1944, Gen. George Patton was desperate for more tankers and the unit was pressed into battle. The 761st had been used to help train other tank units for two years prior to its deployment. Consequently, the black unit was better trained than most of its white counterparts, Abdul-Jabbar says.

The 761st fought in the Battle of the Bulge, saw combat in five countries and helped liberate dozens of villages and towns and several concentration camps. But racist attitudes in the military culture prevented the 761st from receiving medals and other honors accorded white soldiers.

"This was Patton's best tank unit and they didn't get any recognition because whites did not look upon blacks as having any competence as fighting men," Abdul-Jabbar says.

After repeated rejections starting in 1945, President Jimmy Carter presented the 761st with a presidential citation for extraordinary heroism in 1978.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1908299

And of course Hispanics have served this country bravely in many of our wars as have other non-whites as well as many who aren't U.S. citizens.

[uponit7771]

15. Yeap, that was crazy...Pat doesn't try to hide his stupidity

[Wickerman]

20. Actually, African Americans did fight in the Civil War

http://americancivilwar.com/colored/histofcoloredtroops.html
Approximately 180,000 African-Americans comprising 163 units served in the Union Army during the Civil War, and many more African-Americans served in the Union Navy. Both free Africans-Americans and runaway slaves joined the fight.

In the Civil War they fought both alongside white Union troops as well as in "colored units". I don't know what their assignments were in the WW's but they were there in large numbers, fighting as equals, only to lose the rights their white counterparts enjoyed when they hit the US shores.

All of which, of course, makes Pat's bullshit even more enraging.

[sarah553807]

27. yup

they fought in many of the wars,but they were segregated by the military until truman was president.it's like these idiots are proud of their ignorance

[justiceischeap]

90. "See Pat, there's this movie called 'Glory' and it's about black men fighting in the Civil War."

His comments about this country being built by 100% white people and 100% white people fighting in the Civil War/WWII just goes to show how far ignorance can take you to the bank. Of course, we all know Pat's a racist fuck but it sure was nice to have Rachel sp blatantly point it out to all her viewers last night (in case there was ever any doubt).

We should remind Pat that the majority of the people who built our Nation's capitol (the actual labor of building the buildings) were...um, not white but black. It makes me wonder what book he learned his history from and if it's the same book the repukes are home schooling their children with.

[KakistocracyHater]

107. so did Native Americans

I have family on BOTH sides of the Civil War & the War of Independance.......it makes it hard for me to choose sides, but I always aim for justice-THAT settles it for me. Slavery=madness, what was it they called Dabney Coleman in the film "9 to 5"? Sexist, racist, hypocritical bigot?

[Hepburn]

23. That was shocking...

...in many ways:

Stupidity
Bigotry
Lack of Knowledge

Ummmmm...you name it. He is around the bend...totally!

[Top Cat]

36. Pat is a worthless basta-d

[question everything]

40. Sounds like continuation of his 1992 call for a "culture war"

during the Republican convention.

[ellacott]

92. Blacks have fought in every war for the U.S.

Blacks were at Normandy, the civil war and the revolutionary war. He forgot about Crispus Attucks.

Blacks did the physical labor in building this country.

[Cha]

5. pat buchanan's white ass

sheet is showing.

[firedupdem]

6. That asshole made my head hurt... I cut it off and then cut it back

on because I needed to hear it. I understand everything you posted. I'm feeling hatred in my heart right now and I need to go take a walk.

[vaberella]

10. That's exactly it. I can't just sit there and laugh.

At the time, the urge to laugh in anger is there. But as it progressed and as it started to seep in all I feel is so much anger. It makes me physically want to cry and I'm holding it back now. I mean this shit goes back years for me. And to hear it perpetuated by so called "educated" by those who had power and could have had the ultimate power. It terrifies me. What price do I have to pay in order to get recognition and appreciation---even just a smidgen of tolerance? What did I do wrong in order to demand that I pay some fee...for recognition. I guess I see this in ways as the curse Haiti faced and Blacks will always face like Haiti. You can gain your independence, but you have a price to pay to be one of the "recognized." Even after having a Black president we've been regulated to the past...

I've always said that Obama gave me a crash course to the Civil Rights movement during the primaries. However, seeing Buchanan just brought me back to the time of Jefferson and his rape of slaves. Dirty plantation owner who basically reaps the toils of the suffering---but claims he did it all.

[MadMaddie]

111. I am currently reading a several books on US inventors

One of the books talks about the inventions that slaves created and that they couldn't get a patent because they were slaves. The masters could get the patents....

I agree the primaries gave America a view of the underside of racism in it's ugliest form. The country needed to see it and understand it in order to destroy it.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

7. Kindly remember that Buchanan is an idiot

who knows nothing about history. Crispus Attucks was the first to die in the American Revolution, and many non-whites were involved in many ways in that war.

As for Buchanan, he's Catholic, right? It amazes me that he is so prejudiced, especially since Catholics were hated and discriminated against in this country at one time.

Remember that not all whites think the way Buchanan does--we stand side by side with all races, all peoples.

[vaberella]

13. You don't have to tell me that. I have a Grandfather on both ends that are proof enough.

I have enough family to tell me that.

[rurallib]

35. I was raised Catholic and am a bit younger than Buchanan

and there is no doubt that the reason I am so sensitive to discrimination is because of what I faced as a young Catholic. I could never equate it to the racism, but believe me, it hurt. That plus the catholic social teaching that was ingrained in me. I get the feeling that is gone, based on what I hear Catholics saying these days.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

77. The KKK was viroently anti-Catholic

as well as anti-Jew and anti-black, at least back in the '20s. Sadly, I had evangelical relatives who were passing out anti-Catholic tracts during the 1960 elections (Mom would take them to be polite and then when we left the cousin's house would stop at the roadside park and toss them down the latrine there--a great way of showing me that such hatred is filth). Knowing that this strong anti-Catholic sentiment was alive and well in my lifetime amongst conservative circles makes me wonder why in the world Buchanan is so insensitive to discrimination.

[vaberella]

80. I was wondering that too. I have several strikes against me, female, Catholic, and Black.

I'm not even going to go into my sexual preferences and health since.

[JerseygirlCT]

118. I'm afraid he represents a "type" that isn't at all foreign to me

The big-mouthed, Irish-Catholic, bigot. The type can be quite entertaining, and fun to be with - until the bigoted stuff starts spewing. They often love their family intensely and might otherwise come across as regular people. But sooner or later, it leaks out. There's usually a great deal of fear and anger behind it all.

So it may be that fear and anger is the residue of a history of discrimination in the US- a history carried along by their parents or grandparents, though not really felt by their generation.

I agree that you'd think a people who had suffered from discrimination themselves would have learned something, but over and over again, it seems obvious that too often, they haven't. We've heard Jews spew nasty things about African Americans, or African Americans being virulently hateful toward gays, and on and on. It's a sad commentary on human nature.

[myrna minx]

8. He apparently doesn't remember the "good 'ol days" when "Irish need not apply".

I have to turn the channel when he's on. I can't bear him in any dosage.

[musette_sf]

11. yep

[myrna minx]

37. Thanks for posting the image.

How soon blowhard racists like him forget.

[Hepburn]

24. Yep...

...all "furners" were trash to those who traced their heritage to those who came over on the Mayflower. Man, I remember the names my family was called: Hunkie, gypsies, etc.

[progressoid]

93. I shut up someone (who is of Irish descent) with that a while back

There was a bunch of bitching about all the Mexican and Central American immigrants (legal and not). I finally got fed up and said, "you know, you're right, let's bring back the good old days. Like when we used to beat up the Irish for no other reason than being Irish."

So this person says, "Hey, I'm Irish!!"

"Oh really?"

Pregnant pause...

Suddenly it was time to talk about something else. :eyes:

[JerseygirlCT]

119. I've been wondering

if those good old days simply bred some people who carry that wrong as a big chip on their shoulders, and feel it's now their turn to stomp on others. There's definitely a sense of "poor persecuted me, and *I* did well" in there.

[Sebass1271]

9. a letter? please send msnbc a letter!. I did yesterday

after he appeared on hardball. One letter will not do anything. Write to them now!

[vaberella]

14. I do it all the time. He's still there. I'm just banning those assholes. n/t

[mascarax]

30. just sent my email

WHY do they continue to put him on the air?
Just disgusting.

[jberryhill]

70. Apparently, Ms. Maddow Wants Pat's Views To Be Seen For What They Are

His views discredit themselves. I think it was great for her to have him on, and especially with the segment title "It's Pat".

Just like anything else, he's entitled to be thought a nut, and to discredit his position, after a full hearing.

[rurallib]

33. I sent one this morning.

[Zen Democrat]

16. I don't understand how Pat Buchanan has a voice in the media.

He was responsible for some of the worst hate speech of Nixon and Agnew when he was a young man, and continued to spread his poison through every Republican administration thereafter. I think he despises any other religion than Catholicism, and any other color than white. I'm white, and he makes me need to vomit. I have Native American ancestors on both sides of my family, as well as Irish Catholics and proper Englishfolk -- and whatever that makes me, I have no tolerance for the likes of Pat Buchanan

Who does he know at MSNBC?

[waiting for hope]

17. Here is a snippet of

what he said about her and affirmative action:

That were it not for Ivy League dishonesty, Sotomayor would not have gotten into Princeton, would never have been ranked first in her class, would not have gotten into Yale Law, nor been named editor of Yale Law Review, and thus would not be a U.S. appellate court judge today or a nominee to the Supreme Court.

Indeed, the White House itself leaked that the final four court candidates were all women and Sotomayor was picked because she was a Latina. One wonders how many superior students and judges have been passed over to advance Sonia Sotomayor's career?

From college days to court days, that career reflects, in word and deed, a determination to use any power she achieves to create a society where the demands of diversity triumph over the ideal of equal justice under law. For Sotomayor, the advancement of people of color over white males is justice.

Republican senators should use this Sotomayor nomination to put affirmative action in the dock for what it is -- race-based bigotry against white males so that persons of color can receive the rewards of society that they could not win in free and fair competition.

I won't put the link up because the site I found this on was even offensive to me - but Pat is totally off his rocker, and to be honest, if anyone would want to put a face on the conservative base, it would be Buchanan's - he is a dinosaur and off balance mentally.

[PSzymeczek]

73. Oh. Yeah. Right

She graduated Summa cum Laude due to Affirmative Action.
:puke:

[Uzybone]

18. Buchanan out-did himself tonight

racist POS.

[vaberella]

42. I really never thought he could. I can honestly say that.

He didn't even have to say the N word, he just said everything else. All I could think, was how much can you say before you have to stop and realize you might be in trouble.

[DeschutesRiver]

50. I can't still believe what I heard that old creep say

Yeah, he out did himself this time, and yeah, I was wondering just how far he was going to take it as he got whipped up and carried away. It was like watching one of the frothing unpleasant low IQ freaks at a McCain/Palin rally.

That is it for me as far as watching Rachel. And if I catch Buchanan appearing this much on other shows, ditto. He is a dinosaur, and while he does represent others with the dinosaur outlook, I don't want to hear from them anymore. I know their point of view, and I find it backwards and stupid and not something I take seriously, so why waste my time hearing them waste their breath on this?

I am still pissed about it. I am glad that Rachel finally appeared to be pissed about something Uncle Pat said, but until Buchanan has a come to jesus moment on this racist crap, acknowledges he is a bigot and states he will try to cure his disease, I am not going to support this by watching. She has him on all the damned time, not just an occasional deal.

[MadMaddie]

112. Don't stop watching Rachal...what she did was brilliant

Pat has been skirting around his racist views but he put it all on the line because Rachal baited his dumb ass.

This is what I heard from Pat

"White men can't compete with others on an even playing field. White men need to have special rights so they always come out on top"!!

I in no way hold these views, but the exposure is what is needed in this country. Pat and the Repugs that were on the Judiciary committee have lost the latino vote for the next generation.

Rachal did her job and she kept her cool about it.

[Number23]

58. "He didn't even have to say the N word."

Sweetheart, the most skilled racists never do.

[vaberella]

79. Point taken. Very true.

In a twisted way I felt he was telling Rachel she should be married with a nice White husband and keep her mouth shut. Since White women did nothing for America as well.

[Divine Discontent]

44. yeah, I think he might be done - he's probably done on her show at the least... eom

[sandnsea]

19. Minorities built this country

From planting the cotton in the plantations to laying the rails to mining the copper and silver. Black slaves, Chinese, Irish, Slavs, Italians, Mexicans. All white people have ever done to "build" anything is exploit the ones in no position to fight back.

[eShirl]

39. "All white people have ever done to "build" anything is exploit the ones in no position to fight bac

k."

That's almost as bad as what Buchanan said.

[sandnsea]

41. Why would that be? n/t

[mscej]

49. America success depends on us all - We've all had a hand in building her

American may have been built on the backs of slaves, but we
were not the only ones exploited.  European Americans,
Hispanics, Chinese, Japanese, Indians, Mexicans, etc. have
bled as well for our country.  America is great because of all
our experiences, the good and bad, ups and downs. We've all
earned the honor of being Americans.  It is the spineless,
fearful, money grabbing idiots like Pat, who have been
successful TOO LONG in pitting us against each other. When we
fall into the trap of arrogance and self righteousness against
each other, well then the Pat's win.  We must fight each and
everyday! We must do our part to stop this madness.  I truly
believe our country depends on it!

[sandnsea]

53. Read again

I did not say slaves were the only ones exploited.

I said white men "built" the country by exploiting those who couldn't fight back. Black slaves, Chinese, Irish, Slavs, Italians, Mexicans... and a whole host of other people I didn't add but figured DUers would have enough brains to add to the list themselves. And to also recognize that the exploiters make up about 1% of the population and will exploit anybody of any color. That still doesn't mean they built this country.

[Faygo Kid]

21. "100% whites built this nation?" Did he really say that? Hell, slaves built the White House.

And so much more.

Time for MSNBC to let him go to Fox where he belongs.

[vaberella]

25. He did really say that. You have to watch it to understand. n/t

[Faygo Kid]

106. Fire him. Enough is enough.

[RoccoR5955]

22. K & R! These old white guys have GOT to GO... one way or another n/t

[sarah553807]

28. The only thing to do is be patient

until they die off

[Divine Discontent]

43. remember, there's old white guys who have spent their whole lives supporting rights for people that

don't look anything like them, or the same gender, sexuality, race, etc... (Kennedy is one) I know you don't mean all old white guys, but when you put the color in the subject title, it's best to say, "this type of" before white.

Teddy is great!

[RoccoR5955]

88. Good point... That's what I meant. n/t

[TayTay]

26. "100% of Whites built this nation..."

Ah, excuse me? "100% of Whites built this nation..." What the hell does that even mean? It's obviously false on it's face because America was not built solely by "whites." And 100% of "whites" never did anything in unison as if under hypnosis. (Nor does any other identifiable group of people.)

I wonder if Pat Buchanan has been checked for any mental disease. This is really awful stuff and should not be tolerated on any major network or news outlet. It's blatantly stupid in addition to being false, unconscionable and unsupportable.

MSNBC should order Buchanan to take some tests to rule out some form of identifiable mental illness or disease. This is as bad as anything Imus said 2 years ago. If there is no physical reason for this, then Buchanan should be kicked off the network.

[Zen Democrat]

32. Not just whites, but white men!

My two grandmothers couldn't vote until 1920. Pat Buchanan is a supremist POS.

[TayTay]

34. Agreed.

This was stupid on a grand scale. It was also offensive on a grand scale.

How long is MSNBC going to tolerate this?

[FlaGranny]

61. When I grew up

and went to school in the 1940's and 1950's, our schools gave us the impression that blacks never did anything. Buchanan is still stuck in that time. Unfortunately, many white people from that time never had the curiosity to learn our real history. I remember being amazed when I discovered there were black inventors and businessmen and doctors. Before I knew any better, I believed that only whites fought in wars, settled this country, and invented stuff. The only blacks on TV and in movies were portrayed as "slow" or "stupid." Most white persons raised in that time period had a lot of learning to do to overcome their preconceptions. Some never did and never will.

[GoCubsGo]

95. He didn't mean it literally, obviously...

He was spewing shit about white men writing the Constitution, etc. Of course, he ignored the fact that a number of those men had black slaves back home tending to their farms and households while they were off birthing a nation. Yep, he's a psychopath, and I agree that MSNBC would do well to send him packing. I'm sure POX "News" would be happy to have him. He would fit right in there.

[RDANGELO]

29. What Buchanan doesn't get

is that all of our citizens are evaluated on their own merit. The fact that my forefathers were good people or bad people has no function in the evaluation of me. That is why in infancy of our nation, we rejected nobility. That has always been a concept of this nation.

[damonm]

45. "What Buchanan doesn't get"...

could fill several libraries, methinks...

[Orsino]

87. What Buchanan doesn't want *us* to get is at issue here.

I'm having a hard time imagining his ever getting back on TV, after the quotes in this thread. Was it allowed to pass?

[xxqqqzme]

46. I just tried to send yet another email objecting

to that racist idiot being on her show, but all I'm getting is the sign in page for gmail!?!?

He really disgusted me tonight. There should be absolutely NO venue for the broadcast of his hate speech. There are enough racist in this country, we don't need one spewing on cable w/ regularity.

[Cha]

52. Here's just general contact for msnbc..

MSNBC
- Phone: [phone] EMAIL: [e-mail]

[mscej]

55. I Totally Agree

I could hardly breathe watching Pat spew his bigotry! I wanted to cry. I wanted to throw my laptop into the TV. I wanted to boycott, and sent emails. Internally I SCREAMED what can I do. But most of all I felt HOPELESS!

[mscej]

51. We've all had a hand in building our country

American may have been built on the backs of slaves, but we
were not the only ones exploited.  European Americans,
Hispanics, Chinese, Japanese, Indians, Mexicans, etc. have
bled as well for our country.  America is great because of
all our experiences, the good and bad, ups and downs. We've
all earned the honor of being Americans.  It is the
spineless, fearful, money grabbing idiots like Pat, who have
been successful TOO LONG in pitting us against each other.
When we fall into the trap of arrogance and self
righteousness against each other, well then the Pat's win. 
We must fight each and everyday! We must do our part to stop
this madness.  I truly believe our country depends on it!

[kayla9170]

63. OMG!!!!

I have never called a network and complained about program, until today. Patrick B. has to go. 100% of WHITE MALES build this county. This is blatantly untrue and so racist, it is amazing that any network would allow this type of speech. Not even the idiots on Faux News have said this.

I URGE YOU TO CALL MSNBC AND REQUEST FOR PAT B. TO BE REMOVED FROM THE NETWORK, IMMEDIATELY!!!!!!

[Douglas Carpenter]

54. here is the youtube video of the entire exchange between Pat Buchanan and Rachel Maddows

link:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x338289




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[Number23]

60. Thank you for posting that.

Or maybe I shouldn't be thanking you. As I'm sitting here shaking and trying not cry I am so angry at this cracked, simple-minded FOOL. My stomach is in knots I am so angry after seeing this video.

He is proof positive that education and privilege lead to ROT if not put to good use. How Rachel Maddow did not leap over that table and plant a shoe in his mouth I will never understand.

[vaberella]

65. Thanks for posting for those who haven't seen it. I don't think I could handle watching it again.

n/t

[Douglas Carpenter]

57. i'm wondering if the hardline right-wing might actually think this is a winning political strategy

Racial polarization tends to increase during bad economic times. They might actually believe that with a nonwhite President - they have a free hand to use language that has been generally considered off limits since the 60's.

They might actually believe that playing on fears of "the minorities taking over" and the white man becoming a persecuted minority will pay off for them politically.

No doubt there is a market for this demagoguery. I certainly hope and think it is a minority that will accept this nonsense. I am quite certain that the Republicans will lose any inroad they were hoping to build with minority communities. But they may really think that just as they have had some success with the strategy of making themselves the party of God, Guns and Guts, they may genuinely think they can be equally successful with a strategy of presenting themselves as the party of the "downtrodden white man."

[Odin2005]

69. I thought the same thing, too. This is some sick, sick, BS.

I was born in 1986, and I NEVER expected this much racist bile to be spewing in my lifetime EVER. Disgusting. :puke:

[Peacetrain]

59. I could not believe what I was watching...

The racism was so blatant..

[Number23]

62. I was all set to tell you to not be upset and to think about the progress made

in this country.

And then I saw the video of his exchange with Rachel. Now I'm trying to tamp down the same feelings that you had.

The only difference is that my feelings aren't towards all whites, but only towards Buchanan and anyone who thinks like them.

I have a little girl. And the idea that she will grow up in a world filled with people like him has the potential to make me lose my mind with fear and with anger.

[vaberella]

64. Sometimes the anger and frustration over powers my rational at times.

The exchange was so hateful. I just don't know how he could be allowed on national television.

[Stephanie]

66. He'll be dead before she grows up

This is generational change. Just be glad she's on the better side of the divide.

[jberryhill]

71. I make sure my kids see that kind of thing....

It's like taking them to the zoo and saying, "Now those are bears. You don't want to be attacked by them."

Or, better... those pictures at the dentist of what happens if you don't brush your teeth.

Something like an immunization.

[Number23]

72. My little girl is bi-racial. She won't have to have people like that pointed out to her

She will probably come into contact with them whether she wants to or not.

As her mother, I have to prepare her for the Buchanans of the world, because even though we hope that they will die out, we all know it will take many, many years before that happens. My mother probably prayed that the Buchanans of the world would be dead before I came of age. And yet, here we are.

[jberryhill]

82. This is poison ivy

The way I was taught - "These leaves three; let them be."

[phoenixriz]

67. Buchanan is a history revisionist

Does Pat think that Teddy Roosevelt road up San Juan Hill on his horse all by his own sweet white self with his sweet assed white men? You'd think so the way Teddy Roosevelt bragged and I'm sure Buchanan remembers from his jaded knowledge of history.

What isn't noted is that General Pershing, then Lieutenant Pershing and my Uncle Jess (later a Major, and personal secretary to Pershing) were riding with their own division entirely comprised of the magnificent Buffalo Soldiers.

[Odin2005]

68. Wow, so much racism and stupidity stuck together it hurts.

Why is this racist POS still on the TV?

[Third Doctor]

74. it's time

For Pat,to move on over to Fox news. The things that he said and the vehemence with which he said it marks him as a dyed in the wool racist. The WH itself was built by the labor of black slaves. The first continental railroad to reach the far west was built largely by chinese immigrants working under awful conditions. When he was making his statements I first turned the channel then turned it back out of anger.

[chill_wind]

75. MSNBC's Resident Racist

The Atlantic

MSNBC's Resident Racist

15 Jul 2009 07:25 pm
It's incredible. I keep telling myself to not be shocked. Pat Buchanan wants access to Sonia Sotomayor's LSAT scores. It's absolutely amazing that this dude has a job on a job, and ultimately, it says a lot about his employers and the people who enjoy his company. After watching the video, it's worth looking into some of Pat's other views. Among them these choice words for black folks:

...no people anywhere has done more to lift up blacks than white Americans. Untold trillions have been spent since the '60s on welfare, food stamps, rent supplements, Section 8 housing, Pell grants, student loans, legal services, Medicaid, Earned Income Tax Credits and poverty programs designed to bring the African-American community into the mainstream. Governments, businesses and colleges have engaged in discrimination against white folks -- with affirmative action, contract set-asides and quotas -- to advance black applicants over white applicants.

Churches, foundations, civic groups, schools and individuals all over America have donated time and money to support soup kitchens, adult education, day care, retirement and nursing homes for blacks.

(...)

http://ta-nehisicoates.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/07/msnbcs_resident_racist.php

He was vile during the primaries/election season. He remains vile now. Many of us wrote to the network more than once re:his over the top crazy crap, but don't forget, this is a network that hosted IMUS for years and guys like Michael Savage.

What would Pat Buchanan have to say to get himself fired from MSNBC?

http://mediamatters.org/columns/200906080008

[NYDem Observer]

78. Why Does MSNBC Still Employ this Vile Racist

Why do they continue to allow Buchanan to spew his bigoted views all over the airwaves? I just don't get it.

[pdxmom]

81. He just makes shit up, in order to support his feelings of white superiority. Even

a quick Google search will find you the information that there were black units at Gettysburg (of course, they may have fought for the "wrong" side in Buchanan-World, as they were mostly Northern units) and that there were many black troops at Normandy. You can even find pictures!

I do wish Rachel had just called him out on those outright lies. He named specific battles that he called 100% white, and that is nothing but a rewrite of history to minimize the contributions that minorities have made in this country. Even though blacks was treated so horribly, they loved this country so much that they were willing to sacrifice their lives to defend it.

Pat needs to be put out to pasture and not be given a platform to spew his lies and hate.

[polmaven]

83. He is right!

100% of the writers of the Constitution were white, because 100% of white men were then racist and misogynist, most of them slave owners. That is really something to point proudly at, huh, Pat?

He also said that probably 98% of the "men" who died at Normandy were white......HUH?????

[vaberella]

97. He also said it was White men who built the nation....huh?! He's crazy. n/t

[nc4bo]

84. I thought our country's political representatives should actually REPRESENT

the citizens of this country.

I think Rachel said 108 out of 110 SCOTUS were white males. :wtf: Hello all you cowardly racist, sexist and homophobic bastards, this country is made up of so much more than white men (thank goodness). We have white women and we have a huge variety of racially diverse males and females who I'm sure would have something positive to contribute to society.

Our representatives, all of them, should represent the diversity of our country. What's the problem here?!

Watch out Re:puke:licans, your fear keeps showing again and again.

[Hansel]

85. People like Pat know their days are numbered.

They know their days of enjoying undeserved deference and preferential treatment just for being white and male are coming to an end. They will kick and scream and fight back harder, but their days are numbered. They are scared to death that the pointy end of the sword they've been wielding for hundreds of years is about to be staring them in the face. They have nothing left to lose so the mask of "civility" has been thrown to the ground.

The talentless insecure bigots continue to try to suckle at the teet of this country's great hypocrisy but the milk is running dry. Cry baby cry.

[lunatica]

86. It's the high decibel "Get the fuck off my lawn!" spittle rant

the rest is just yada yada more of the same. He even started screaming, which indicates that when their complacency has vanished and they start ranting and raging into a froth it's because we are winning. Haven't we been noticing that they're beginning to literally scream. Glen Beck even reached a high note that was unbelievable when he was challenged by a caller.

[Bluenorthwest]

89. Pat is a racist, classist, homophobic pig

and I have been vocally opposing him for many many years. Back when his homophobia had the starring role, it was just teh gay complaining, and so we did not have much help in getting him off the air.

I would love it if more people joined in to help rid the media of Pat, and for that matter his sister Bay. Better late than never I always say.

[totodeinhere]

100. The best way to get rid of Pat is to stop watching him.

If his ratings go down, he is off the air. That's how it works. When he comes on I flip to CSPAN.

[Steely_Dan]

94. Yes But....

Why didn't Rachel answer his question at the end of the segment. I thought that she should have said something. Pat asked if the firefighters had been discriminated against. She basically said that they were out of time.

-P

[vaberella]

96. I thought it was clear.

They were out of time and they had a discussion that was getting heated and could go on to the end of the show. Second of all, I'm sure you noted that Rachel was ridiculously pissed off as well and was trying to tamp down her anger and not managing it well. When most people are dealing with a bigoted person and it seems to continue on indefinitely, they'd rather move on. I didn't fault her in that.

[Forkboy]

99. You'll stop watching Matthews?

HA!




;)

[vaberella]

105. Could you believe it?! But yes. PB is one of Matthews' favorite people.

I can't sit there to even see that man. Buchanan is vile.

[noiretextatique]

102. he's a vile ignorant racist idiot

who doesn't even know the history of this country. i can't take him seriously...but i understand how you feel :nuke:

[depakid]

110. Rachel showed a remarkable amount of restraint

No way I could have sat through that diatribe and kept as cool.

[Paladin]

113. Too Damned Much Restraint, As Far As I'm Concerned..... (n/t)

Of course, I'm one of those uncivilized types who doesn't agree with liberals wimping out at every conceivable opportunity....

[dorkulon]

115. Come on now.

You must see how it's not fair to paint all whites as Buchananites at heart. I'm not entirely white myself, but that's just not true.

[rasputin1952]

116. Buchanan is from a separate reality, one I care not to visit...

I suppose he forgot that a man named Crispus Attucks died on the street in colonial Boston, or that many blacks fought alongside Continental forces. As for the Civil War, black regiments fought with distinction from 1863 on. During the Spanish American War, the 10th Cavalry literally saved the Rough Riders on Kettle Hill, the 10th and 11th Cavalries fought with distinction during the Indian Wars.

Speaking of Indians, many joined the military during WW's I&II, they fought with distinction, even though they were rarely seen as "equals" and often not even granted citizenship.

The Japanese regiments of WWII, the black units that ran supply and built roads, bridges, airfields and camps...all while being treated like 2nd class human beings. I guess Pat forgot about the Yellow Tailed P-51's that escorted bombers over Germany, and these men who became known as the Tuskegee Airmen, never lost a bomber to an enemy fighter they escorted.

But the Great Pat Buchanan, purveyor of some of the worst history lessons ever uttered this side of a neo-nazi meet-up, military genius that never served, legal eagle w/o the slightest notion of what the Constitution is about...can spill his drivel upon the masses and expect them to lap it up. Some will, but Buchanan has finally gone too far over the top; his reality can only be found in some obscure place, surrounded by empty bottles of whiskey and gin.

[JerseygirlCT]

117. I always admire Rachel's ability to be cool and calm and very

directed in her questions regardless of who she is speaking with. But I think this blatant bigotry even took her by surprise. She held on, but it was apparent that she found what he was saying both shocking and disgusting.

I agree with you - past time to put that jerk out to pasture. (And please, please, his sister with him). What he said was so incredibly hurtful and ignorant he really ought not to be allowed in decent company.