"Nothing about our country is static, immutable, or permanent. And I wouldn’t have it any other way—no matter what Pat Buchanan thinks."

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COMMENTS:
*  As far as common sense is concerned Buchanan knew all along about the bad policies but ratchet jawed his way on the issues. He is about 20 years too late for me to accept his after the fact observations. God -- more like a demi-god. Buchanan also has a problem with math.
*  But take care as you try to dig holes for Blacks, immigrant people, and others: supporting Reagan economically hurt many blue collar Whites; supporting George W. hurt many tech people, who should have supported Gore. Good luck you hateful "superior" people.
*  For the men and women who support Trump, Pat Buchanan is a god. They don't even know the true God they purport to serve, who would laugh at Pat and The Donald.
*  Actually Pat Buchanan ran on the issues whereas Liar Trump is just into name calling and lying.
*  One big difference is that Buchanon is a notorious anti-Semitic Holocaust denier who worked for crooked President Nixon, while Drumpf is just sexist, racist, nativist, a fraudster, a grandiose narcissist and stunningly ignorant of world affairs.
*   There is one major difference between Trump and Buchanan. Trump is a bloviating gasbag inside an empty suit.  Buchanan is an articulate bloviating gasbag inside an empty suit.
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Pat Buchanan: a godfather of 'Trumpism'
By Linda Feldmann, May 21, 2016

Back in the 1990s, conservative commentator and former White House aide Pat Buchanan took the Republican Party by storm as a “pitchfork populist,” running for president on a platform of economic nationalism, sealing the border, and isolationism. Mr. Buchanan’s high point came in 1996, when he won the New Hampshire primary. Today, the rise of Donald Trump carries distinct echoes of Buchanan. He is, in a way, the godfather of “Trumpism.” We spoke with Buchanan about Mr. Trump, Bernie Sanders, and the future of the Republican Party. The following are excerpts, lightly edited for clarity:

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AMERICA’S MOVED ON—BUT MANY STILL LIVE IN A WHITE FANTASY LAND
By Sam Fulwood III, May 22, 2016

I’ve lived in many Americas.

As a child of the 1960s, I remember the racial segregation of separate bathrooms and drinking fountains in my North Carolina hometown. In the late ’70s, I was a beneficiary of affirmative action programs that provided both educational and occupational opportunities that my parents and grandparents were denied.

Through the ’80s, ’90s and early part of this century, I witnessed the rise, fall and rebound of our nation’s economy; the decimation of jobs and industries; a growing chasm between the haves and the have-nots; amazing advances in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, or LGBT, rights; and a persistently stubborn gap in wages between men and women.

In 2008—and again in 2012—I saw something I thought impossible: the election and re-election of an African-American as president of the United States.

For good and ill, waves of change makes the nation viable and strong. This is my understanding of the America I know and love. But not everyone shares my embrace of a changing America—least of all Pat Buchanan.

The 77-year-old right-wing syndicated columnist and talking head continues to opine in support of his vision of the good old days: the period of U.S. history when a select few white men were the unchallenged arbiters of our national life.

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Well, good. That television-scripted version of America was never my reality. Nor do I want it to be. Everything that I’ve experienced in nearly six decades of living and working in this nation tells me that as the nation constantly changes, it improves.

Nothing about our country is static, immutable, or permanent. And I wouldn’t have it any other way—no matter what Pat Buchanan thinks.
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