Pat Buchanan: Christian monarchy is fine with me

Just saw this exchange on Hardball. Pat can be so smart sometimes it's easy to forget what a nut he really is, so I thought I'd post this little reminder.

The subject is Iran. Pat starts out well, endorsing Obama's handling of the strife in Iran (for some in GD-P, this makes him better than Maddow or Olbermann). Joan Walsh says how great it is that Dems and Repubs all agree on the importance of democracy. Chris hears an opportunity to needle Pat on his latent fascism.



So, for Buchanan, the only problem with theocracy in Iran is that it's the wrong religion being used to oppress people.

One thing I noticed was that Buchanan was gone from the airwaves last week, when Von Brunn and Roeder had sparked a nationwide discussion of domestic right wing terrorism. He was gone from MSNBC and The McLaughlin Group. Normally I can't turn on my TV without seeing the old cracker. I wonder what he would have said had he been on. I wonder if that's why he wasn't on.

I understand why Buchanan gets this kind of work--he has been articulating conservative arguments better than nearly anyone else for decades, and he doesn't just shout his opponents down, but considers their points and responds intelligently, not with dumb name-calling. But his beliefs are a lot more extreme than most Republicans, and now here he is pretty much coming out in favor of a Christian theocratic revolution. I don't know, I guess I should be used to it, but this seems like a pretty serious thing for him to say. What if Rush said it? What if Cheney said it? Why does Pat get away with it?

Northern Ireland especially is beckoning, although I dislike siccing another witless right wing Proddy onto them.

I hope his ancestors are haunting him.

We've got enough neo-fascists of our own, thank you very much!

Northern Ireland already had to suffer Paisley and the Provos; it doesn't deserve Pat.

Liberal Democracy means that the right to govern is consented by the people

Democracy there would put Wahabbi extremists in power, and they really are just the pits.

that Osama bin Laden could win a democratic election there.

his undeniable charm. And he is charming. But he is also a fascist, and for that the media has failed by allowing him to have a platform.

I give them credit for not picking a David Brooks type to be their "Republican" shill.

England under the reign of George III was undoubtedly a Christian monarchy.

So much for Pat the patriot...

He also thinks WWII should have been avoided and Hitler could have been "contained."

by the MSM.

A master-debater, even. :hide:

even if he wanted to...:rofl:

George III was rather anti-Catholic

He should be more specific.

can be pretty delusional if he's given too long a leash.

what a work pat pukecannon is, I'm series!!!!!bigtime!!

:rofl:

Pat is a fascist.

I couldn't believe how--well, how honest that was. Also, I was genuinely surprised he would say that--and I thought I knew Pat.

Wow just wow (but I could have expected this, as he has defended LePen in the past).

anything but socialism! :crazy:

;)

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

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yep, thats Pat. koookooooo

What that loser thinks?

Maybe we could help him raise the funds, and send his fellow travelers along with him...

There is no such thing as "a" Christian. There are many different types. And when one is empowered, the others HATE him. Just like Islam, and any other religion with many sects.

:spank:

But there was some burning too. Gotta keep all the various torturers employed, I guess.

Really, the Calvinists loved to "baptise" the Anabaptists PERMANENTLY. Such Christian love!

It's not their fault Anabaptists need to be killed.

I think Calvin is Pat's kind of guy.

:rofl:

"Well he was better than the alternative, Chris."
:scared:

:spray:

How's theocracy working for Iran?

That's the problem.

I've suspected for a couple of decades now that a large amount of Americans would be perfectly content in a monarchy.

I really think the Fundies are jealous that some countries in the Middle East are run as a theocracy. IF some new country sprung up with a Christian Monarchy or as a Christian Theocracy would they pack up and flock from this country to go there?

Then again, trying to change the United States into a Christian Nation is still pretty much a goal
of some people in this country.

:puke: Is to deny the brutality and repression of that fascist POS's reign.

It may be out of print, but an imporatnt Spanish history book on my shelf is "The Franco Years: The Untold Human Story of Life Under Spanish Fascism" by Jose Yglesias. The author is like a Spanish Studs Terkel, interviewing ordinary people who survived those years, and uncovering what they endured.

Buchanan is a Nazi, and that is not a term I use lightly, a la a discussion board epithet.