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June 15, 2008
Confirmed: Pat Buchanan is a Lunatic
Whew. Glad we've got this one out of the way.
As the book develops, Buchanan begins to unmask his true colors more and more. It is one thing to make the case that Germany was ill-used, and German minorities harshly maltreated, as a consequence of the 1914 war of which Germany's grim emperor was one of the prime instigators. It's quite another thing to say that the Nazi decision to embark on a Holocaust of European Jewry was "not a cause of the war but an awful consequence of the war." Not only is Buchanan claiming that Hitler's fanatical racism did not hugely increase the likelihood of war, but he is also making the insinuation that those who wanted to resist him are the ones who are equally if not indeed mainly responsible for the murder of the Jews! This absolutely will not do. He adduces several quotations from Hitler and Goebbels, starting only in 1939 and ending in 1942, screaming that any outbreak of war to counter Nazi ambitions would lead to a terrible vengeance on the Jews. He forgets—at least I hope it's only forgetfulness—that such murderous incitement began long, long before Hitler had even been a lunatic-fringe candidate in the 1920s. This "timeline" is as spurious, and as sinister, as the earlier dates, so carefully selected by Buchanan, that tried to make Prussian imperialism look like a victim rather than a bully.In other words, the Holocaust was our fault, because we didn't have the 'wisdom' to heed the threats of madmen? What a sub-fecal creature Buchanan has turned out to be. It's both amazing and shameful that he was able to gain so much credibility within the GOP. (H/t: A-Man, again) A few commenters in the Hot Air thread on this story show just how far (low?) people are willing to go to defend Buchanan.
Posted by slublog at June 15, 2008 11:57 PM
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Well said!
Man, Buchanan sure makes conservatives look bad.
I have no idea why Townhall gives this idiot a voice thus giving him credibility.
The sooner Townhall and Fox News dumps this racist anti-semite the better.
Posted by: USS Ben at June 22, 2008 05:21 PM