What is Pat Buchanan thinking?
Writing by abuhatem on Wednesday, 28 of May , 2008 at 8:32 pm
I often disagree with Pat Buchanan but I am a fan of him nonetheless. However, ever since 2004 he has been steadily falling in line with the GOP establishment. In 2004, Buchanan endorsed Bush for president because while Bush was wrong on democratic imperialism and the expansion of the welfare state, John Kerry wasn’t any better (honestly, that is pretty much true though). In 2007, Buchanan said that although he opposed the war, the surge strategy in Iraq was working and a “good idea” to POTUS08 radio. Earlier in the year on the McLaughlin group, Buchanan said that the war in Iraq was not really affecting the American economy in the long term. Where is he coming from there?
Anyways, after the McClellan book allegations today that Bush had been using deceptive propaganda to the American people in making the case for war, Buchanan totally ripped McClellan tonight on MSNBC’s Dan Abrams. Buchanan told Abrams that it was disloyal for McClellan to do this and that loyalty should not be a thing of the past. He also said that if he really opposed the war to such a degree he should have resigned at the time and not advocated the war.
When a foreign policy of democratic imperialism is taking place, to use Mr. Buchanan’s term, then the ultimate loyalty is to one’s country, not administration. Thus, of course, McClellan is good for coming out on this.
There was a lot of media news today. Last night the ratings on the cable news networks for the past quarter were released, the Project for Excellence in Journalism also released a study on Iraq coverage, and Katie Couric said this morning that the media prior to the Iraq war did not do a good job. Thus the next post, when I get the time, will be on the media and the Iraq war (no conspiracy theories, we do have a free press running in a free market but a critical look nonetheless).
Category: American Politics
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