9.05.2006
Pat Buchanan
Pat Buchanan is an iconic figure for my generation. He has consistently taken a "nativist," anti-trade, anti-immigration, anti-interventionist stance in foreign affairs, outmaneuvering both Left-Liberal Democrats (whose flaw is their aversion to trade agreements as an absolutist principle) and Conservative Republicans (whose flaw is their borderline hatred of immigrants and recent penchant for arbitrary invasions of sovereign nations).
For all his oddness and references to America as a Christian Nation, I think Buchanan can sometimes be right. I'm not sure if he is "right" on immigration policy, but he makes this Hispanic/Latino leader look foolish in this CNN exchange between Buchanan and National Council of La Raza President Janet Murguia. Buchanan points out that while Murguia dislikes Buchanan's stance on immigration policy, she cannot point out any factual or logical errors on his part, or suggest why his policy preferences are incorrect. Instead, she attributes his stance to his "trying to sell a book." That's bullshit -- Buchanan has had this stance forever, and furthermore, she is just as guilty. She is trying to promote her lobbying organization - The Nat. Council of La Raza - an organization, which, let's be clear, seeks rents and rights for a particular race of Americans and non-Americans. I hardly think it is strange to question her legitimacy as an independent commentator when she leads a racial lobbying organization. And no one can really argue with my characterization -- after all, does La Raza lobby for any black Americans?
Buchanan also has a blog now -- no shit! -- and you can read it at right from the beginning. The headliner quotations on his blog change whenever you login/refresh, but this one, a quote from his current book, jumped out at me:
For all his oddness and references to America as a Christian Nation, I think Buchanan can sometimes be right. I'm not sure if he is "right" on immigration policy, but he makes this Hispanic/Latino leader look foolish in this CNN exchange between Buchanan and National Council of La Raza President Janet Murguia. Buchanan points out that while Murguia dislikes Buchanan's stance on immigration policy, she cannot point out any factual or logical errors on his part, or suggest why his policy preferences are incorrect. Instead, she attributes his stance to his "trying to sell a book." That's bullshit -- Buchanan has had this stance forever, and furthermore, she is just as guilty. She is trying to promote her lobbying organization - The Nat. Council of La Raza - an organization, which, let's be clear, seeks rents and rights for a particular race of Americans and non-Americans. I hardly think it is strange to question her legitimacy as an independent commentator when she leads a racial lobbying organization. And no one can really argue with my characterization -- after all, does La Raza lobby for any black Americans?
Buchanan also has a blog now -- no shit! -- and you can read it at right from the beginning. The headliner quotations on his blog change whenever you login/refresh, but this one, a quote from his current book, jumped out at me:
In 1960, the U.S. population was 89% white. By 1990, it was 76%. Today, it is under 70%. By 2050, white Americans, the most loyal voting bloc the Republican Party has, that provides 90% of all GOP votes, will be just another minority because of an immigration policy championed by Republicans. When John Stuart Mill called the Tories ‘the Stupid Party,’ he was not entirely wrong.
-- Pat Buchanan, State of Emergency
# posted by Vanity @ 01:03 
