IFS, thanks for the answer to that question. I saw it when I got home. Thank You

james1437 Wrote: Absolutely right!, I recall when he beat Bob Dole in New Hampshire and the next morning the entire Republican machine came out against him. As if that wasn't bad enough Bill Kristol attacked him saying we couldn't have tariffs! Thats when I knew Pat was right, when the establishment, Repub. and Demo. attacked him. = Exactly right, James, some of us remember what was done to Pat Buchanan, by scum like Bill Kristol and the rest of his establishment pals, now he is bragging about purging Pat from the GOP and they mean to do likewise with all social conservatives ... bet on it.

... of anti zionist sentiment. As such, I do believe Pat developed a dislike for Jews, but IMO that is only natural if a group of people sets out to harm you, to damage your reputation and brand you an anti semite, which is the modern equivalent of wearing the scarlet letter. In some ways I believe the same dynamic played out with Mel Gibson and the Jewish communities reaction to The Passion of the Christ.

Is Pat an anti semite? Here's how I see it, for whatever its worth ... He didn't start out as an anti semite. He simply embraced a more protectionist, America first philosophy that has a long tradition in American politics, going back the the founders, they had these arguments too and there was strong sense that believed we should keep our noses out of foreign affairs, even refusing to assist France in their war verses Britain when only a short time earlier than assisted us! But I digress. Point being, Pat is of that tradition and as such he was always suspicious of America's foreign policy where it pertains to Israel, and because he expressed his reservations he was branded an anti semite by those who cannot abide even a whiff ....

As I said to Herman below: I can't claim to know Bill Kristol's heart or where his loyalties lie, but I'll tell you what I do know, Bill Kristol has not done a dame thing of a significant nature for the conservative movement in my lifetime, and he sure as hell hasn't done anything to beat back the spread of Cultural Marxism, hasn't lifted one finger to battle the ACLU and People for the American Way and the Hollywood left and the Campus radicals and all those who have infested this country with cultural rot, while Buchanan has spent a lifetime battling these malevolent forces at great risk to his own reputation and livelihood. That much is certain.

Herman, I can't claim to know the mans heart or where his loyalties lie, but I'll tell you what I do know, Bill Kristol has not done a dame thing of a significant nature for the conservative movement in my lifetime, and he sure as hell hasn't done anything to beat back the spread of Cultural Marxism, hasn't lifted one finger to battle the ACLU and People for the American Way and the Hollywood left and the Campus radicals and all those who have infested this country with cultural rot, while Buchanan has spent a lifetime battling these malevolent forces at great risk to his own reputation and livelihood.

My point is, there's a lot more to this story than folks have been told by those who control the narrative, but you have to be willing to dig deeper.

Pat has been on the front lines of the culture war for half a century, and in fact he gave the most important speech of the 20th century for the social conservative cause, his famous culture war speech at the GOP convention, and that speech gave Bush Sr. a 10 point bump in the overnight polls, but the liberals went on the attack, called him a Nazi, and the Bushies all ran for cover and left him on the battlefield to fend for himself, they disassociated themselves from the culture war speech, and Bush Sr. promptly got his A-ss kicked by Bill Clinton.

Pat is a fighter and if you hit him, he hits back, and I admire him for it. That said, this column was instigated by Kristol who was acting all friendly with Pat on the train, when unbeknownst to Pat, only a few hours earlier he was publicly trashing Pat and bragging about purging him from the Republican party. What kind of slimy little weasel does that? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMjJIRZk1K8

Sorry IFS, something came up and I gotta run, but I look for your answer when I get back home. Take Care