Pat Buchanan seems to quietly have disappeared from MSNBC (he he he). I wonder why? nt

[mfcorey1]

[unionworks]

1. Inquiring minds

Want to know!

[SunsetDreams]

2. An MSNBC executive told HuffPo‘s Michael Calderone

An MSNBC executive told HuffPo‘s Michael Calderone that there had been a conscious decision not to have Buchanan on air because of the views expressed in the book which is described this way on Amazon.com:

"America was born a Western Christian republic but is being transformed into a multiracial, multicultural, multilingual, multiethnic stew of a nation that has no successful precedent in the history of the world."

The groups CREDO Action and ColorofChange.org — which took credit for the beginning of the end of Glenn Beck on Fox News — is going one further. Today the groups announced they have delivered 275,000 signatures on a petition demanding the network fire Buchanan for his “long history of bigoted rhetoric.”

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/why-msnbc-analyst-pat-buchanan-wont-be-on-msnbc-to-promote-his-book_b97351

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Color Of Change Urges MSNBC To Fire Pat Buchanan
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/25/color-of-change-msnbc-pat-buchanan_n_1031274.html

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Is MSNBC Freezing Out Pat Buchanan Because Of His Controversial New Book?

For 21 consecutive months, MSNBC has been No. 1 among African American viewers in prime time. So maybe it’s no surprise that Pat Buchanan, the controversial pundit, hasn’t appeared on the network since late October. The Huffington Post’s Michael Calderone reports that Buchanan hasn’t shown up on MSNBC since Oct. 22, while doing the rounds on other stations to promote his new book, Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive To 2025?. The book has a chapter titled, “The End of White America,” and — according to Sam Fullwood III of American Progress — it has some interesting racial undertones. As well as some interesting racial overtones. Including:

"Those who believe the rise in power of an Obama rainbow coalition of peoples of color means the whites who helped to engineer it will steer it are deluding themselves. The whites may discover what it is like to ride in the back of the bus."

http://www.mediaite.com/online/is-msnbc-freezing-out-pat-buchanan-because-of-his-controversial-new-book/

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Maybe he has been fired?

[SoCalDem]

4. I have seen him on CNN

occasionally when flipping channels

He's an antiquated, xenophobic, homophobic racist..good riddance

[SunsetDreams]

8. Really? I don't watch much CNN

so thankfully I've missed his spew. I say good riddance to him as well.

[trueblue2007]

13. i think pat buchanan is a vicious pig of a man and i can't stand him

[Honeycombe8]

17. I don't think he CAN be on CNN. He's contracted with MSNBC, unless he changed stations. His sister

has been on CNN.

[SoCalDem]

20. I saw him on with Erin Burnett last week

Maybe MSNBC has not renewed his contract

[Honeycombe8]

22. Wow. Now that's interesting. Maybe his contract has exceptions. He's a regular...

He's a regular on The McLaughlin Group on PBS. I haven't watched it in a while, so I don't know if he's been on that show. But I know I've seen it since October, and Buchanan was in his regular chair, as usual.

[SoCalDem]

23. Since he's an "author", he may have a clause that allows him to promote his drivel

on other channels..

I hope he's been fired

[winstars]

24. Ahh!!! It takes 2 days for someone who watches Eriin Burnett...

to reveal a recent "Uncle Pat" sighting... Goes to show how few people actually watch her horrible show... I mean really, "my Strike Team" what the fuck is she talks about??? She still shows how many days since our credit downgrade last summer, on her list of something stupidly named, for the biz angle because, you know, she is from CNBC. Of course she would have a racist on her terrible show.

[SoCalDem]

26. I don't actually "watch" her as a rule

put here on the west coast, they repeat Hardball at 4 PM, so I watch Aljazeera at 4, but when IBN comes on, I flip over to CNN and then flip around until Ed Schultz.. I was surprised to see Racist-Pat, and then kept on flipping

[Honeycombe8]

34. MYSTERY SOLVED (sort of). He IS continuing appearances on other networks....

For years Buchanan has been a permanent guest on The McLaughlin Group, a political talk show on PBS (it's excellent, BTW).

I looked at the podcasts and saw that Buchanan was there, in his regular chair, on last week's show.

Sooooo...his not being on MSNBC has something to do with his contract with MSNBC and not his health. Esp since he's also been on CNN.

Of course, it could be as simple as they couldn't agree on terms, when it came time to renew. Or it could've been complaints against him because of his views. Who knows?

[Bluenorthwest]

28. He's pitching his Book...they are just not allowing him to promote it at his home

channel, he's free to promote it elsewhere.

[A Simple Game]

16. People used to call it a melting pot, most now prefer a salad, but he is right about the stew.

Of course most people feel diversity is a good thing, I'm sure Pat doesn't share that feeling. But he is wrong about us being born a Western Christian nation, and about us being transformed into a multiracial, multicultural, multilingual, multiethnic stew of a nation.

We have been a multiracial, multicultural, multilingual, multiethnic stew of a nation for a long, long time. We have always had Native Americans and Mexicans. Then English and Spaniards were added, then Italian, Irish, Chinese, etc. I apologize that my list is not all inclusive, and probably not in the correct order, but you get the idea. Of course I haven't even touched upon the different religions. This all happened long before Pat even drew his first breath.

I may be wrong but I don't think Pat likes stew.

[SunsetDreams]

3. and This: Media Matters Pat Buchanan's Worst MSNBC Moments

Pat Buchanan's Worst MSNBC Moments
November 03, 2011 5:22 pm

MSNBC political analyst Pat Buchanan has a long history of bigoted commentary in his books, columns, speeches, memos, and media appearances. Here are a few of his worst moments on MSNBC.

Buchanan: Obama's Higher Education Was "Probably Affirmative Action All The Way." From the April 26, 2011, edition of MSNBC's Hardball:

*snip*

MSNBC Forced To Remove Buchanan's Column Defending Hitler: From MSNBC's website, accessed September 3, 2009:

*snip*

"Offended" Buchanan Stands Up For "White Males," Falsely Claiming Only "White Males" Died At Gettysburg, Normandy.

*snip*
Buchanan: "This Has Been A Country Built, Basically, By White Folks." From the July 16, 2009, edition of MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show:

More here: http://mediamatters.org/research/201111030022

[Kalidurga]

5. He was allowed to go on far too long...

in the civilized world we don't need redneck bigots.

[deacon]

6. He has something against the Blah people. n/t

[mrs_p]

33. lol

DUzy

[NBachers]

7. I love living in a multiracial, multicultural, multilingual, multiethnic stew of a nation

[Mopar151]

9. The food is wonderful! n/t

[JaneQPublic]

10. Anyone else cringe back when Rachel called him her "fake uncle"?

I bet she's regretting that now.

[Bluenorthwest]

30. I stopped watching her right then and there. Yep.

Pat's history of anti gay hate speech is one of the worst in the nation. 'Uncle Pat' she said, to the man who slanders her own community...well actually, Pat goes after gay men, mostly, so Rachel made her wee pact with her so called heart and decided the millions were worth promoting Pat as part of our political discourse.
Many on DU defended Pat and her use of Pat and I myself get chided for not playing Patsy cake. "It's fun to watch Rachel spar with him!" They said. Of course, that is when DU thought Pat was 'just' anti gay. Many here think that is fine and dandy. Then they found out what I knew since the 80's, Pat is a racist as well as a hater of gay people. Huge racist.
Prior to her adopting him as Uncle, I had heard Maddow speak of her extreme emotional reaction to a Pat speech. RNC speech. She claimed she was hurt and crying and all. Then later they offered her money, and she helped promote him.
My respect for her is slim as a 2 million dollar paycheck. She does some good work, yet is it tainted with all that 'I like this hate monger' shit she did for so long. She got rich, gets limos and wee jets for her and her partner and a few homes. The rest of us get more years of Pat mongering hate. She's protected, so she felt fine sending him out to get the rest of us....'Oh, honey, if they make gay camps we get exempted, don't worry, they will only take the non A-List gays. Is the car here yet? The plane is waitin!'

[winstars]

11. Joey Scar said he was sick...

Maybe a month ago I thought I heard the ladykiller and Meeka talking about how Pat had been sick but was getting better... They basically mentioned it in passing, I don't think I dreamt it, although it was early for me...

[Honeycombe8]

18. Oh...I hate to hear that. That makes sense, though.

I thought he was on a really long vacation, but older men are at risk of getting a number of illnesses (namely, cancer), so maybe that's it.

Despite some of his views, I hate to hear that anyone is that sick. That's more than the flu.

[Warren DeMontague]

12. He's taking a really, really, really, really, really, really, really long shit.

Have you looked at that guy? I strongly suspect he's the last person in the United States still eating this:



I bet the last time he ate a vegetable, LBJ was in the White House.

[Bolo Boffin]

14. People always think it's cool to have a little pet baby monkey.

But when it reaches adulthood and starts flinging feces all over the place in between masturbation breaks, having a pet monkey just loses all the glitter.

I don't know why the OP reminded me of this.

[Shankapotomus]

15. I actually think Phil Griffin

is making some great choices at MSNBC. If this is one of them I say good.

[opihimoimoi]

19. Stepping on dicks is not rec'd for long term association/employment....me thinks he overstepped

[Shankapotomus]

25. Griffin or Buchanan? (nt)

[opihimoimoi]

29. Pat.....

[madinmaryland]

21. Good fucking riddance!

[aaaaaa5a]

27. Pat Buchanan is a very good metaphorical representative for what makes up the base of GOP support.

Racism

Homophobia

Religious Zealotry

Fear

Sexism


When Lincoln and the Republicans worked to end slavery, the South went solidly Democratic. In fact for most of the 1900s the south was viewed as the "solid block" it was so Democratic. Then, when a new generation of Democrats swept in and assisted with the passage of civil rights legislation, magically, the South went Republican. Today it is a "solid block" for Republicans.

Understanding how and why people vote the way they do, has become almost too easy to predict.

Anyone (Including Morning Joe) who support Buchanan, feed into the hatred that fuels Republican support.

[ananda]

31. Good.

PB will not be missed here.

However, there are so many rw commentators
and reporters that I feel that it won't matter
until they're all gone.

[hobbit709]

32. His SS uniform hasn't come back from the cleaners, they lost it.

[underpants]

35. As Molly Ivins famously said (often stolen) about his speech at the 1992 GOP convention

"probably sounded better in the original German,"