Pat Buchanan Quotes
... immoral, evil and a demagogue.
Characterizing Martin Luther King Jr.:
Pat Buchanan, White House Speech Writer (Republican), Political Columnist, Candidate for Republican Nomination for President, Quoted in The Washington Post, February 27, 1996
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Douglas had Presidential ambitions and was a Democrat. Greeley, a supporter of the new Republican party had the New York Tribune endorse Douglas for the nomination, knowing that Tribune support would alienate many Southerners and draw support away from Douglas
Marshall was one of the greatest soldiers who ever served America. He was the Chief of Staff throughout the Second World War and then served as Secretary of State. It was he who devised and implemented the Marshall Plan. McCarthy accused thousands of people of being disloyal including Marshall. He claimed to have lists of communists in the Army and other agencies of government, but never produced such lists. In addition to being a overbearing demagogue, he suffered (and died from) from a serious case of alcoholism. McCarthy’s false and irresponsible attacks eventually caused the Senate to censure him. That and his drinking destroyed his career. Marshall is remembered as one of America’s great figures.
Iturbide, known also as Agustin I, was the first Emperor of Mexico who was executed by a firing squad.
Kennedy although sharing some of the pro-Nazi sentiments of Coughlin was one of the first political leaders to recognize Coughlin as a danger. He was one of those instrumental in convincing the Vatican to shut down the priest’s political activities.
Referring to the actions of United States Attorney General, Edwin M. Meese III, in the Wedtech case. This was a very unusual situation where a United States Attorney publicly admits to the bad behavior of a former Attorney General.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is
Such intellectuals as Max Eastman. John Dos Passos, and James Rorty were officially so classified.
He was expelled from Parliament for such.
Mark Twain referring to and reflecting on his encounter with the Sultan of Turkey, Abdul Aziz.
He said this as he threw them out of his White House office.
He like others were very critical of Democracy and also of tyranny, but they had no positive solution as to what was acceptable.
This and other quotations like {640611} and {640616} show that the State Department knew that Mobutu Sese Seko, the man we were backing in the Congo had many very undesirable characteristics for a dependable foreign ally and one who would be given control of billions of American money. Yet nothing was done and we continued to support him despite the kleptocracy and the instability that undermined his regime and the United States along with it.
Patrick Joseph Buchanan is an American paleoconservative political commentator, columnist, politician and broadcaster. Buchanan was an assistant and special consultant to U.S. Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan, and was an original host on CNN's Crossfire. He sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1992 and 1996. He ran on the Reform Party ticket in the 2000 presidential election.
