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Bill Richer wrote:
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> -Caveat Lector-
>
> Dear Brigade,
>
> "I think that Chairman Nicholson's letter was rude, insulting. It was
> arrogant, and
> ultimately, I think it was very stupid...I just think that the Republican
> establishment is
> doing its best right now to almost force a fracture in the GOP. I've been
> reading that I'm
> to be presented with some kind of a loyalty oath.... I've served in three
> White Houses
> of three Republican presidents. And if someone presents me with a loyalty
> oath, I
> would suggest they're going to be making a mistake....... I'm not signing any
> automatic loyalty oath to support the Republican nominee. In my judgment, the
> Republican establishment is virtually fixing this election, rigging this
> election..."
>
> GO PAT GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> Linda
>
> ----------------------------------------------
>
> CBS News - FACE THE NATION
>
> July 11, 1999, Sunday
>
> PATRICK BUCHANAN, GOP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, DISCUSSES THE
> PRESIDENTIAL RACE
>
> BOB SCHIEFFER, host: Now we're going to turn to Republican politics, some
> real
> turmoil on the right side of the Republican Party this week. And we have
> Republican
> presidential candidate Pat Buchanan, who comes--and is not embarrassed to
> say--
> from the Republican right.
>
> Mr. PAT BUCHANAN (GOP Presidential Candidate): Mm-hmm.
>
> SCHIEFFER: What does this mean, Mr. Buchanan, because the news is that Bob
> Smith, the--the senator from New Hampshire who was running for president--I
> don't
> think anybody thought he was going to get the Republican nomination except
> perhaps
> Senator Smith. He now says he's going to leave the party apparently and run
> as the
> candidate of the US Taxpayer Party. There is some reports that you may
> actually...
>
> Mr. BUCHANAN: Mm-hmm.
>
> SCHIEFFER: ...leave the Republican Party before it's over and go to the
> Reform Party,
> perhaps. What's happening on the right side of the Republican Party here?
>
> Mr. BUCHANAN: Well, I think with regard to Senator Smith, he's going through
> a lot of
> torment and anguish over whether to stay in the GOP. He's a friend of mine.
> He's a fine
> senator. And he's made his decision that he can best pursue and advance the
> causes
> in which he believes, which are very similar to what I believe, outside the
> Republican
> Party and the Taxpayer Party is a third party candidate. If he does that, and
> I'm not
> sure he has made the decision yet final, it's bad news for the Republican
> Party.
>
> GLORIA BORGER (CBS News; US News & World Report): Why is it bad news?
>
> Mr. BUCHANAN: Well, I think Bob Smith has a conservative base in New
> Hampshire
> and the Taxpayer Party, while very tiny, I think it got less than a million
> votes last
> time, he could get quite a few votes over there.
>
> BORGER: Well, let's talk about you.
>
> Mr. BUCHANAN: Mm-hmm.
>
> BORGER: There's a lot of talk and--and--and...
>
> Mr. BUCHANAN: Mm-hmm.
>
> BORGER: ...you've met with Governor Ventura yourself.
>
> Mr. BUCHANAN: Right.
>
> BORGER: There's talk about your trying for the Reform Party nomination. Is
> that
> something you are considering?
>
> Mr. BUCHANAN: Right now, Gloria, I am in the Republican Party. I won the
> Republican straw poll in New Hampshire. I intend to go out to Ames, Iowa, and
> do my
> best there, although the competition is a little stiffer out there, I will
> concede. But I'm a
> Republican and I'm running for the Republican nomination.
>
> BORGER: Would you rule it out?
>
> Mr. BUCHANAN: I'm not going to rule anything in or out at this point. But
> what I do
> represent, Gloria, is what I've represented for seven years. I'm going to
> fight as long
> and hard and as well as I can for a foreign policy that puts our own country
> first and
> keeps us out of wars like Kosovo, for a trade policy that puts our farmers
> and workers
> first, and for, quite frankly, the full restoration of America's sovereignty.
> And I regret to
> say that the Republican establishment is very Clintonite on all those issues.
>
> SCHIEFFER: Well, now the chairman of the Republican Party, Mr. Nicholson,
> wrote a--
> what I would call a fairly nasty letter to Senator Smith...
>
> Mr. BUCHANAN: Mm-hmm.
>
> SCHIEFFER: ...told him that it was not the message that was being rejected in
> his
> case, but the messenger, referring to Senator Smith. We have Senator
> McConnell,
> who heads a Senate campaign committee...
>
> Mr. BUCHANAN: Mm-hmm.
>
> SCHIEFFER: ..saying he's going to now try to get back the money that the
> Republican Party gave Senator Smith in his last election. What do you think
> of--of the
> reaction from the party itself, so far, to Senator Smith?
>
> Mr. BUCHANAN: I think that Chairman Nicholson's letter was rude, insulting.
> It was
> arrogant, and ultimately, I think it was very stupid. You have probably--if
> Smith were
> not going to leave, he probably surely is going to now. I think the handling
> of this has
> been appalling on their part.
>
> And quite ap--and quite frankly, I just think that the Republican
> establishment is doing
> its best right now to almost force a fracture in the GOP. I've been reading
> about that
> I'm to be presented with some kind of a loyalty oath.
>
> BORGER: Mm-hmm.
>
> Mr. BUCHANAN: I've served in three White Houses of three Republican
> presidents.
> And if someone presents me with a loyalty oath, I would suggest they're going
> to be
> making a mistake.
>
> BORGER: Well--but let's talk about that a little bit. There--there are two
> state
> chairmen, Iowa and New Hampshire...
>
> Mr. BUCHANAN: Mm-hmm.
>
> BORGER: ...who are going to hand Republican candidates a loyalty oath saying
> that
> would you not bolt the GOP. Is that something you would sign?
>
> Mr. BUCHANAN: Well, the--what it is is a loyalty oath demanding that, sight
> unseen, I
> pledge to support the Republican nominee for president of the United States.
> Gloria, I
> pledge to support the causes for which I fought for seven years. I'm going to
> decide
> how best to pursue and advance those causes. I'm not signing any automatic
> loyalty
> oath to support the Republican nominee. In my judgment, the Republican
> establishment is virtually fixing this election, rigging this election, in
> the sense that
> candidates have 100--are going to have $ 100 million to spend. They're moving
> the
> primaries up to a point where maybe you cannot conceivably advance your
> causes.
>
> And those who say, quite frankly, there are no disagreements inside the
> Republican
> Party are profoundly and deeply mistaken. On China policy, for example, our
> establishment is going to endorse the Clinton policy of MFN for China,
> despite its--its--
> its savage criticism of Mr. Clinton.
>
> BORGER: So--so you're not going to sign any oath?
>
> Mr. BUCHANAN: I'm not signing any oath.
>
> BORGER: And...
>
> SCHIEFFER: Up until this point, you've been the only Republican candidate
> that's
> really taken on George Bush.
>
> Mr. BUCHANAN: Mm-hmm.
>
> SCHIEFFER: You have basically said that you don't think he's qualified to be
> president. Do you...
>
> Mr. BUCHANAN: I've said...
>
> SCHIEFFER: Do you think that if he gets the nomination you could support him?
>
> Mr. BUCHANAN: Bob, look, George Bush I've met several times. He's a
> personable
> young man from a--a great family. But he has not defined himself on the
> issues at all.
> And to the degree he has, he has come off so close to Clinton that even Mr.
> Clinton
> has begun to complain. On--on--again, trade policy, foreign policy,
> immigration policy,
> sovereignty. Where is the disagreement between Mr. Bush and Mr. Clinton? I
> can't see
> it.
>
> SCHIEFFER: So at this point, you're not sure you could support him?
>
> Mr. BUCHANAN: It--look, I'm going to support the ideas and values and views
> that I've
> supported for the last seven years. And I'm going to find the best way I can
> to fight for
> them.
>
> BORGER: Very quickly. Do--do you feel like you're being driven out of the
> Republican
> Party?
>
> Mr. BUCHANAN: I think the Republican establishment has made up its mind that
> what
> I did in '96 will never be allowed to be repeated, where I almost broke
> through and took
> the nomination. And if they slam those doors shut, well, we'll just have to
> look for
> another way.
>
> SCHIEFFER: Pat Buchanan, thanks for joining us this morning.
>
> Mr. BUCHANAN: Thank you.
>
> SCHIEFFER: When we come back, we'll talk about the other race: Hillary
> Clinton's
> campaign for the New York Senate.
>
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