Buchanan is NOT “one of my
own”.� YOU are the one that likes him. Izzy
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Take your anger out on Buchanan not
me. He is one of your own; I am not. I will (and do) read very
widely. I always like to inform my opinions by looking at both sides of
the equation.
Jonathan Hughes
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Face it Jonathan—ANYONE who bashes
Bush is on your to-read list. Buchanan is as far Right as Kerry is Left. Izzy
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Subject: [TruthTalk] Pat Buchanan
Has anyone read Pat Buchanan's "Where
the Right Went Wrong: How the Neoconservatives Subverted the Reagan Revolution
and Highjacked the Bush Presidency"? I plan to pick it up at
lunchtime today. Below is Amazon's review as well as a review by a
reader.
Amazon:
Although the George W.
Bush administration is famous for being "on message," delivering a
consistent and polished political perspective no matter what, such consistency
apparently does not extend to every member of the conservative universe. In Where the Right Went Wrong, veteran pundit
and occasional presidential candidate Patrick Buchanan offers up scathing
criticisms of Bush's policies, the arrogance and boorishness of which, he
warns, could ultimately dramatically destabilize the United States' superpower
status. The problem, in Buchanan's eyes, is the rejection of traditional
Reagan-era conservatism by an administration under the sway of the so-called
"neoconservatives," who favor a pre-emptive military strategy and big
government and don't mind running up dangerously huge budget deficits to
support it. The war in Iraq,
fought without direct demonstrable threat, alienates America
in the eyes of the rest of the world, says Buchanan, squandering the global
goodwill earned after the 9/11 attacks and creating exponentially larger
numbers of terrorists who will threaten the U.S. for generations to come. The
zeal over free trade among elected officials, a feeling notably not shared by
Buchanan, Ross Perot, and Ralph Nader, is costing America jobs, Buchanan theorizes,
and leading to a de-industrialized service-sector-only economy, an end to
American self-sufficiency in favor of a reliance on global corporations, and a
looming economic crisis. Refreshingly, and unlike pundits of his day, Buchanan
crafts his arguments by examining world history, offering detailed analogies to
the Roman Empire, the Civil War, and pre-Soviet Russia among others. Conservatives
alienated by the Bush administration will find an eloquent champion in Buchanan
and even liberals, who may not have known there was a conservative argument
against war in Iraq,
stand to learn something from a right side of the aisle perspective so
different from that found in the Bush White House. --John Moe
The Philadelphia Inquirer
"...an honest writer who opens_his_mind and psyche in_a
way few people can...He minces nothing except an occasional opponent."
Book Description
A searing indictment of neoconservatives by three-time
presidential candidate and New York Times
bestselling author, Pat Buchanan. Where the
Right Went Wrong might be the most controversial political book
written this year.
I am a conservative, and I will likely vote for George
W. Bush in this election. So will Pat Buchanan who said recently in an
interview with EWTN's Raymond Arroyo "Where Bush is wrong, Kerry is wrong.
However, where Bush is right, Kerry is still wrong."
However, voting for someone surely doesn't mean complete agreement. Buchanan
articulately and methodically demolishes the case for war in Iraq in this wonderful book.
Furthermore, he criticizes Republican spending, pointing out that this
President has not vetoed a single spending bill. He makes a convincing case
that the Bush administration has abandoned conservative principles.
As a Catholic, I am heartened by this book's tone. I have always been
uncomfortable with the President's "I pray and Jesus is guiding me"
message. Really? I read a wonderful bumper sticker the other day: "Who
would Jesus bomb?" Outstanding. The Bush administration kept trying to
lobby the Pontiff to change his position on the war. Finally the Vatican
had to come out and say that their position on the war hadn't changed, and
would never change, neo-cons like George Weigel not withstanding.
In terms of his politics, Buchanan stands with the Magisterium (and hence two
thousand years worth of revealed Christian truth) on every major issue save
immigration. He even has the courage to attack legal contraception in
"Death of the West." His honesty and courage are an example to all
faithful people who consider themselves conservative, and they are on display
in this newest book. Here he attacks the Bush administration's neo-con advisors
as "liberal wolves in conservative suits." He argues passionately
against the war in Iraq.
He argues against free trade, and its disastrous consequences for our workers.
I can't imagine an America
where the vast majority of men who held a full time job could afford to buy a
house and educate a family of three or more on one salary. I know
intellectually that that was my Grandfather's America and therefore that it used
to exist. I can't imagine an America
where most people trusted their neighbors, and thought most other Americans
were inherently decent people. That was my grandfather's America. What has happened to us?
How can we regain the good of what our country was, without repeating the
mistakes of the past? Read Pat Buchanan and ask yourself.... why are we in this
mess? It is authors like this that make me proud to be a conservative.
Jonathan Hughes
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