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tarakanova ([info]chienne) wrote in [info]unfunnybusiness,
@ 2012-02-17 20:56:00


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Pat Buchanan blames Blacks, Jews, liberals and homosexuals for MSNBC's decision to fire him
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2012/02/pat-buchanan-dropped-by-msnbc.html?track=icymi

Pat Buchanan has been dismissed by MSNBC, the left-leaning news network, four months after the channel suspended him.

In an angry post on his blog, conservative commentator Buchanan took his critics to task, writing, "After 10 enjoyable years, I am departing, after an incessant clamor from the left that to permit me continued access to the microphones of MSNBC would be an outrage against decency, and dangerous."

Buchanan says the calls for his firing began with the publication in October of his book "Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025?" about America's decline, which critics have called racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic.

Upon his suspension, Buchanan quotes MSNBC President Phil Griffin as telling the press regarding his new book, "I don't think the ideas that [Buchanan] put forth are appropriate for the national dialogue, much less on MSNBC."

Buchanan, a former White House communications director under Ronald Reagan and a former Republican presidential candidate, had been with MSNBC as a political analyst since 2002.

On his website, Buchanan called his ouster "an undeniable victory for the blacklisters."

Among the groups he cites as his accusers: Color of Change, Media Matters, the Anti-Defamation League and the Human Rights Campaign.

In the closing of his post, he strikes a conspiratorial note, writing, "I know these blacklisters. They operate behind closed doors, with phone calls, mailed threats and off-the-record meetings. They work in the dark because, as Al Smith said, nothing un-American can live in the sunlight."


Don't worry, Pat. I'm sure the Council of Conservative Citizens will welcome you with open arms.

As always, don't read the comments.



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[info]darksumomo
2012-02-18 03:57 am UTC (link)
Good riddance!

Now, what will it take to get Joe Scarborough of MSNBC?

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[info]jrs1980
2012-02-18 05:19 am UTC (link)
So, just checking. He's accusing the Anti-Defamation League of defamation?

Also, like any of this is new for Buchanan. Srsly.

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[info]tehrin
2012-02-18 05:31 am UTC (link)
That took a while.

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[info]mir8lle
2012-02-18 08:28 am UTC (link)
Anyone care to bet how long it will take for him to get his own show on Fox? My guess: -30 seconds.

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[info]rosehiptea
2012-02-18 08:34 am UTC (link)
I'm surprised he doesn't already have his own show on Fox.

(I've been rapidly clicking/channel-changing/turning pages away from anything bearing his name for years...)

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[info]emily_goddess
2012-02-18 04:08 pm UTC (link)
...thereby demonstrating why we signed the petition to have him removed in the first place.

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[info]aaron_agonistes
2012-02-18 07:29 pm UTC (link)
nothing un-American can live in the sunlight

Why is it always Morlok-pasty white folks who quote this line? I think the man would spontaneously combust if exposed to direct sunlight.

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[info]roachspit
2012-02-19 05:37 am UTC (link)
At least he wouldn't sparkle?

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[info]sandglass
2012-02-18 07:44 pm UTC (link)
On his website, Buchanan called his ouster "an undeniable victory for the blacklisters."

DAMN STRAIGHT. Blacklisters whoo!

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[info]tehrin
2012-02-20 12:53 am UTC (link)
He thinks it's all about them and not him.

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[info]rosehiptea
2012-02-19 12:06 am UTC (link)
Pat Buchanan has been like this ever since I can remember, and I can remember back into the '80s. I am so unsurprised.

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[info]honorh
2012-02-19 03:03 am UTC (link)
I'm always getting him confused with Pat Robertson. It's like mixing up taupe and camel.

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[info]anthologia
2012-02-20 02:31 am UTC (link)
I thought of Pat Paulsen, which is odd because nothing like each other, but on the other hand maybe my brain just wanted to protect me with an association to awesome.

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[info]bobafeis
2012-02-19 09:12 am UTC (link)
Pat Buchanan blames Blacks, Jews, liberals and homosexuals for MSNBC's decision to fire him

So, apparently people don't like having hate speech directed their way. Some people don't like seeing hate speech directed at any group, even if it's a group they're not a member of. Sometimes there are consequences for being an asshat.

If people complaining about something so change can happen is unacceptable, what the hell is the point of Buchanan's show?*

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[info]xturtle
2012-02-19 01:40 pm UTC (link)
Dear Pat,

No one fought any wars so that you could hate people on national television. Take it to the nearest street corner.

No love,
Turtle

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[info]uldihaa
2012-02-19 05:03 pm UTC (link)
Ugh. About time.


And without even looking at the comments, I'm willing to bet a booby thread that at least 1/3 of them are crying, "What about his free speech!? OMG, free speech!!11one"

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[info]enrythe8th
2012-02-20 01:38 am UTC (link)
Oh lord. Yes, they've shat all over his Constitutional right to a television show. What happened to this country.

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[info]blue_penguin
2012-02-19 06:47 pm UTC (link)
As someone who falls into three of the four categories in question, I am pretty okay with being blamed for this.

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[info]the__ivorytower
2012-02-19 09:08 pm UTC (link)
Sometimes, it's rather gratifying to be blamed. "I was responsible for this? AWESOME."

(In a totally humourous context, my friends love to blame me for random things. I was once blamed for the Industrial Revolution, Women's Sufferage and ALL the Ice Ages. I was okay with this.)

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[info]brennalarose
2012-02-22 02:43 am UTC (link)
This. If I can get Buchanan off the air, just by being a PoC, I have done my good deed for the month.

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[info]miera_c
2012-02-19 09:52 pm UTC (link)
I'm sure the Council of Conservative Citizens will welcome you with open arms.

You mean Fox News, right?

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[info]lexingmouse3
2012-02-22 08:31 am UTC (link)
Actually, this IS funny. I can't do any thin but laugh at this nut and rejoice he's been fired.

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