Pat Buchanan's 2010 strategy: Oppose everything, just like Medicare & the Voting Rights Act in the '60s
November 12, 2009 3:00 pm ET by Jamison Foser
On last night's Hardball, MSNBC's Pat Buchanan relived his glory days while offering the Republicans some political advice:
BUCHANAN: Look at '65, Medicare, Medicaid, education, Voting Rights Act.
MATTHEWS: You guys won in '66.
BUCHANAN: We won 47 seats. We didn't do a thing but say no, no, no.
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BUCHANAN: In 2010, we are the alternative. We are against them. That's all you need.
Most people, upon recalling their opposition to the Voting Rights Act, would probably express some remorse. But not Pat Buchanan, who complains that "Old heroes like ... Robert E. Lee are replaced by Dr. King."
Dobbs-Buchanan 2012
And no, no, no in the middle of a recession, when your own political ideaological movement is doing nothing itself...
It's like the old saying goes, "Who let this idiot in here?" Seriously, half a sure thing is better than twice of nothing. I'll take liberalism, with it's willingness to try to fix the problem, over conservatism's willingness to farm out its' solutions and claim no responsibilities when it blows up in their faces and hurts us.
Never let facts (or history for that matter) get in the way of a good smear!