Posted on 05/25/2018 6:42:57 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana
My wife saw Pat Bucahanan's recent book on Nixon for sale at Dollar Tree in hardback for $1. If you like Buchanan as an author, or respect him as an authority on Nixon, that's a hard bargain to pass up.
I actually find a lot of good books at dollar tree.
What share of that dollar does Pat earn?
I occasionally stop by Dollar Tree.
Most of their items are worth a dollar or even less but there are bargains to be had. I have purchased their dollar reading glasses then seen the exact same brand with the same tag selling for $12 at a discount store.
Also found a no brand scientific calculator for a buck then saw the exact same one except with a brand name on it for $9.99. Even at $9.99 it was a pretty nice calculator.
I would pay that for Buchannan’s book. He pulls no punches whether you agree with him or not.
The boss drags me to the Dollar Tree on occasion, I too get their reading glasses & several other items. Decent 32 oz laundry detergent for a buck believe it or not. I’ll grab Pat’s book if I see it there.
“I actually find a lot of good books at dollar tree.”
Not all. Found obamatard’s Dreams of My Father in the bin once..
Many years ago I was at the local dollar store while they were picking up their latest truck delivery. The store manager opened a box, and I over heard her say “we will never sell this crap”. It was one of Al Gore’s books for $1.00.
I used to have a lot of respect for Pat Buchanan. Then he wrote “Churchill, Hitler, and The Unnecessary War”. In that book Buchanan argued that Churchill - and not Hitler - was responsible for WW II.
If only Churchill had been more accommodating. If only Churchill had been more understanding of Germany’s legitimate concerns. If only Churchill had given Poland to Germany. Then there would have been no WW II. And there would have been no Holocaust.
Nope, I’m not buying any of that. In fact, to hell with that.
Holy cow, that’s crazy talk, but I believe you.
Churchill was what the world needed, at that time.
Pat Buchah
Pat Bucahnan
Pat Bucahanan
Keep trying and maybe you’ll get it right.
> Churchill was what the world needed, at that time. <
Yep. Hitler was a poison. A deadly poison. And Churchill was the antidote.
I really don’t understand why Pat Buchanan is so down on Churchill, and so forgiving of Hitler. Buchanan treats Hitler as if he were another Kaiser Wilhelm...a reasonable man who was maneuvered into a war not of his choice.
Nothing could be further from the truth. In “Mein Kampf” Hitler explicitly calls for German expansionism, and for the destruction of the Jews.
Liberals have called Buchanan a Nazi apologist. I’m beginning to think that they are right.
Churchill was imo the second greatest man of the 20th century.
I also believe Churchill was right to refuse any negotiations with Hitler. However Buchanan was not totally wrong either.
Hitler would have seized the old Prussia and any other part of Poland which was German Speaking. He also would have taken huge areas of the Soviet Union, mainly the best farmland and oil and mineral production.
Now he might have wanted influence in other countries but did not want to permanently occupy them. He wanted the Rhineland, Alsace and Loraine and part of Czechoslovakia.
He would have left the British Isles alone as well as most of Western Europe.
Then he want to build his 1000 year Reich. Huge buildings, magnificent sports arenas, Train stations, autobahns etc.
It would have cost a lot of people their freedom or forced them to move but it might still have been preferable to100 million dead.
> He would have left the British Isles alone as well as most of Western Europe. <
Your post #12 is interesting. And that’s one reason I value Free Republic. There are many thoughtful posts here.
But I must respectfully disagree with your comment above. It has been said that Napoleon only wanted those provinces that bordered France. But as French Empire expanded, so did those provinces that bordered the Empire.
The same applies to the Third Reich. Hitler wanted all of Europe. Eventually the British Isles would have been on the menu. There were even plans to invade and occupy neutral Switzerland (Operation Tannenbaum).
actually sad to see his book for sale at a dollar store. there are only a few politicians I respect he is one.
> Churchill was imo the second greatest man of the 20th century. <
I forgot to ask in my first reply to you...who was, in your opinion, the greatest man of the 20th century?
FDR would certainly be a candidate. In less than four years he mobilized America to defeat both Hitler and Tojo. That’s no small accomplishment! But on the other hand FDR greatly expanded the welfare state. We are paying the price of that error today.
So who then? My vote would be for Ronald Reagan. Am I right?
Cheaper than Goodwill !
Bucannann?
Churchill was imo the second greatest man of the 20th century.
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Who do you think was the greatest? Reagan? JP II?
I will head there tomorrow. Thanks.
One of the best books on Nixon is “The Real Watergate Scandal: Collusion, Conspiracy, and the Plot That Brought Nixon Down.” I costs more than $1 though.
I often find good books at Dollar General for $3.
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