[nathanbedford]

Pat Buchanan has been right longer than any other figure in contemporary America.

He has been right on immigration and on trade. He has been a stalwart and consistent cold warrior when it counted. He was right about George HW Bush and the Reagan revolution-and he did something about it. He has warned us early on about the folly of waging war in the Middle East and he sees clearly the difference between American national interests and Israel's national interests. He has been right about America's place in the world and the dangers of overextension and overcommitment. He has been right in insisting that America's foreign policy should at least be related to America's imperishable national interests.

He has been a consistently brilliant columnist for decades eclipsing the likes of George Will and Dr. Krauthammer because he has been right where they have been wrong and equaling Mark Steyn in all things except facility with language. He understood the difference between the Republican base and the Republican establishment long before that was cool.

He appeals to my paleconservative soul.

[ForYourChildren]

I always believed, and still do, that Pat Buchanon would have been one of the greatest presidents.

[Pelham]

+1

[Enlightened1]

Ditto and well said.

Imagine what America would look like today if Pat Buchanan’s view of the world resonated with the majority of the public.

My bet is that it would look more like the Regan world of the 1980s but with all the current technology and perhaps more?

We still would be well respected around the world, the land of the free and the home of the brave. It hurts to say this, but I think slowly and incrementally that is no longer the case.

The Establishment wing of the Republican party is the biggest issue in my estimate. They have to be pointed out and defeated. By primary or even if we have to cross over and vote.

Establishment guys like McCain, Romney, Boehner and McConnell have been absolutely disastrous to the country and the Republican party.