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Why MSNBC Dumped Pat Buchanan: His 10 Most Outrageous Statements

Adam Peck, ThinkProgress. February 18, 2012.

Calls for Buchanan's firing had been loud and growing, following years of controversial, offensive and bigoted statements made by Buchanan without apology or remorse.

Why Does Bigot Pat Buchanan Still Wield Influence?

Bill Berkowitz, Talk To Action. August 5, 2011.

Buchanan's bigoted ideas may not be adopted outright, but they find their way into the mouths of others that do have a following.

Why Fearmongering About a White Minority in America Is Wrong, Wrong, Wrong

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. June 19, 2010.

Those obsessed with Northern European 'racial purity' will be in the minority, but they already are.

Dismiss the Tea Parties at Your Peril -- They're a Force to Be Reckoned With

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. May 4, 2010.

Never before in our lifetimes has the Right taken to the streets. Combine that with the astroturfing and the megaphone of Fox News, and you have the recipe for a powerful force.

CNBC Reporter: NYC Marathon Winner Not Really American, "He's Like a Ringer You Hire to Work a Couple Hours at Your Office"

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. November 3, 2009.

For the first time since 1982, a U.S. citizen won the New York City marathon. For sports writer Darren Rovell, "it's not as good as it sounds."

Even Pat Buchanan Thinks Obama/Nixon Comparisons Are Idiotic

Ben Armbruster, ThinkProgress. October 22, 2009.

Top Nixon aide Pat Buchanan dismissed out-of-hand any comparison of Obama to Nixon.

Pat Buchanan's Latest Racist Rant: "Traditional Americans Are Losing Their Nation"

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. October 21, 2009.

And by "traditional," he means "white."

Why Do Educated People Publish Garbage Defending Rush Limbaugh?

Digby, Hullabaloo. October 19, 2009.

I'm no constitutional scholar, but I don't think there's any guaranteed right to own an NFL team written anywhere in the constitution.

Limbaugh's New Low: A Final Word On Racist Rush's NFL Debacle

Dave Zirin, Huffington Post. October 16, 2009.

Rush: "This is the latest assault on people who believe in rugged individualism and liberty and freedom."

Why is Pat Buchanan Defending Hitler?

Aaron Keyak, AlterNet. September 2, 2009.

Buchanan posted a telling column on his own website and on Townhall that seems to blame Poland for World War II.

Pat Buchanan Wins Award for Most Absurd Column on Heath Care Ever Written

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. August 5, 2009.

It was a tough competition, but we have a winner.

Racism Is the Prime Cause for Debunked Obama Birth Certificate Conspiracy Theory

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. July 28, 2009.

The "birther" conspiracy has been utterly debunked, yet more GOP establishment figures have embraced the transparently racist cause.

Pat Buchanan Continues His Racist Attacks on Sotomayor

blah bla, AlterNet. July 17, 2009.

What opponents of affirmative action like Pat Buchanan fail to grasp is that this country was built on affirmative action -- for white males.

Pat Buchanan Helps the GOP Lose the Latino Vote

Kos, Daily Kos. July 16, 2009.

Careless racism from the GOP will inevitably lead to a loss in its base of Latino voters.

Pat Buchanan's Insane 'Advice' to Todd Palin: Drown Levi Johnston

Nate Carlile, ThinkProgress. July 13, 2009.

Buchanan tells MSNBC's "Morning Joe": "Todd Palin ought to take Levi down to the creek and hold his head underwater until the thrashing stops."

Old Fossil Takes On Darwin

PZ Myers, Pharyngula. July 2, 2009.

The old fossil is Pat Buchanan, who has published a freakishly antiquated diatribe against Darwin.

Priceless: 'English-Only' Supporters Hold Conference, Can't Spell 'Conference'

Lee Fang, ThinkProgress. June 22, 2009.

Speaking under a misspelled banner, right-wingers who want to make English the official language of the U.S. showed no sense of irony.

Right-Wing Hypocrites: 10 Reasons Conservatives Should Shut Up About Letterman's Sarah Palin Gaffe

Karl Frisch, Media Matters for America. June 22, 2009.

Each and every day conservative radio hosts, cable-news hosts, pundits and columnists use divisive, insensitive, and downright hateful rhetoric.

Conservatives' Offensive Attacks on Colin Powell, Progressives

Jill Filipovic, Feministe. October 22, 2008.

This shouldn't even surprise us anymore.

Rachel Maddow on Leno: Politics, Palin, and Pat Buchanan

Staff, Huffington Post. October 13, 2008.

From Maddow's first appearance on "The Tonight Show."

Republicans and Military Personnel Against McCain on the War

ZP Heller, Brave New Films. August 12, 2008.

Opposing McCain's hawkish stance.

O'Reilly Says Media "Raped the President Verbally"

DJK, Brave New Films. June 4, 2008.

Another gem from O'Reilly in the wake of McClellan's book.

Pat Buchanan's Racist Paranoid Freakout

Brave New Films, Brave New Films. May 15, 2008.

You know you're in trouble when Chris Matthews is the voice of reason...

Pat Buchanan Moves to Fox, Immediately Makes Birther Joke

Steve M, December 31, 1969.

After Pat Buchanan Appears on Racist \"Pro-White\" Radio Show, 275,000 People Demand He Be Fired From MSNBC

Lauren Kelley, December 31, 1969.