Patrick Buchanan- Nazi
I've had to get my nerve up to write this post, I was so upset by what follows. Patrick Buchanan is not some out-of-the-mainstream lunatic sitting in his parents' basement with one hand on the keyboard and the other in a bag of cheetos. He is, apparently, a respected and legitimate member of the mainstream commenter class, treated as an acceptable political voice by a wide range of mainstream pundits (that means you, in particular, Rachel Maddow.) What follows is a perfect demonstration of how far our country's political discourse has been damaged by the most vile of right wing madness. In order to comprehend the true malignancy of this article, you must have some real familiarity with the events leading up to World War II. There is not room here to fully document all of the assertions I am about to make, but anyone is free to check. At the end of this piece, I will list my favorite sources for this information. Well, here we go, with our descent into true ugliness. T...