# Dear Pat Buchanan **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 22, 2009, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831 "2009-07-22T05:54:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831/1 "2009-07-22T05:54:20Z")
Dear Pat, You recently pointed out that the United States was built by white men. Political Correctness stopped you from saying the whole truth, which is that the United States was build by white, \*Protestant \* men. Over 95% of the Constitition’s signers were Protestant and only a single Catholic thought it worth his time to sign the Declaration of Independence. Our forefathers brought the Protestant work ethic with them to the New World and this has been the basis for our economic success. The very nature of Protestantism is that all men are on an equal footing with God. We are not ruled by the Pope and we do not need Priests to serve as intermediaries to plead our case to God. The Protestant philosophy is what led us to create a system in which each man votes directly for his leaders. The 1800s brought the scourge of the Irish to our shores, and with it their Papsist religion. Not satisfied with using our Saint James Bible in school, they started their own parochial schools which indoctrinated children with a false set of beliefs from the Catholic Bible. They even re-numbered the 10 commandments: the basis for American jurisprudence. Without the Protestant standards of morality, the Irish immigrants latched on to the corrupt politics of Tammany Hall. Waves of Catholic immigrants from Italy followed, bringing the curse of the Mafia to prey on our citizens. Despite warning from patriotic groups, we welcomed these invaders and even extended the definition of “Christian” to encompass their false doctrines. During the second World War the Catholic nation of Italy joined forces with Germany to attack Protestant countries such as England and The Netherlands. Irealand, seeing what was happening in the seat of the Catholic church, refused to align with the Allies. Their neutrality severely hampered the war effort and led to the spilling of more Protestant blood. After the war, the media (heavily infilltrated by Catholics), downplayed the role of Ireland and Italy in the war and hid the support the Pope gave to the Nazis. Now we are once again faced with an invasion from a Catholic country: Mexico. Soon several states will have a Catholic majority and their voters will be free to push their anti-American agenda. Will we replace saluting our flag with kissing the ring of the Pope? Will Ave Maria replace the National Anthem? Where will this all stop?! Thank you Pat for starting the ball rolling. Please don’t let fear of the Catholic controled media, and the rath of newly arrived Mexicans, deter you from defending America’s proud Protestant heritage. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831/2 "2009-07-22T06:36:49Z")
> [@DanBlather](#): > > The 1800s brought the scourge of the Irish to our shores, and with it their Papsist religion. Not satisfied with using our Saint James Bible in school, they started their own parochial schools which indoctrinated children with a false set of beliefs from the Catholic Bible.. What’s the Saint James Bible? ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831/3 "2009-07-22T06:38:05Z")
Didn’t we just have a [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=524864)on this topic? ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831/4 "2009-07-22T07:39:54Z")
Saint James, King James, whatever. I think the OP is brilliant, and should be read over a megaphone while standing on Pat Buchanan’s front lawn. ---
**Author:** ![mrpayday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@mrpayday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrpayday)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831/5 "2009-07-22T08:18:26Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > What’s the Saint James Bible? What’s the Rick James Bible? ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831/6 "2009-07-22T10:13:59Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > What’s the Saint James Bible? It’s a fairly common error made by the “overly devout”; I assumed it was intentional hyperbole fitting with the rest of the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831/7 "2009-07-22T11:33:11Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > What’s the Saint James Bible? It’s the bible they give you in the infirmary. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831/8 "2009-07-22T12:01:26Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > > [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > > > What’s the Saint James Bible? > > It’s the bible they give you in the infirmary. I thought it’s the bible you used to [solve crimes with your police commissioner husband](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066685/) (in San Francisco in the 70s wink wink nudge nudge), or it’s the bible you use to [raise your kids when you’re sharing a house with your also-recently-divorced “best friend” and her kids](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086742/). Wow, put it that way, Pat B’s right - evil liberal television has loosed the gay on the world! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831/9 "2009-07-22T12:27:23Z")
America was built by slaves. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831/10 "2009-07-22T14:02:39Z")
> [@mrpayday](#): > > What’s the Rick James Bible? “Religion is a hell of an opiate!” “I’m Jesus Christ, bitch!” Sorry…sorry… _backs away slowly_ ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831/11 "2009-07-22T14:05:12Z")
> [@mrpayday](#): > > What’s the Rick James Bible? Or the Rick Jones Bible (“Thou shalt not wander onto a gamma-bomb testing range?”) ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831/12 "2009-07-22T14:16:25Z")
> [@mrpayday](#): > > What’s the Rick James Bible? It’s Super-Freaky! ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831/13 "2009-07-22T14:22:09Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > America was built by slaves. _Protestant_ slaves. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831/14 "2009-07-22T14:40:10Z")
Patrick Buchanan is my god, and **DanBlather** is his prophet. Blessed be the name of **DanBlather**. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831/15 "2009-07-22T15:02:20Z")
“Yeah, but that one lone Catholic outlived every single one of the Protestants, Deists, Freethinkers, and such!” ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831/16 "2009-07-22T15:03:10Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Or the Rick Jones Bible (“Thou shalt not wander onto a gamma-bomb testing range?”) puny humans JESUS SMASH! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831/17 "2009-07-22T15:34:22Z")
But Pat Buchanon is IRISH, isn’t he? A filthy Papist, no doubt. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831/18 "2009-07-22T15:38:31Z")
I thought the St. James Bible was the orange one over by Free Parking garage. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831/19 "2009-07-22T15:40:14Z")
> [@DanBlather](#): > > _Protestant_ slaves. I believe you’ve overlooked the Black Jewish Lesbian Whigs. ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831/20 "2009-07-22T15:43:38Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > But Pat Buchanon is IRISH, isn’t he? SHH! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831.md?page=2)