# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831/21 "2009-07-22T16:01:32Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > “Religion is a hell of an opiate!” > > “I’m Jesus Christ, bitch!” > > Sorry…sorry… > > _backs away slowly_ 😃 (Great OP too, by the way!) ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831/22 "2009-07-22T16:10:56Z")
☹ The worst part is that I can no longer tell what is meant as parody anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831/23 "2009-07-22T16:20:54Z")
> [@DanBlather](#): > > Will Ave Maria replace the National Anthem? Well, it _is_ easier to sing. I say, go for it! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831/24 "2009-07-22T16:45:26Z")
Yuck. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831/25 "2009-07-22T16:47:33Z")
Who knew that the bar for clever was so low here on the dope? Oh well, ignorance fought. ---
**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, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831/26 "2009-07-22T16:53:00Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > Who knew that the bar for clever was so low here on the dope? Oh well, ignorance fought. We let you in. That should have been a sign. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831/27 "2009-07-22T17:12:53Z")
Pat Buchanan thinks this country was built on the greatness of men like [John Demjanjuk](http://www.reason.com/blog/printer/132947.html)\*. \*whom Buchanan is currently referring to as “America’s Dreyfus”. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831/28 "2009-07-22T17:31:57Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > ..\*whom Buchanan is currently referring to as “America’s Dreyfus”. No! No! No fucking way! You’re shitting me! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831/29 "2009-07-22T17:42:37Z")
No, he’s _accusing_ you. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831/30 "2009-07-22T17:46:42Z")
Wonderful OP! (Although it took me a while to remember Buchanan was Catholic Irish and appreciate it!) ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831/31 "2009-07-22T22:03:32Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > I thought the St. James Bible was the orange one over by Free Parking garage. That’s the New York Bible. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831/32 "2009-07-22T23:00:50Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > Yuck. Is that a Yuck for “Ave Maria”? Because it’s really cool if [Nina Hagen is the one singing it](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tex1zD9Kq9s). ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831/33 "2009-07-22T23:40:01Z")
Pat Buchanan is Catholic so I doubt he’d like your rant. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831/34 "2009-07-22T23:50:58Z")
> [@Curtis LeMay](#): > > Pat Buchanan is Catholic so I doubt he’d like your rant. :smack: ---
**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, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831/35 "2009-07-22T23:58:21Z")
> [@Curtis LeMay](#): > > Pat Buchanan is Catholic so I doubt he’d like your rant. May I offer you this brand new up-to-date state-of-the-art sarcasm/snark detector? Free! ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831/36 "2009-07-23T00:01:06Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > But Pat Buchanon is IRISH, isn’t he? A filthy Papist, no doubt. Only partly Irish. “Buchanan” is a surname associated with _Scotch_-Irish _Protestants_. Also, and I could be wrong about this, but I remember reading somewhere that Pat Buchanan is mostly German on his mother’s side. Of course, as a non-Catholic who has attended several Catholic schools, I’m probably too much of a “fellow traveler” to be trusted on this matter. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831/37 "2009-07-23T00:20:32Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > Only partly Irish. “Buchanan” is a surname associated with _Scotch_-Irish _Protestants_. Also, and I could be wrong about this, but I remember reading somewhere that Pat Buchanan is mostly German on his mother’s side. Here’s his family tree: > **[Ancestry of Pat Buchanan (b. 1938)](http://www.wargs.com/political/buchanan.html)** He’s apparently related to Marilyn Manson, Winston Churchill, and FDR. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831/38 "2009-07-23T01:11:06Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > May I offer you this brand new up-to-date state-of-the-art sarcasm/snark detector? Free! I think it needs repaired, it says your post is legit. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831/39 "2009-07-23T01:16:51Z")
> [@Curtis LeMay](#): > > Pat Buchanan is Catholic so I doubt he’d like your rant. One would think an Air Force General would be more familiar with the sound of low-flying jets. ---
**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 23, 2009, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831/40 "2009-07-23T01:17:11Z")
> [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](#): > > I think it needs repaired, it says your post is legit. You didn’t think I would give out a detector that detected MY snark/sarcasm, did you? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pat-buchanan/503831.md?page=3)