Pat Buchanan on 'The Toyota Republicans' (+ ironic ad)

[louiethegreater]

Protedtionism produced a great nation, all the founders were protectionist, and all knew the lowering of living standards free trade would produce. Our decline since the theory of free trade was emphisized in the late 1960s is proof they were right. Free Trade is the most distructive force ever unleashed on the U.S. Pat is totally right.

[qwertypoiu4321]

Coercive trade barriers are criminal, and people that solicit/aid and abet/initiate them should be charged as such.

[bi0dude42O]

lord have mercy

[strangemenssana]

Pat Buchanan rocks.One of the most honest and sincere politicians in the USA.Quite a contrast to the slimey GOP scumbags from The South.

[XXXR84]

this show is still on, wow! i love it.

[perincito]

totally off subject, does anyone know who did the song on the commercial that follows the discussion segment? i love the song...and Face the Nation.

Monica Crowley is so hot but so wrong...she's typically so far Right that everything she says is just total mean spirited rhetorical garbage. i think she's a brain washed former hair model for Herbal Essence.

[johnnondrowsyd]

hahah. nice.

[GrandMasterScotty]

How is it at all unusual that Pat disagrees with the GOP on the issues of trade and industry? He has taken a long-standing principled opposition to free-trade agreements and economic globalization, and has never faltered on this position. This isn't 'unusual' or out of character for Pat - it's what he's been preaching all along, and he should be applauded for it.

[Americaisgreat123]

Only problem is that Pat Buchanan can't find a single economist to stand with him on protectionism. The FACT that free trade benefits everyone is taught in courses as easy as economic 101. Milton Friedman said that there is only good economics and bad economics. Well, I'd like to see Buchanan pick up an econ101 textbook and learn some good economics.

[american1476]

@Americaisgreat123 u must be a jew

[Willredd94]

@GrandMasterScotty You are right. The Conservative position on trade has always been protectionism and economic patriotism. Globalization and free trade is a facet of economic liberalism or libertarianism. Pat is a traditional conservative, therefore he is opposed to globalization.

[mpolzkill]

No, it's not unusual. Pat bucks the GOP whenever he disagrees, which is often because he thinks for himself. I admire him for so many things, most recently his heroically stating on National TV that Gaza is a concentration camp. But unfortunately, Pat is an economic illiterate

Hilarious, the ad. I though you had faked it at first. I don't think Toyota & MS would have a problem with the timing of its placement here. It was a perfect "In-your-face, Pat"

Make better cars, Detroit. That is all

[sunshinebutmorerain]

Yes, it's people like Pat that destroyed American manufacturing, not the free trade fanatics that, um, control the entire government infrastructure.

Yeah, that makes sense.

[mpolzkill]

Sarcasm & a ridiculous straw man (a false dichotomy, Pat & the GOP) is a really weak way to start, but ok.

Do you believe every label you hear? Look at your sentence, it contains the word, "free" & the phrase, "control the entire". The Fed, for instance, which manipulates the interest rates & floods the world with funny money, is that also under your definition of "free"?

[traditionalism23]

Hi mpolzkill,

Thanks for your comment but I have to disagree with your statement about Pat being an 'economic illiterate.' His approach to economics appears to rest entirely on a strong domestic multiplier effect; it's almost Keynesian. He is a true patriot and I would vote for him any day. After all,' the peasants are coming.....with pitchforks.'.....Supposedly!

[mpolzkill]

26 Google hits for "domestic multiplier effect" & none of them define it. More info please.

If Buchanan is "almost Keynesian", then I take it back: he is a sophist, not an illiterate. That's worse. Seriously though, he's a protectionist, that's economically illiterate.

[mpolzkill]

Oh, & hi to you too, "trad". I'm not used to civility on here. Thank you.

I like your comment about the pichforks too. I have the terrible feeling though that American peasants will mainly use their "pitchforks" on each other.

[american1476]

@mpolzkill jew

[SabreSyc]

Pat is correct. The senators are in the pockets of foreign companies in search of cheap uneducated labor.

[flyinggeng]

haha, unfortunately Pat is wrong. The southern senators are representing their own set of working class. Helping Detroit in this case is harming those people and there are lots of autoworkers in the South.

[mftepera]

I'll bet Toyota wasn't too pleased to sponsor that episode. Pretty funny...

[CoastToCoastPM]

I love and respect Pat, but I disagree with him on this. The big three auto companies sold their souls to the UAW and gave us cars that in so many cases didn't live up to their hype.

[crazyjedimindtrick]

Nice ad

[typeorulz]

Who does the music that's in the background of the ironic ad? Thanks in advance!

[oilsander1]

With an $8.5 trillion dollar bailout (don't fall for $700 billion BS) for banks, how can they not justify a paltry few billion for auto sector? USA is discovering what "moral hazard" means. Free money for everyone. Whoopeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!