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8. Holy Hell...

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Fri Feb 17, 2012, 08:42 PM

Feb 2012

7. Penned “The Affirmative Action Nobel.” That’s the title of Buchanan’s October 13, 2009 column on Townhall.com in which he claims that President Obama’s Nobel Prize was simply the result of affirmative action. And the column only got worse from there: “They have reinforced the impression that Obama is someone who is forever being given prizes — Ivy League scholarships, law review editorships, prime-time speaking slots at national conventions — he did not earn.”

This has been Pat's MO for decades regarding any type of black achievement. No real surprises but astonishing nonetheless...

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Why MSNBC Dumped Pat Buchanan: His 10 Most Outrageous Statements [View all] KamaAina Feb 2012 OP

About time! Larkspur Feb 2012 #1

With his record, he should run for priesident again:o) libinnyandia Feb 2012 #2

He's probably too liberal for today's Republican base. Arugula Latte Feb 2012 #3

He's terrible! FarLeftFist Feb 2012 #4

# 11: A vote for Obama in 2012 is a vote against a needless war with Iran flexnor Feb 2012 #5

I was always amazed they hired him in the first place. Kurmudgeon Feb 2012 #6

#8: Argued Poland and the UK "had it coming" in World War II. Bruce Wayne Feb 2012 #7

Holy Hell... Number23 Feb 2012 #8