Joe Klein's review of Pat Buchanan's new book is a good example of how centrist liberalism can't deal with fascismhttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/08/books/review/nixons-white-house-wars-patrick-j-buchanan.html?hpw&rref=books&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region®ion=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well …
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Watched Buchanan for years on McLaughlin Group. Most normalized far right racist/bigot in the last 50 years of US politics.
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Beyond beltway collegiality, Klein, like many centrists, doesn't understand ideology, sees fascism as personality defect & not ideas system
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Buchanan has a cluster of largely coherent ideas: white nationalism + tribal Catholicism + extreme gender conservatism.
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Recall his chummy segments vs Maddow. Rachel was so nice and convivial in tone. Always friendly with Pat, never truly eviscerated him
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