RE: Steve Buchanan or Pat Brenneis...
You are a Pat Buchanan conservative.
Hardly. Buchanan isn't even really a conservative, he's a populist. I strongly disagree with him on many more points than those which I agree with him.
First, he believes in government control of economies. He was one of the architects of the Nixon wage and price control disasters of the 1970s. He apparently has a hard time learning from his mistakes because he still defends the action.
Second, Buchanan is an utter and complete isolationist. The only points I agree with him on in that area are that the Bush Doctrine is complete nonsense and that NAFTA, CAFTA, GATT, and other free trade shams are nothing more than political con games. Buchanan believes we should cut off immigration altogether. I strongly disagree. We are a nation of immigrants. Legal immigrants are a very important part of the survival of our culture and our nation. He also believes in the American Fortress. I think we have to have important international alliances, like with the British and, one day, I hope, the Russians. We don't need to be the world's policeman, but we also don't need to be the world's hermit.
Finally, Buchanan is a theocrat. Theocracies are dangerous and evil. Christian theocracies are no better than any other kind of theocracy.
Many of us who disagree with the neo-con interventionist agenda and who see through the lies of the pubbie "Free Trade" scams get called Buchananistas. That's an inevitable outcome of his populism, not of our conservatism.
Hardly. Buchanan isn't even really a conservative, he's a populist. I strongly disagree with him on many more points than those which I agree with him.
First, he believes in government control of economies. He was one of the architects of the Nixon wage and price control disasters of the 1970s. He apparently has a hard time learning from his mistakes because he still defends the action.
Second, Buchanan is an utter and complete isolationist. The only points I agree with him on in that area are that the Bush Doctrine is complete nonsense and that NAFTA, CAFTA, GATT, and other free trade shams are nothing more than political con games. Buchanan believes we should cut off immigration altogether. I strongly disagree. We are a nation of immigrants. Legal immigrants are a very important part of the survival of our culture and our nation. He also believes in the American Fortress. I think we have to have important international alliances, like with the British and, one day, I hope, the Russians. We don't need to be the world's policeman, but we also don't need to be the world's hermit.
Finally, Buchanan is a theocrat. Theocracies are dangerous and evil. Christian theocracies are no better than any other kind of theocracy.
Many of us who disagree with the neo-con interventionist agenda and who see through the lies of the pubbie "Free Trade" scams get called Buchananistas. That's an inevitable outcome of his populism, not of our conservatism.
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