There are Republicans like Sen. Conrad Burns, who inadvertently reveal their racism. The senator from Montana referred to his house painter as a “nice little Guatemalan man” during a speech. Of course, Burns swore up and down, that he wasn’t being condescending or racist.
Then there are Republicans like Pat Buchanan who consider racism a badge of honor. Buchanan doesn’t believe in subtlety or nuance, he’s a proud champion of intolerance and racism, he does everything but don a white sheet.
In a recent appearance on Hannity & Colmes, Buchanan was frothing at the mouth, railing against Hispanic immigrants.
Buchanan delivered this mind boggling sound bite during his interview with Colmes:
“I like the country I grew up in. It was a good country. I lived in Washington, D.C., 400,000 black folks, 400,000 white folks in a country 89 or 90% white. I like that country. We didn’t vote to change it.â€ÂÂ
The America of a few decades ago was a very good country to live in — if you were a white male. I doubt if the African Americans who survived Jim Crow share Buchanan’s assessment.
Buchanan even had the nerve to invoke President John F Kennedy, claiming JFK was also in favor of allowing immigration mainly from European countries.
Somehow I doubt that African Americans are going to put up a photograph of Buchanan next to their pictures of Kennedy and Martin Luther King.
Buchanan is clearly a delusional racist, you’d have to go back to colonial times if you wanted to live in an America that was 90% white.
America is a pluralistic society and white racists like him are in the minority. According to the immutable science of demographics, America’s rainbow is more and more being dominated by a beautiful shade of brown.
Pat, if you seek to live in a society that’s 100% white, there are some racists enclaves in Idaho that would love to have you, but you would probably have to shave your head.

