
Pat Buchanan
Patrick Joseph Buchanan (born November 2, 1938) is an American paleoconservative author, political commentator, and politician. Buchanan was an assistant and special consultant to U.S. presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan. He is an influential figure in the modern paleoconservative movement in America.
In 1992 and 1996, he sought the Republican presidential nomination. In 1992 he ran against incumbent president George H. W. Bush, campaigning against Bush's breaking of his "Read my lips: no new taxes" pledge, as well as his foreign policy and positions on social issues. At the 1992 Republican National Convention, Buchanan delivered his "Culture War" speech in support of the nominated President Bush. In 1996, he ran against eventual Republican nominee Bob Dole, but withdrew after getting only 21 percent of Republican primary votes. In 2000, he was the Reform Party's presidential nominee. His campaign centered on non-interventionism in foreign affairs, opposition to illegal immigration, and opposition to the outsourcing of manufacturing from free trade. He selected educator and conservative activist Ezola Foster as his running-mate.
In 2002, he co-founded The American Conservative magazine and launched a foundation named The American Cause. He has been published in The Occidental Observer, Human Events, National Review, The Nation, and Rolling Stone. The original host on CNN's Crossfire, he was a political commentator on the MSNBC cable network, including the show Morning Joe until February 2012, later appearing on Fox News. Buchanan was also a regular panelist on The McLaughlin Group. Many of his views, particularly his opposition to American imperialism and the managerial state, echo those of the Old Right Republicans of the first half of the 20th century. Since 2006, Buchanan has been a frequent contributor to VDARE.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 1.543 |
Birthday | 1938-11-02 |
Place of Birth | Washington, D.C., USA |
Also Known As | Patrick Buchanan, |

2002

Family Fundamentals
4.2/6
With a rare gift for unflinching impartiality, director Arthur Dong delves into the lives and attitudes of fundamentalist families who actively oppose...
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Family Fundamentals

1992

Feed
5.8/4
This is a documentary about the 1992 New Hampshire primaries. It includes much footage of candidates as they meet people, and just before they go "on-...
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2012

Nixon in China
0/0
Documentary following Richard Nixon's visit to China in 1972. Produced by the Richard Nixon Presidential Library from archive materials.
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Nixon in China

2010

How to Win the TV Debate
0/0
With Britain's first-ever political leaders' television debate imminent, award-winning reporter Michael Cockerell uncovers what it's like to take part...
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How to Win the TV Debate

2011

Patriocracy
5.9/4
An examination of the current state of political polarization in the United States of the America.
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SPOiLER: How a Third Political Party Could Win
0/0
SPOiLER explores the political, economic and philosophic ethos of the past 98 years for clues into the expanding debt-driven, welfare-warfare state an...
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SPOiLER: How a Third Political Party Could Win

2015

The Day the '60s Died
7.8/4
The Day the '60s Died chronicles May 1970, the month in which four students were shot dead at Kent State. The mayhem that followed has been called the...
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The Day the '60s Died

2010

Cultural Marxism: The Corruption of America
0/0
A love affair with collectivist ideologies has lead to ever bigger government and the welfare-warfare state. Lead by a Marxist splinter group called...
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Cultural Marxism: The Corruption of America

2007

Kike Like Me
0/1
Documentary in which filmmaker Jamie Kastner goes on a personal journey to find out what it means to be Jewish in the modern world. Along the way he...
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Kike Like Me

2013

Molon Labe
0/0
History shows that, when citizens are unarmed, government suppression and tyranny are inevitable. MOLON LABE - inspired by The Sword and Sovereignty b...
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Molon Labe

2014

Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
7.2/10
From 1971 to 1973, Richard Nixon secretly recorded his private conversations in the White House. This film chronicles the content of those tapes, whic...
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Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words

2015

The Making of Trump
3.7/5
As every day of Donald Trump's presidential campaign seemingly generates new headlines, this two-hour special examines the increasingly polarizing can...
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The Making of Trump

1992

Commercial Entertainment Product
8.5/2
The video debut of experimental musicians and culture jamming artists Emergency Broadcast Network.
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2018

ReMastered: Tricky Dick & The Man in Black
6.6/42
This documentary chronicles Johnny Cash's 1970 visit to the White House, where Cash's emerging liberal ideals clashed with Richard Nixon's policies.
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ReMastered: Tricky Dick & The Man in Black

2014

Bombs Away: LBJ, Goldwater and the 1964 Campaign That Changed It All
0/0
The political ad "Peace Little Girl" aired during the 1964 presidential campaign ushered in a new era of the television attack ad. The campaign also r...
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Bombs Away: LBJ, Goldwater and the 1964 Campaign That Changed It All

2010

Corporate Fascism: The Destruction of America's Middle Class
9.5/2
Corporations have hijacked congress and are running roughshod over Americans, especially the Middle Class.
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Corporate Fascism: The Destruction of America's Middle Class

2009

Mile High: How to Win... and Lose... the White House
0/0
A teenager who has spent a year of his life campaigning for Barack Obama makes his way to Denver to hear the former Presidential candidate accept his...
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Mile High: How to Win... and Lose... the White House

2000

Dirty Pictures
5.9/9
A Cincinnati museum director goes on trial in 1990 for exhibiting sadomasochistic photographs taken by Robert Mapplethorpe.
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