Controversial conservative political commentator Pat Buchanan has been fired by MSNBC on the heels of a four month suspension that began when he released and began promoting his new book Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025?
The book about America’s decline, released in October, drew the wrath of critics who have characterizing his views as racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic.
MSNBC president Phil Griffin said, “The ideas expressed in his book aren’t really appropriate for national dialogue, much less the dialogue on MSNBC.”
Buchanan posted an essay to weigh in on his ouster: “In the 10 years I have been at MSNBC, the network has taken heat for what I have written, and faithfully honored our contract. Yet my four-months’ absence from MSNBC and now my departure represent an undeniable victory for the blacklisters.”
He went on to say, “I know these blacklisters. They operate behind closed doors, with phone calls, mailed threats and off-the-record meetings. They work in the dark because, as Al Smith said, nothing un-American can live in the sunlight.”
What do you think … is this guy a nut job or a true patriot just speaking the truth as he sees it?
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