^^ suchfriends reply makes it unnecessary for me to answer. i'll just add the word "tokenism" to the black church visit. and that after the fake meekness of the mexican visit he went to arizona and doubled down on his racist rage.
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and re: buchanan, maybe i should have read it instead of going by hearsay during the kosovo campaign because this is hitchens skewering him and his past:
http://www.salon.com/1999/10/16/buchanan_5/
i still miss the old cranky mclaughlin though