Still a Model

Pat Buchanan, still a model. Not in the sexy clothes modelling way, rather he's a model for the term idiotarian.

His nativists rantings were ridiculous 14 years ago, and they're ridiculous today (hat tip Drudge). Immigration is a serious problem, there aren't any easy political or social solutions to the problems represented by allowing an underclass to grow outside of legal authority, and worse yet, politicians on both sides aren't even coming close to approaching the problem of illegal immigration beyond using it as a bludgeon with which to strike their opponents.

But with that said, statements like, “As Rome passed away, so, the West is passing away, from the same causes and in much the same way. What the Danube and Rhine were to Rome, the Rio Grande and Mediterranean are to America and Europe, the frontiers of a civilization no longer defended.” aren't helpful, don't lead anywhere, and are the worst kind of hyperbole.

There's a reason he's no longer a Republican. Somehow I bet that if he gets covered at all regarding his alarmist book, the press won't fail to mention that he worked for the Reagan administration.