Pat Buchanan Says "Lesbian Coalition of America Discriminates Against White Males"

While appearing on the Rachel Maddow Show last night in the recurring segment "It's Pat," MSNBC pundit Pat Buchanan accused the Lesbian Coalition of America (LCA) of discriminating against him.

"I'm as qualified as anyone to head this organization, and for them to not consider my nomination to head the executive board is reverse discrimination against white males," said Buchanan.

Buchanan was nominated by the group's senior board member, Alexandra Tillman, who suffers from dementia and assumed Buchanan was a lesbian after seeing him several times on Maddow's show. The nomination was quickly blocked by a majority vote.

Buchanan was outraged by the rejection. "No one is more qualified to head this lesbian group than me. I'd enliven the LCA and help them move in a new direction," wrote Buchanan in the New Republic.

He talked about the LCA's decision with Maddow on MSNBC last night.

"I've long felt kinship with the lesbian community," Buchanon told Maddow. "Why do you think I'm always on your show, Rachel? I pride myself in being a bit of a hag."

Days earlier, Maddow and Buchanan had engaged in a very heated discussion over Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. Buchanan insisted that Sotomayor was an unqualified affirmative action candidate and that her nomination to the Supreme Court was an affront to white working class folk. "Why is it okay to discriminate against white males?" Buchanan asked rhetorically.

In what's being touted as round two of their debate, Maddow defended the LCA while accusing Buchanan of "inconsistent logic" in regard to affirmative action.

"What happened to your stance that affirmative action is discriminatory?" asked Maddow. "Had your nomination been accepted by the LCA, it would have been a classic example of affirmative action for white men at play. You can't have it both ways, Pat."

"Now hold on, Rachel. The differences are clear. I'm no affirmative action baby. I watch Ellen. I love The L Word. I'm the best and most qualified candidate."

As tension mounted between the two MSNBC pundits, Buchanan argued that the LCA had been guilty of discrimination ever since their formation during the civil rights era.

"Lesbians make up 100% of the people on their current staff, Rachel. Where are the white males? I've been to their meetings. Where are the blue collar men from Nebraska? You don't see Joe the Plumber there, Rachel. What does the Lesbian Coalition of America have against working class male folk?" asked an outraged Buchanon.

Appearing flustered, Maddow questioned Buchanan about his historic opposition to gay rights.

"You oppose everything the group stands for, Pat. You're a social conservative. You started all this nonsense about the 'culture war,' for God's sake. Why would you want anything to do with this group?" she asked.

"That hurts," said a visibly rattled Buchanan.

"I've always supported you, haven't I Rachel? And when you and your friends in New York get together, where's my invitation? Do you think I enjoy going to dinner with McLaughlin and Eleanor Clift. I don't. I'm on this show all the time. You repay my support by shutting me out, Rachel. And the LCA has done the same thing."

But as a testament to their apparent fondness for one another, cable's most unlikely duo parted on an upbeat note.

"It's always a pleasure to have you on, Pat," said Maddow, after apologizing for not spending more time with 70-year-old pundit.

"I've enjoyed it as I always do, Rachel," said Buchanan. "But next time you have a BBQ, maybe invite me and some of my male, white, working class friends to that."

 

Comments

[Shayrae]

This article was brilliantly funny. I saw the original debate and had to take a Tylenol. This article erased the headache Buchanan gave me.

[lordjin]

OMG. This totally reminds me of Spinal Tap--when the less nuanced among Heavy metal circles (and there were many, including magazines) in the 80's thought Spinal Tap was a real band.

Ha ha! It's exactly the same thing!

[lordjin]

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I was still rubbing my eyes until i hit the part about dementia. I don't know who the leader of this organization is, but come on... that's when I looked up and noticed i was in comedy. That's exactly 2.5 paragraphs before the word dementia appears. It should take exactly that long for readers who actually read what they're reading to realize that it's bogus.

The scary thing is, if this is how people really go about skimming through articles and taking things as fact no matter how utterly, impossibly slap-stick it may be, what larger, perhaps unintentional commentary has this article made?

Read the words you're reading, people.

[Mike Barden]

So Pat finally came outta the closet.

[Driver125]

Finally? You have not been paying attention to the wonderful career of 'Just Pat'. Homosexuals are the thing that gets this dog jumping the highest. The supposed all-too-short reign of the White Male is way down the list in comparison.

[Shayrae]

That was his alter ego, Bay.

[timewaster2dcore]

Haha!! WTH? LOL. A very well done humor, by the way.

[noradunn]

Gays and Lesbians formed their own clique for the same reason straight women and blacks did. Being systematically excluded from the main stream. But every group will act the same. They will build a power base that keeps people who are not one of them at a distance, and favors people who are. White males with money still run the show, and the right wing of that group is rabble rousing every wing nut in the country against the first black man to crash their party. Years from now, there won't be such distinctions made. But Pat isn't wrong. He is being shut out of the new cliques. He's getting a dose of his won castor oil, and he doesn't like the taste of it. It would be great if those of us who have been discriminated against took the high road, which is not the road less traveled. It's a lumpy trail in the wilderness with very few footprints.

[SarcasmBites]

There's no question, white males have really suffered these last many centuries. Between the higher pay scales, the abundant educational opportunities, the ability to vote long before the rest of civilization -- need I go on? Well, let's just say they deserve some kind of recognition, after so many generations of suffering. Honestly, I can't think of a better way to honor them than to have Pat Buchanan go out on a nationwide, perhaps even international, press junket in support of the lesbian community-­-provided, of course, the LCA pre-scripts his every word. Honestly, it would be a joy to watch, and such a step forward for white mankind. Not to mention, Pat would finally have accomplished something worthwhile.

[Sean 6399]

Great application of satire by Buchanan.

Every identity group in America freely discriminates against white men, often while crying about the evils of discrimination while they do it. And if a white guy points out the rampant hypocrisy, he'll get labeled a bigot. It would be funny if it weren't so pathetic.

[nana4g]

I didn't catch on until reading "comments" and I saw last nights "Rachel" show.

[jedi penguin]

Utterly brilliant. Having stumbled across this article after seeing the real duel between these two, I almost half believed this.... *laughing*

[snove77]

I started reading this article not realizing the link had taken me to the Comedy section. Took me about 2 paragraphs to realize it! Looks like a depressingly large number of people got thru the whole thing without catching on. Sad, really.

[3x3org]

I feel bad for Rachel. You know she really adores Pat and is really hurt by this.

[MoeJava]

"Buchanan was nominated by the group's senior board member, Alexandra Tillman, who suffers from dementia and assumed Buchanan was a lesbian after seeing him several times on Maddow's show. The nomination was quickly blocked by a majority vote.
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Buchanan was outraged by the rejection. "No one is more qualified to head this lesbian group than me. I'd enliven the LCA and help them move in a new direction," wrote Buchanan in the New Republic."
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This is coming from a Republican who totally disses same sex marriage and thinks that
discrimination of gays is perfectly OK.
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Uncle Pat ought to be left off the invitation list for next Thanksgiving's Dinner.

[Truelee]

Ouch! Rejected by lesbians.

[NTexasHillbilly]

Too bad buchanan isn't a lesbian. He'd be a much happier person and not have that perpetual sour face.

[bluehand]

Maybe, but he'd make an awfully homely woman;-D

[lordjin]

I can't believe people are commenting as if the article is real.

[LintLass]

Goes to show how ridiculous are the things we're used to hearing from the Religious Right, you often *can't tell* when it's satire. :)

[lordjin]

uh, yah. But the dementia thing should have tipped them off.

[PKatherine]

I know....

[DG55]

Yeah...I was beginning to wonder!