Buchanan Rides Alone

Some people listen to what Pat Buchanan says. I certainly don't. Even when he was a mucky-muck in Republican circles, I thought he was milky in the filbert. Now that he's bolted the mainstream, I'm surprised anyone takes him seriously.

So I'm going to do you few who still listen a favor. Skip his latest column. Like millions of Americans at any given time in our history, he declares immigration a national emergency. Fine, that's his choice. But then, he calls for Bush's impeachment. His "legal" claim: the Constitution promises the states the U.S. will protect them from invasion, which Bush (who apparently is the one with the duty to protect the states, and in a way that Buchanan sees fit, though not the one with the power to decide if they're being invaded) has failed to do.

This is the argument of a crackpot. It is one thing to disagree with a President's policies, it's another to pretend the Constitution criminalizes them.

If Pat ever wants to be taken seriously again, he could start by toning down the rhetoric, and toning up his arguments.