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Pat Buchanan: Hitler Didn't Plan to Kill the Jews

Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 9:16:51 am PST

Hey, way to go, Townhall.com. Why not publish Pat Buchanan’s Holocaust revisionism? After all, he’s a real conservative, isn’t he?

Retch.

Townhall.com::Was the Holocaust Inevitable?::By Patrick J. Buchanan.

I’ve removed Townhall.com from our list of news sources. This is appalling.

UPDATE at 6/20/08 9:51:04 am:

This disgusting piece of Holocaust revisionism is also at WorldNetDaily: Was the Holocaust inevitable?

UPDATE at 6/20/08 11:08:17 am:

Apparently, a lot of people have forgotten William F. Buckley’s eloquent, definitive repudiation of Buchanan: In Search of Anti-Semitism: William F. Buckley.

Also see:
Yourish.com - Pat Buchanan: Hitler’s Willing Prevaricator
Christopher Hitchens: WW2, a War Worth Fighting
Victor Davis Hanson - Patrick J. Buchanan—Pseudo-Historian, Very Real Dissimulator

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#1 Occasional Reader 6/20/08 9:18:02 am 5
Pat Buchanan: Hitler Didn't Plan to Kill the Jews

So the Holocaust was just history's biggest "oopsy". I see.

/spit

#2 danrudy 6/20/08 9:18:10 am 0

retch is right!

#3 Iron Fist 6/20/08 9:18:34 am 13

He must have missed those parts in Mein Kampf where Hitler talked about exterminating the Jews.

#4 Age Of Freedom 6/20/08 9:19:08 am 4

Good job, Charles. Thanks for being the best pundit around.

#5 Fo knee ix 6/20/08 9:19:23 am 0

Will the real William F. Buckley please stand up? Please stand up?

(hat tip: Charles)

#6 Nevergiveup 6/20/08 9:19:55 am 0

I would really like to know what happened to Pat when he was a little kid to make him hate the Jews so much?

#7 Conservative in Liberal Hands 6/20/08 9:20:16 am 0

I'm beginning to think that no one cares about Mr. Buchanan’s ravings. Increasingly irrelevant and soon to be placed into the news-oblivion that he so richly deserves.

/Just Sayin'

#8 Tilly 6/20/08 9:20:16 am 0

re: #3 Iron Fist

He must have missed those parts in Mein Kampf where Hitler talked about exterminating the Jews.

They were in his Swiss Bank Hand Book...lol

#9 EC Marm 6/20/08 9:20:25 am 22

The sad thing is that people view Pat Buchanan as representative of conservatives.

#10 Joel 6/20/08 9:21:01 am 3

Yeah and Islam is a religion of peace, the check is in the mail, and sure I'll respect you in the morning.Hey maybe Hannity will have him on tonight again. Charles you are a man of principle. Spot on!

#11 Honorary Yooper 6/20/08 9:21:08 am 10

OK, can I call Buchanan a Nazi now? This seems well beyond just sympathizer territory.

#12 karmic_inquisitor 6/20/08 9:21:24 am 1

He left out :

"And it wasn't the Nazi's who killed all those Jews. It was the bullets and the gas."

#13 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir) 6/20/08 9:21:55 am 4

What a fucking tool.

#14 Killgore Trout 6/20/08 9:21:56 am 1
Hitchens charmingly concludes: This book "stinks."


Heh.

#15 Conservative in Liberal Hands 6/20/08 9:22:08 am 0

re: #11 Honorary Yooper

Antisemitic, yes. But is he a socialist / commie?

#16 ruexperienced 6/20/08 9:22:11 am 1

For fuck sakes. Please God can we get Victor Davis Hanson on board for another smackdown of this bigoted turd ?

And what the HELL is going on at townhall ?

#17 Pastorius 6/20/08 9:22:11 am 0

Thanks for doing so, Charles.

#18 Occasional Reader 6/20/08 9:22:39 am 3

re: #9 EC Marm

The sad thing is that people view Pat Buchanan as representative of conservatives.

Pat Buchanan is to "conservative" as Stepin Fetchit is to "African-American".

He's a minstrel show version of "conservative".

#19 DistantThunder 6/20/08 9:22:42 am 8

What are Townhall and Fox thinking.? This is monstrous stuff! This is in part to sell his book that I can't believe ANy sane person would buy. When he says we should have allowed Hitler to push through and stay in France - I shouted at the TV, "What about the Jews!?

this crosses the line, and i am writing to Fox that I am done if this bozo is allows to hang around and be credible. If someone wants to rip him to pieces (metaphorically) on the air, I'll watch that.

Disgusting. I could not be friends with a person who believed this vile poison.

#20 Killgore Trout 6/20/08 9:22:51 am 1

re: #11 Honorary Yooper

Yeah, I think it's safe to drop the qualifiers off Buchanan's "Nazi" title.

#21 karmic_inquisitor 6/20/08 9:22:58 am 0

Can anyone get into my.barackobama.com right now? I can't.

#22 lawhawk 6/20/08 9:23:08 am 3

Buchanan is only irrelevant if media sources start treating him as such. They haven't - given the way that Fox and Hannity and others continue to let him have airtime.

That must change. Townhall should be ashamed for being associated with this kind of revisionist nonsense.

#23 LeftJustAintRight 6/20/08 9:23:18 am 0

re: #1 Occasional Reader

So the Holocaust was just history's biggest "oopsy". I see.

/spit


What the hell do you mean ?
It did not happen

/

#24 bosforus 6/20/08 9:23:22 am 0

Why not just say they were like that when I got here?

#25 Pastorius 6/20/08 9:23:27 am 0

What do you think got up Townhall's ass?

#26 Conservative in Liberal Hands 6/20/08 9:23:45 am 1

re: #21 karmic_inquisitor

They know who you are and don't want you in there... ;)

#27 Honorary Yooper 6/20/08 9:24:18 am 2

re: #15 Conservative in Liberal Hands

Antisemitic, yes. But is he a socialist / commie?

He is a populist, if not more. I find it interesting that Jonah Goldberg spent and entire chapter on Pat Buchanan in Liberal Fascism.

#28 karmic_inquisitor 6/20/08 9:24:25 am 0

re: #26 Conservative in Liberal Hands

Can you get in?

#29 jcm 6/20/08 9:24:41 am 0

Retch is putting mildly.

#30 big L 6/20/08 9:25:07 am 2

prager, medved, Gallegher ought to pull out now from
Der townhall beobachter now

#31 brent 6/20/08 9:25:07 am 1

Well, that explains it. Pat said it, and it must be true, if only because he so desperately wants it to be true. Hitler was not a bad guy, it was the world that was to blame.

He wrote two manuscripts detailing his plans for the world, and if nothing else, the common theme was that a country could only survive if it conquered and grew. Everything else was decay. With that as a backdrop, he put it all into action as he said he would.

He planned on coming to America next, Patty - the breadbasket of the midwest was needed to feed his supercountry. Would that have been Churchill's baby, too?

MTV, GET OFF THE AIR. NOW! (er, Pat). Sorry, DKs.

#32 buzzsawmonkey 6/20/08 9:25:45 am 1

I notice that Buchanan refers to "Germany's own Maginot Line" against France, which was known as "the Siegfried Line," as Germany's Western Wall.

This cynical choice of phrase is telling, as it suggests that Buchanan regards Hitler's Germany as his Temple Mount.

#33 addison 6/20/08 9:25:47 am 5

re: #9 EC Marm

The sad thing is that people view Pat Buchanan as representative of conservatives.

This is one of the reasons I find him so disgusting. He uses the imprimatur of conservatism to spew bigotry and historical illiteracy.

Anyone with access to a search engine can refute all of his historical pronouncements in a matter of minutes.

#34 MandyManners 6/20/08 9:25:59 am 0
The Holocaust was not a cause of the war, but a consequence of the war. No war, no Holocaust.

The Brits were responsible for all those murders?

#35 big L 6/20/08 9:26:04 am 1

"Reich, retch, let's call the whole thing off"

#36 Kosh's Shadow 6/20/08 9:26:35 am 11

Obama isn't even in office yet and anti-Semitism and Holocaust revisionism is becoming acceptable.
Israel better not give up any more land because they'll need the room for the American Jews.

#37 Conservative in Liberal Hands 6/20/08 9:26:38 am 0

re: #27 Honorary Yooper

OK... You seem to be right-on!
.
.
.
.
If there's a moveon why not a righton? or is there one...

#38 big L 6/20/08 9:26:47 am 0

Wansee Conference where the Nazi claque of dimwits met to craft Final solution.

#39 Alouette 6/20/08 9:26:48 am 0

Puke-cannon hits bottom, digs. He's passed through the middle of the earth right now and he's about to tunnel up into China.

#40 abolitionist 6/20/08 9:26:56 am 0

He definitely planned to demonize them, and persecute them, and rally the German people around hatred for Jews, and heap blame on them for anything/everything that was wrong. He said so in Mein Kampf. He also said that if Jews didn't exist, it would be necessary to invent them.

Mein Kampf (English: My Struggle/My Battle)

is a book by the Austrian-born leader of Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler. It combines elements of autobiography with an exposition of Hitler's National Socialist political ideology. Volume 1 of Mein Kampf was published in 1925 and volume 2 in 1926.
#41 Ben Hur 6/20/08 9:27:19 am 0

It's the most documented and studied event in history.

I'll trust TAU.

#42 ORD neighbor 6/20/08 9:27:23 am 2

Interesting things coming out into the light... Interesting as in the alleged Chinese curse about "interesting times" and living in same. And again, proves the well-known point that the enemy of my enemy is not necessarily my friend.

#43 Nevergiveup 6/20/08 9:28:15 am 1

re: #34 MandyManners

The Brits were responsible for all those murders?

The Holocaust was not a cause of the war, but a consequence of the war. No war, no Holocaust.

Someone should point out to that moron the date the Nuremberg Laws were formulated! It was way before WW2.

#44 Kosh's Shadow 6/20/08 9:28:26 am 0

re: #31 brent

Well, that explains it. Pat said it, and it must be true, if only because he so desperately wants it to be true. Hitler was not a bad guy, it was the world that was to blame.

He wrote two manuscripts detailing his plans for the world, and if nothing else, the common theme was that a country could only survive if it conquered and grew. Everything else was decay. With that as a backdrop, he put it all into action as he said he would.

He planned on coming to America next, Patty - the breadbasket of the midwest was needed to feed his supercountry. Would that have been Churchill's baby, too?

MTV, GET OFF THE AIR. NOW! (er, Pat). Sorry, DKs.

And Pat is trying to bring Hitler's legacy to the US. I hope he goes and visits Germany, where he can be arrested for this shit.

#45 big L 6/20/08 9:28:34 am 0

that uber-babe Mary Katherine Ham left recently Der Townhall

#46 Diamond Bullet 6/20/08 9:29:01 am 1

That article actually did make me queasy.

#47 Alouette 6/20/08 9:29:09 am 3

re: #41 Ben Hur

It's the most documented and studied event in history.

I'll trust TAU.

I'll trust Henryk Mandelbaum

#48 The Pulchritudinous Patriot 6/20/08 9:29:34 am 3

Next thing you know, he'll be endorsing BHO

#49 BIGDUKE 6 6/20/08 9:29:38 am 0

No question Old Pats an ASS HAT !
I also notice the piece is full of " IFs" - If this didnt happpen IF that diidnt happen etc etc .
My uncle used to say " IF , IF ---- IF MY GRANDMOTHER HAD WHEELS SHE'D BE A BUS "

#50 Kosh's Shadow 6/20/08 9:30:20 am 0

re: #48 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

Next thing you know, he'll be endorsing BHO

Once Ron Paul withdraws.

#51 karmic_inquisitor 6/20/08 9:30:28 am 0

So I am getting 403s when I follow links to mybo.com

They read:

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /page/community/post/tneil/CPyQ/commenta ry on this server.
Apache Server at my.barackobama.com Port 80

I tried this : [Link: my.barackobama.com...]

#52 The Pulchritudinous Patriot 6/20/08 9:30:33 am 0

re: #47 Alouette

I'll trust Henryk Mandelbaum

I'll trust my bosses own mother. She'll gladly show you her tattoo from camp.

#53 Ben Hur 6/20/08 9:30:38 am 1

I think that Pat loves all the attention he's getting on the internet recently.

#54 Sabba Hillel 6/20/08 9:30:48 am 0

Technically, Buchanan may be correct. Hitler did not intend to kill the Jews, he intended to con his dupes into doing the dirty work for him. Technically, I think that he never actually personally killed anyone. He probably never even ordered any specific Jew killed. He probably just left it up to the worker bees and told them what a good job they were doing.

Something like many of the Imams nowadays.

#55 OldLineTexan 6/20/08 9:31:02 am 3

re: #49 BIGDUKE 6

No question Old Pats an ASS HAT !
I also notice the piece is full of " IFs" - If this didnt happpen IF that diidnt happen etc etc .
My uncle used to say " IF , IF ---- IF MY GRANDMOTHER HAD WHEELS SHE'D BE A BUS "

This would present Barack Hussein Obama with a problem.

#56 Deafdog 6/20/08 9:31:20 am -1

Ron Paul!

#57 WriterMom 6/20/08 9:31:37 am 0

I am very disappointed in Town Hall.

I guess Hitler killing all the Jews was just an accident or something.

#58 galloping granny 6/20/08 9:31:41 am 0

Page is gone from Townhall.

#59 seekeroftruth 6/20/08 9:31:47 am 0

Has it been pulled? I am getting " The page you requested cannot be found." message.

#60 Joel 6/20/08 9:31:47 am 5

Buchanan mentions Wansee conference but does not mention that from June 1941 onwards the Nazi Einsatzgruppen slaughtered more then a million Jews by shooting. The Wansee conference fixated on gassing.

#61 WriterMom 6/20/08 9:32:04 am 0

re: #53 Ben Hur

For sure.

#62 The Pulchritudinous Patriot 6/20/08 9:32:07 am 1

re: #54 Sabba Hillel

Technically, Buchanan may be correct. Hitler did not intend to kill the Jews, he intended to con his dupes into doing the dirty work for him. Technically, I think that he never actually personally killed anyone. He probably never even ordered any specific Jew killed. He probably just left it up to the worker bees and told them what a good job they were doing.

Something like many of the Imams nowadays.

That argument didn't work for Charles Manson either.

#63 BGOH 6/20/08 9:32:09 am 0

This is something that I have long wondered about: do publishers pay to have authors appear on cable news opinion shows, like H&C, Olbermann, etc.? I've often wondered this because book pimping is very formulaic when these guys make appearances.

I find it hard to believe that anyone would willingly choose to put a loser like Buchanan on the air without getting a fat check in return.

#64 Ben Hur 6/20/08 9:32:17 am 11

Pat Buchanan is not a historian.

#65 jaunte 6/20/08 9:32:30 am 1

So is Pat Buchanan encouraged by liberal thinkers to roam free and broadcast his nonsense as a carnival freakshow example of 'conservative thought?'

Or are there enough who agree with him to make him a market force?

#66 WriterMom 6/20/08 9:32:30 am 0

Gone!

#67 iowahawk 6/20/08 9:32:40 am 7

If only we had a time machine that could travel back to the 1930s. That way we could have prevented Pat Buchanan.

#68 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir) 6/20/08 9:32:44 am 0

re: #57 WriterMom

I am very disappointed in Town Hall.

I guess Hitler killing all the Jews was just an accident or something.

It started with a few jokes and just kind of snowballed from there is I guess what old Pat is trying to say.

#69 seekeroftruth 6/20/08 9:33:15 am 0

Wow - behold the power of the green football! It's gone - good job Charles !

#70 brent 6/20/08 9:33:18 am 2

I wish I could remember the sequence, but the other manuscript (not Mein Kampf) was much more direct. This is what we do, this is what a country must do, and this is how Germany will implement it.

It's scary stuff, and he was very blunt about it. There was his plan for superbombers to hit American cities, feeding the people, labor from conquered countries. If anyone thinks that WWII was caused by something other than a megalomaniac, they're nuts.

Pat - you're a hateful nut. Another DeadKennedys song comes to mind, something about what Nazi Punks should do. Pat should do this.

#71 Deafdog 6/20/08 9:33:20 am 0

re: #64 Ben Hur

Pat Buchanan is not a historian.

Very kind words. He's bordering on insane.

#72 bosforus 6/20/08 9:33:24 am 0

Article gone?

#73 Alouette 6/20/08 9:33:27 am 2

Pat is really pissed that he didn't get the part of Franz Liebkind in The Producers. His Broadway musical is way much better than "Springtime for Hitler"

#74 Walter L. Newton 6/20/08 9:33:29 am 0

re: #54 Sabba Hillel

Technically, Buchanan may be correct. Hitler did not intend to kill the Jews, he intended to con his dupes into doing the dirty work for him. Technically, I think that he never actually personally killed anyone. He probably never even ordered any specific Jew killed. He probably just left it up to the worker bees and told them what a good job they were doing.

Something like many of the Imams nowadays.

Hey, why don't you Google the Wanasee Conference and read a little. You're splitting hairs. I hope you were just trying to be "cute." Either way, you're WAY off base.

Walter in Golden, Co.

#75 jemima 6/20/08 9:33:31 am 1

Poor Hitler. He was so misunderstood, let's give him a Nobel Peace prize.

And while we're at it--Mr Buchanan, there's an oven with your name on it in Hell.

#76 jcm 6/20/08 9:33:32 am 3

re: #38 big L

Wansee Conference where the Nazi claque of dimwits met to craft Final solution.

Don't forget Assistant Secretary of State Breckinridge Long was given a smuggled copy of the Wansee Protocols, and dismissed them as forgeries. Long also was the main person deny entry to the US of refugees, mainly Jewish.

#77 WriterMom 6/20/08 9:33:36 am 0

re: #67 iowahawk

Iowahawk-I just LOVED the CHRC piece you did. It was awesome. Thanks for all the laughs.

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#79 Ben Hur 6/20/08 9:33:51 am 0

Methinks that there is some Zionist hijinx afoot.

/Pat ibn Buchanan

#80 WriterMom 6/20/08 9:34:37 am 0

It's a Zionist conspiracy! Most definitely!