It’s the cosmic wrap-around effect, in which the two polar extremes of leftist isolationism and rightist paleoconservatism collide with a mind-numbingly dull thud on the dark side of American politics: Daily Kos: Pat Buchanan (!!!) RIPS McCain on Georgia.

Ladies and gents, brace yourselves: Pat Buchanan of all people has hit the nail on the head with verve and accuracy. Here, a paint-peeling dose of well deserved venom for Scheunemann and his vile ilk:

None Dare Call It Treason

Have a read. Forward it to your friends, your enemies, your pets. This is how to write about this stuff.

In the venn diagrams of life, Pat Buchanan and I share virtually nothing beyond the basics. Carbon based, both mammals, male, wear socks. But there’s this narrow strip of sensibility we share. For all his repulsive Nixonian tendencies, he seems to remember something critical about American policy in the world:

Avoid entangling alliances

Sometimes this guy pisses me off so much, I swear that if he were drowning I’d throw him a cinderblock. Part of this is because he’s never shied away from using hyperbolic and offensive rhetoric - sucks to be on the receiving end. Well, here’s a punch line from his bit on Townhall:

“Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence … a free people ought to be constantly awake,” Washington warned in his Farewell Address. Our Founding Father was warning against the Randy Scheunemanns among us, agents hired by foreign powers to deceive

Read and learn, people. As weak as some of his ideas are, he’s spot on the money on this one. Pat’s pretty much off the Republican island because he just can’t soften it up when needed, and he’s just not a devious enough strategist. His thinking on this proves that concerns about McCain’s saber rattling aren’t just for Kossacks - useless war foisted by neocon fantasies is something WE ALL need to fight.