pat buchanan?o writes for "new york times," urged that we move -- the fed should move, bernanke should move to induce an inflation rate of 4% to 6% saying this would, a, encourage borrowing at the same time, it would be a disinsenttive to hoarding cash, and induced inflation, and they're very open about it. what are your thoughts on that? >> well, you know, i just got back from this jackson hole fed conference where chairman bernanke was speaking. i think, look, if you were going to get too much inflation, you've got to be a little careful about that. as you know, pat, you know, if you go back in periods in this country where inflation started getting up high, there are a lot of collateral damages that we'd probably have to take into account. that said, the target inflation has been something around 2%, and we're not there. we're below it. the unemployment rate is at 9%. it seems like if this was a normal time, you'd be saying on the monetary side they ought to be cutting the interest rate. but the

what is the end game, pat buchanan?ling out one-third of the entire force by next september, september 2012. i would ask wes, wes, when you talk to the guys over there that are coming back, what do they say is going to happen when one-third of the force is out and the entire force is out or stands down by 2014? do they think the taliban will win? >> i can tell you, great question pat. part of the frustration that i have, we have 20,000 troops inside afghanistan in the country during that time period. part of the issue we had is that is a small force to be spread thin when you consider the mission. there are real concerns for the soldiers left on the ground. what does it look like when we have the same responsibilities. wes, in 2005, i had a mother of a young man who was in afghanistan. tell me, start talking about the afghanistan war and how it was and how her son brian would go from village to village to village. they go in, we are americans, this is why we are here. get them on the team. then leave and go to another v

mike halperin and mike barnicle are still with us along with pat buchanan in washington.ht now, though, finacier, steve. >> we've been hearing a lot over the past couple of days, a lot of democratic senators, commentators, some op-ed people telling us so much in slashing spending children will be kicked out of schools, parents will have to be feeding their children pine cones and wild berries. you got a chart. this is serious. it's unbelievable. they cut so much. i guess all of our long term debt problems are taken care of. let's take a look at what actually happened. so they did cut or were going to cut $2.1 trillion often years, back loaded and so on. this is a chart we looked at a couple of weeks ago. if you remember back in 2000 we had a surplus because tax revenues were 20.5% roughly. spending took off. you can see in the middle of that chart. spending at 28.1%. if we had done nothing -- >> for people at home the red line is the spending. the blue line is the revenues and they are going in the wrong direction. >> they are going in the wrong direction. let's look at t

he's not losing like pat buchanan.e's losing people in his base who is exasperated and some of whom are saying maybe the hope and change thing isn't working out the way we wanted. i don't think riding around in the bus out there, repeating the same message with no program is helping. >> wasn't ronald reagan down? >> he was down, yeah. >> didn't he come back? >> yeah, but the economy by now is moving -- >> wouldn't it make sense for him to come back with a jobs plan and fight it through? >> i think he ought to come back with a tax plan and a deficit and jobs plan. >> i think he should come back with a tax plan. he should say we need to stop bush's tax cuts. >> okay. >> one of the president's strengths is he's patient. he doesn't get caught up in the day-to-day. he wants his vacation. he likes the tradition of martha's vineyard in the summer and hawaii in the winter. he thinks he's going to win the fight. if he wins the fight, it makes re-election more likely. >> it's an annual pass. put the president's vacation to rest.

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and pat buchanan, no new revenues and the tea parties have won, and you must be happy? >> yes, and the hobbits are returning to nail the koonskin on the capitol hill wall. well, they got new tax revenues and the debt ceiling raise anded and some budget cuts, but i agree that the budget cuts are not significant in the early years and we have to do a lot more to avoid a default down the road. >> but, pat, how can you say they won when senator lindsey graham said this is a $3 trillion package to still allow $7 trillion to be added to the deficit over the next ten years, so that the deficit issue remains a problem will, don't it? >> well, that is a hellish problem for the united states and i agree with that, but whereas the democrats, they called it a satan sandwich, because they gave up so much, the republicans and the tea party are saying that we didn't get enough. there is a difference. the republicans won, and the conservatives won, but i agree that the country is in very serious trouble. if you see what happened last week where growth basically in the first two quarter

and pat buchanan says progressives got their lunch handed to them in the debt deal. hey, pat what about the billions in defense cuts? i'll debate pat live tonight. >>> plus sarah palin's newest hypocrisy. now she's offended by terrorist talk. give me a break, half governor. welcome to the show. i'm al sharpton. tonight's lead, democrats, it's time to take stock. republicans have been having the conversation they want to have. now it's time to have our conversation, a conversation about creating jobs in america. the debt fight is over, the senate has passed the bill, the president has signed it, the debt limit will be raised. but for months republicans have tried to get away with all kinds of false statements about how the country got into this financial mess and what we should do to fix it. despite what we have heard from these republicans, facts matter. the truth matters. let's not forget where so much of our country's debt came from. fact -- when bill clinton left the white house, america had a $236 billion surplus. here's what that democratic president said at that

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this is pat buchanan. i will read the other one in a second. when did you put that in the book? >> that is a very common view. pat buchanan is very bold. but for many people in the country, that is probably a very common view. some of what we are witnessing in the growth of the tea party and obama on different levels is that we reflect some of the demographic changes going on in the country that counter what many people feel had been a history of whites and that the browning of the country, people coming from asia and africa and the caribbean, is a cultural rupture. but, in fact, the long, long history of the country has always been one of multiple people from all over the world. >> there is a second quote, but efforts have to ask you what is walker's appeal? >> david walker was an advocate in the 1830's. he was a free black man who wrote a pamphlet called "david walker's appeal" which basically called for black saves to a price. -- to uprise. the pamphlet was distributed in the south. it was illegal to have a copy of the pamphlet. let me read this. there is quite a difference i

pat buchanan. >> i think it hurts badly because nobody thinks barack obama has the answers, and nobody thinks the guy is a leader. i think a lot of people who are democrats, democrats behind him, they're starting to give up on him that he cannot lead in a crisis. >> also he gave reputation and gravity under the s&p statement, and they were already fined, what, a couple trillion dollars. found a $2 trillion -- why did he dignify them the way he >> the speech bombed, the election is more than a year away. this is a smart guy. he's going to retool, he's going to raise the level of his game come september. he's not going to let everybody just languish. >> the speech doesn't hurt in the long-term. what hurts in the long-term is he will be known forever more after the downgrade president. >> i mean, i think the speech did hurt. i think it showed there was such a trivial toy it. >> yes! >> that's a high school cheer. we're facing the biggest crisis we've had since the great depression and that's the best we get in the middle of the day? so i don't think it helped his reputation as a leader, n

>> the thing about george herbert walker bush is that he got a republican challenge in pat buchanan, who made him spend time and energy treasury paid by the time he got the nomination, it was not -- >> i am trying to think of mark in cowboy boots at the inaugural. >> looks like gaddafi is finished in libya. >> there is no way back for the gaddafi regime, and many of its key members are on the right. >> i wish i could talk like that. that is william hague, british foreign secretary. looks like the rebels have won. evan, who can take credit? >> everybody will until it turns bad. i been a critic of the obama administration for working -- intervening on this, and it turned out better than anybody expected because gaddafi is gone. there could be civil war that comes out of it, but look, it is better than gaddafi. the west can generally take the credit, a brief people who overthrew him to take credit -- brave people who overthrew him can take credit. >> how about nato? >> they came through with the air cover and the air strikes. they had to learn how to do this thing. i think the u.s. -- o

pat buchanan. >>> libya leader moammar gadhafi may be -- talking about weasel words.ring to flee the country. okay. he could be gone in a matter of days. that could be news. we'll find out in a couple of days. this is "hardball," only on msnbc. every time a local business opens its doors or creates another laptop bag or hires another employee, it's not just good for business -- it's good for the entire community. at bank of america, we know the impact that local businesses have on communities, so we're helping them with advice from local business experts and extending $18 billion in credit last year. that's how we're helping set opportunity in motion. >>> president obama is on his first full day of vacation. he is being criticize sides for his trip. >>> back in '83, ronald reagan's third year in office, 9.5. reagan set off on a 25-day vacation to his ranch in california. 25 days. not 9 that this president is getting. presidents have always been taking vacations and there's been complaining about it. we'll be right back. [ artis brown ] america is facing some tough cha

pat buchanan. >>> libya leader moammar gadhafi may be -- talking about weasel words.ing to flee the country. wellance okay. he could be gone in a matter of days. that could be news. we'll find out in a couple of days. this is "hardball," on on msnbc. >>> back in '83, ronald reagan's nerd year in office, 9.5. reagan set off on a 25-day vacation to his ranch in california. 25 days. not 9 that this president is getting. presidents have always been taking vacations and complaining about it -- we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] this...is the network -- a network of possibilities. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more americans, many in small towns and rural communities, giving them a new choice. we'll deliver better service, with thousands of new cell sites... for greater access to all the things you want, whenever you want them. it's the at&t network... and what's possible in here is almost impossible to say. helping strengthen our bones. caltrate delivers 1200 milligrams

so she can be pat buchanan or ronald reagan, but right now her instincts seem to be pat buchanan. >>rent state of the field romney and perry, current governor of texas, former governor of massachusetts as the have to strongest candidates, eric erickson you introduced him on saturday, he announced he's running for president. he's caught the attention of a guy who knows something about running and winning the presidency. listen here. >> what i would say is go take a look at his record when he was governor and look at my record when i'm governor. then you got some apples to apples. >> i wish rick the very best. as the process goes on, we'll see whose background and skill most fits the need and the needs of the country at a critical time like this. >> hold on. remember that for a second. that was not what i wanted to hear. that was perry and romney essentially saying i'm a better job creator. we'll come back to that. but governor perry also caught the attention of a guy who has a history of winning the presidency, listen here. >> he's a good looking rascal. he said, you know, i'm going t

richard nixon and pat buchanan, his communications director, tried to do in public broadcasting in the early 1970's, accused us of being liberal when in fact we were just offering an alternative view of reality. and then bob dole when he was senate majority leader, minority leader, came after public broadcasting. newt gingrich came after public broadcasting. and the majority of the bush and administration, there were more responsive to karl rove the network to the stations. that constant harassment creates a kind of caution and self- censorship on the part of people who just do not want to -- we only get 17% of the budget from congress, that is enough to leave a big gap in what the local stations do if we did not have it. but it creates almost a pavlovian response. i think there is an unintended but inevitable censorship that takes place on the part of the people who are running the programs, booking programs, lining up guests, to make sure that we did not give the right wing another chance to come in and give the say accusation of being liberal. tavis: this book brings to life some of

pat buchanan? >> they're equally big worries, john. despite the fact the president had an $800 billion stimulus fed is triple the money supply, three deficits of almost $5 trillion, the economy is dead in the water this. that argues for a stimulus of a reaganite stimulus or obama stimulus, but there's who more tools in the toolbox here. on the other side you have the debt deficit problem, which $10 trillion in deficits, which argues for austerity. spending cuts, taxations, so you've got two in total conflict. the president inherited aaron economy, john, that i think the only way this thing will go forward is through the old stagflation of the post-nixon era. >> eleanor? >> they've got to raise the debt ceiling even if it takes the president invoking the 14th amendment of the constitution and doing it under his own authority. they've got to do that because the consequences of that, the numbers you just put up on the screen, would look rosie compared to what the economy would look like if we defaults. we take the world's global economy w

you know i never would have put a years ago i never would have thought i'd turn into a fan of pat buchanan you know i mean a lot of issues domestic issues but when he talks about foreign policy i kind of stand up and listen i mean if we have some unlikely bedfellows here but a bit to echo our two other guests here i mean they there are commonalities we don't know that you wouldn't see very obvious in the beginning but the very different ideological points of view can actually work together they have enormous commonalities in synergies if they did work together. well that's definitely true and the anti-war movement has not only failed to reach out to these people but it's failed to reach out to many demographic constituencies in the united states that have been opposed to war so for example latino that african-americans are overwhelmingly opposed to war in public opinion but the anti-war movement is done in adequate job of integrating these groups into their into the mass movement the one thing that i would say if i could leave one message to the anti-war movement that i think that it shoul

was newt gingrich who realized that anybody who understood the mind set of people who voted for pat buchanan and ross perot understood the mind of the disaffected voter. and so gingrich invited him to one of the gatherings of republicans in salisbury, maryland, and newt said to him, you know, "i'm inviting you here. i want you to be daring. i don't want you to act like a 45-year-old man." frank luntz is in his early 30's. "i want you to... you know, to defy conventional wisdom and challenge these members." and in fact, you know, luntz d that. he told them to shed their coats and their ties. they were acting too much like country club republicans. they had to get down with the people. they had to change their language. sevel republicans got really steamed over it. some of them walked out of the meeting. and at the end... >> this was in salisbury, maryland? >> in salisbury, maryland. and at the end, you know, newt gingrich was sitting back there just enjoying it, and said to frank luntz, you know, "you remind me of myself at... at that age." but i think the fault of both frank luntz and newt g

and then we sit here with the president of the united states and president of all of us and then pat buchanan refers to him as a boy and then the colorado in a colorado congressman refers to him as a tar baby and then you've got tea party members running around showing him with bones in his nose as this piece a witch doctor and you tell me that he's going to have racial connotations of course they do but if you want to we can respect if you want respect give respect and argue that all nations i'm not arguing that all republicans i'm arguing exist not all democrats call everybody terrorists so if you're offended because of the terminology that is used by someone i can be offended by the terminology that used give me in that respect i'll give you the respect let me respond to the terrorist i'm sure i mean you know osama bin laden in you can read this the collected works of art of love that's published i do believe it's one of my brother's first books of the month he explicitly said his goal with nine eleven was to crash the american car. now if you're saying he's a terror republicans are like o

. >>> pat buchanan said he didn't mean to phrase your boy as a slur against president obama. he used that fraid with al sharpton. he was discussing president obama political strength when he referred to him as your boy. he said he was using a boxing analogy and no slur was meant or intended. >>> with got them and i got her -- after i -- i pushed her to the side. >> a boy who plucked a girl from a swimming pool where she was drowning, what he wants to do next. >> we will look that forecast highs for your furs, includes cooling temperatures as much as 5-8 degrees. okay, kids, we can record one more show. who should get it? i really love jennifer. yeah, she's great. yeah. yeah. kyle's got that thick head of hair. and that should be rewarded. okay, moment of truth. on "three," say which kid you love the most. ooh, fun, yeah. one, two, three. jennifer. jennifer. whoa. wow. she's so pretty. yeah. or we give it to kyle. it's really all he's got. [ male announcer ] switch to at&t u-verse and record four shows all at the same time. just $29 a month for 6 months. at&t. just $29 a month

let's bring in our ace political panel from washington, casey hunt and pat buchanan. rt with you. because even though mitt romney didn't get the nomination last time around, he's still the frontrunner in this race. and he even took a shot from one of the president's men, rahm emanuel, last night. let's take a listen. >> when he was governor, massachusetts was 47th out of 50 in job production. in case he forgot that, i'd like to remind him of that. >> that was an interesting comment. romney's expected to be in new hampshire the day of the poll. he'll be in iowa just before. how do you think he'll fare? >> oh, he's not going to do very well in the iowa straw poll. he deliberately skipped it basically and downgraded it because he's made a wise decision, i think, martin, not to involve himself in these straw polls which since he's the frontrunner can only serve to elevate some outer candidate who targets one and beats him. so i think he's made the right decision there. i do think the iowa straw poll is critical, however, especially for tim pawlenty who's got to come in fir

stop coddling the rich people like me just >> as quickly as the president embraced this policy pat buchanan dismissed it >> water issues set when example and said a billion dollars check to the government >> bohai he paid over $70 million in taxes last year that's because the super rich get tax breaks whe. those making $1 million or more amounts to 237 people who profit wants higher taxes on those making $1 million or more. >> example we took a look at it would go from 35% to 50% it would be $34 billion in revenue obamas this year >> about the effects on the economy? >> yes they would spend less on goods and services >> most are in government bonds not in government created jobs it would have a serious adverse affect on the economy. >> we will have more on the morning news stay with us they're going all-out to takeover of the apple iphone google makes the system and not the phones with little have more control over their phones this is for an droid a smart phone fans the droid series by started out with a google tablet called zoom. what we would be better to protect an droid from other comp

. >> just as quickly as the president embraced buffet's call, pat buchanan dismissed it. >> why doesn'td an example and send a check for $5 billion to the federal government. >> stop coddling the super rich op-ed, the billionaire investor said while he paid nearly $7 million in taxes last year, the percentage of his taxable income was less than the people in his office. that's because the super rich get tax breaks on capital gains and pay little in payroll taxes. so who are the wealthy? to hear president obama tell it, they make $200,000 a year or more. that would make up 3% of americans or four million people. go up the pay scale and according to the irs, those making $1 million or more, equal about 237,000 people. in the $10 million or more club, there are roughly 8,000 people. buffet wants higher taxes on those making one million or more. we asked robberton williams of the nonpartisan tax policy center for a scenario of what that would amount to. >> the example we looked at was raising the top tax rate on incomes over a million dollars. if we did that, we'd gain an additional about $

let's take a look at pat buchanan here. he said he had this to say about buffet on "morning joe" today, let's listen to patrick. >> i'm a little fed up with these people, why doesn't he set an example and send a check for $5 billion to the federal government? he's got about $40 billion. i talked in boston where the super rich could contribute an extra amount, it was something like 1/10 of 1% did it. all these noise from these big rich folks, let them set an example instead of writing op ads. >> reasonable proposal, put your money where your mouth is. >> also keep in mind warren buffet has given away billions and billions of dollars, essentially giving away his fortune. >> here's columnist steve pearlstein, he wrote this letter to corporate ceos, what started as a reasonable attempt at political rebalances turned into a jihad against all regulation, all taxes, and all government waged by right-wing zealots who want to privatize public schools, cut back on basic research in which your products are based, shut down regulatory

. >> yes, is she pat buchanan or ronald reagan. she doesn't have to abandon her principles or anything she believes. but can she make her principles work on a larger audience? a big test for her, probably not. her history is she's more of a social conservative and she needs to talk economy. how are we going to create jobs. >> she needs to talk economy. >> yeah. >> among other things, is that what you believe she's not -- she's not hitting that point hard enough? >> not strong enough now and running against a governor of texas who's created jobs, a businessman. she's a congresswoman. she needs to fill that space quickly. >> she won today but rick perry had some disagree it was a strong showing bau considering how much he only got 700 or so. but to not even be here and to declare today, what does that say? does this change the game plan for everyone, including michele bachmann. >> rick perry had a good day today. i'm not the biggest fan but he gave a pretty good speech today. >> why not? >> well, there's a question of authenticity wi

under "the washington post," steve mcmahon and pat buchanan. what do you make of the fact romney bragged about the fact that he got better credit rating from the s&p out of massachusetts but never noted the fact he got because they raised taxes in the assembly up there? >> that wouldn't be something he would want to bring up and put out front. perhaps you think that might be advantageous to him, but it wouldn't be, chris. romney will be hit on think, the taxes, the real taxes, were enacted in the governorship before his, which was a democrat, and then he took advantage of that and got the state's credit rating raised, which i think was a good thing and cut taxes 19 times. i read that, read that closely. i don't think it's really a real issue that someone on the conservative side of the republican party can use to gray effect against romney. >> what do you think, from the liberal sides of things, an issue that shows hypocrisy? got a good credit rating but not by a wild notion he never raised taxes? >> senator kennedy used to say he wasn't pro-ch

let's look at pat buchanan though, taking the contrary view here. he said he had this to say on morning joe today, let's listen to patrick. >> i'm a little fed up with these people, come on, big op ads, all these ad munitions, why don't they set an example and set a check for $5 billion to the government. he has about $40 billion. you have a plan up there, i talked to howie in boston where the super rich could contribute and extra amount and something like one tenth of one percent did it. you have all this noise from these big rich folks. let them send checks and set an example instead of writing up ads. >> okay. there have you it. reasonable proposal. put your money where your mouth. >> let's also keep in mind that warren buffet has given away billions and billions of dollars, essentially giving away his fortune and not passing it on to the next generation. >> here is the man to do it, steve pearlsteen, one of the smartest writers today. he said what started as a reasonable attempt at political reabout rebalancing turned into a jihad against all re

bob dole and george-- and pat buchanan, you had george herbert walker bush and pat robertson. you know, i just don't know if there is that constituency is still out there, david mentioned 40%, moderates in 2008. i think you know, it's an angry electorate. if are you angry rick perry is your candidate. if are you nervous rick perry might not be your candidate. but if you are angry, he is. and i mean jon huntsman is reasonable. he's thoughtful. i mean and i don't know if there is a constituency outside there for him to win. >> i agree with that i sat down this week trying to write a column that jon huntsman would have his moment because the voters were out there waiting for them and i looked at the polling data of the republican electorate, turns out those voters aren't there. maybe 15% of the electorate. so i think it's the wrong year, the wrong time for him. i do think he might as well be more aggressive. on the show with jeffrey, he tiptoed up to staking out different positions. i think he's really got to make it clear. why not. and then if the people look back on this era as