guess what, donald trump took pat buchanan men with pat buchanan's blessing. he got himself elected president. i think a lot of people who do not like the idea of stepping back from the world stage at all but a lot more people than ever who do. >> nicole? >> i don't disagree but it is not a majority. bits 38%. and we know that donald trump is obsessed with three things. kab tv, twitter and polls. and he lives and dies by themmest doesn't want to be a 40% president. so that may have been enough to get him elected but i think the case the other side made to him, the reason you can't get anything done, that's a fact, he hasn't been able to advance a single legislative priority and they will probably go into the legislative recess passing nothing with the republican in the white house, controlling the white house and the house. it may be enough to get you the nomination and enough to win the electoral college but it is not enough to be the kind of guy that he wants to be, a guy who gets great press, great polls and can get things done. >> that gets to an even bigg

pat buchanan on the plot to bring down the president. snowflakes melting down on college campuses. shakespeare at the park still murdering president trump even after a congressman is shot. >> what was your reaction after president trump was shot? >> it was one of the highlights. jesse: hard-core democrat and bernie sanders volunteer james hodgkinson opened fire at a house republican baseball practice and shot five people including representative steve scalise. the shooter targeted republicans because they were republicans. he was a part of the resistance, an occupy wall treater and was consumed with fake news and the russia host. he called donald trump an a-hole, a traitor, and belonged to a group called terminate the republican party. hodgkinson is fully responsible for his wicked actions. but he traffics in a wicked left-wing media world that demonizes republicans. the president of the united states is slandered as greedy, racist, traitor, his policies will kill americans. hodgkinson consumed this propaganda for years. then perpetrate an assassination attempt. is there any connec

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would win a 4 48 state landslide and then it all came apart, columnist and political commentator pat buchanan served as a speechwriter and senior adviser to presidents nixon and discusses his book whitehouse for the battle that made and broke a president and a divided america forever. i wrote him a memo saying i think you ought to testify. you have to keep the tapes and conversations, i didn't think they were going to be that damaging to us, keep the tapes in the foreign-policy, the stuff you need. i said to take the rest out and burn it. i didn't know at the time this idea and he said it would be an abstract enough justice. i didn't recommend burning the tapes. they were his property that was executive privilege and everybody knew it and he simply said in effect i think he would have moved right through it. he said if he burned the tapes he would have survived and i think that's right. >> senato >> senator marco rubio spoke about the need to combat organized crime in latin american countries. this was hosted by the american enterprise insti,

. >> columnist and political commentator pat buchanan and served as a speech writer to president nixon and discusses "nixon's white house wars." >> i wrote him a memo saying i think you have dean testify, you have to keep the five tapes. i didn't think they were going to be damaging and keep the tapes, stuff you should tape and i said get the rest out and burn out and shut down this special prosecutor's office now before this thing grows into a monster and i didn't know it at the time, but nixon had called in two gentlemen and entertained this idea and talked about burning the tapes. i didn't recommend burning tapes. they were executive privilege existed and if he got rid of them and said in effect, impeach and be damned, he would have moved right through it. president nixon said, if he had burned the tapes, as i urged him to do, he would have survived and i think that's right. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern. president trump tweeting at 8:55, watch low rated "morning joe," fake news, he called me to stop a

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in the republican party, you're going to get a pal yoe conservative, pat buchanan paradigm, a whole bunchit out. if i had to bet, i would like an alexander hamilton open trade lot of immigration, lot of economic dynamism. but trankly, when i look at the polls, there are not a lot of people who want what i want. the steve bannons of the world, that's where a lot of the people are. they're older, economically disadvantaged and they want a national conservatism that will protect them. >> and if that is what they want, the party you think will fold. to me, what's been interesting to watch is conservative intellectuals have, by and large, particularly the more prominent ones like you, have stuck true to their ideas and ideals and been very critical of trump. i think somebody like -- got fired from fox for that reason. >> right. >> the republican politicians have not. they have all caved and in some way or the other have accommodated themselves to trump. >> yeah. either those of us in the class are high bound and rigid or stuck with our ideas and not reflecti reflecting reality or the politicia

pat buchanan has this piece, "the impeached trump conspiracy." if trump is brought down on the basis of what putin correctly labels as nonsense, this city will have executed a nonviolent coup against a constitutionally elected president. this would drop us into the company of third world nations where such means are the customary ways of how elites hold their power. where are the criminals? where is the crime? this new york times photograph, just to give you a sense of what it was like for james comey sitting inside the senate hearing room surrounded in the foreground by some of his former colleagues from the fbi and the press corps, including photographers. this is from doug mills. we will go to ed, democrats line, springfield, massachusetts. good morning. caller: good morning, all of c-span. i watched it all yesterday and i will say one of the most ridiculous questions that was whod, i do not remember asked it, they asked, why should we believe you comey and not trump? i am thinking to myself, really? you will ask that stupid question? consider

he likes to work on these speeches himself, but he'll have the assistance of pat buchanan, one of hisch writers and ray price who gives the president special assistance on momentous occasions and this is a momentous occasion probably for richard nixon, his last day as president of the united states. i love you, but sometimes you stink. ♪ new febreze air effects with odorclear technology cleans... ...away odors like never before. because the things you love the most can stink. and try febreze small spaces to clean away odors for up... ...to 30 days. breathe happy with new febreze. p3 planters nuts, jerky and whaseeds.at? i like a variety in my protein. totally, that's why i have this uh trail mix. wow minty. p3 snacks. the more interesting way to get your protein. at crowne plaza we know business travel isn't just business. there's this. 'a bit of this. why not? your hotel should make it easy to do all the things you do. which is what we do. crowne plaza. we're all business, mostly. before fibromyalgia, i was a doer. i was active. then the chronic, widespread pain drained my energy. my

stone was later accused of spreading false rumors about pat buchanan having an illegitimate child whichtone denied. during campaign 2016 ted cruz blamed him for plant iing the fe story cruz had had five ex he tra marital affairs. roger stone also pushed the birther movement and painted hillary clinton as unwell. >> well, look, i don't know whether it's parkinson's or epilepsy or a brain tumor -- >> reporter: during campaign 2016 stone was sometimes referred to as trump's brain. >> roger's relationship with trump has been so interconnected that it's hard to define what's roger and what's donald. it will be clearly a trump presidency. i think it's influenced by a stone philosophy. >> reporter: despite that trump says he fired stone as his campaign adviser. stone says he resigned. though now stone is once again in hot water for possible ties to julian assange. after tweet that go john poe s podesta, hillary clinton's 2016 campaign chair, would have his time in the barrel, podesta's campaign e-mails were leaked by wikileaks and julian assange. stone told a reporter, i do have a back channel

. >> columnist and political commentator pat buchanan. he served as speech writer and senior advisor to president nixon and discusses his book "nixon's white house wars: the battles that made and broke a president and divided america forever." pat: and so i wrote him a memo saying i think you ought to -- dean had testified. you are going to have to keep the dean tapes, the five tapes with the conversations with dean. i didn't think it would be that damaging to us. and keep the tape with the foreign policy stuff, stuff you need, you really should tape and i said, take the rest out and burn it. and shut down this special prosecutor's office now before this thing grows into a monster. and i didn't know at the time ut nixon had called in hague and fred and entertained this idea that he should burn the tapes and they said, well, it will be obstruction of justice. first, they were -- i didn't recommend burning subpoenaed tapes. secondly, they're his property. it was executive privilege existed. everybody knew it. if he simply got rid of them and

does it come down to, as pat buchanan said, political athleticism and what athlete fits the position you're trying to get him to win? >> it's an unmitigated disaster for the democrats who are about an eighth of the way through donald trump's term. we're an eighth of the way through and to paraphrase pauline kale, most of the people think everyone hates him, everything is going to be a referendum on him. i don't think ossoff was that bad a candidate. you make your case he wasn't a perfect candidate for the district. he wasn't running against the best athlete of all time. the reason this is such a disaster for democrats is they put everything in, as you said, this is a race you could have won and they came up short. could they have recruited a better candidate than ossoff? it's easy to say if you've got a strong party, we're going to recruit candidates to match the district. so in a lot of the primaries that are coming up that will determine who their nominees are, they can't recruit and be sure they're going to get nominees who are the perfect fit. they're going to get a lot of nomine

he auld when a landslide -- win landslide, and then it all can argued >> political commentator pat buchananhe served as a senior advisor to president nixon and discusses his book. memo thinking, i get dean toht to testify. i did not think the tapes were going to be that damaging. keep the foreign policy stuff that you need, you really should take. take the rest out and burn it and shut out this special prosecutor's office before this grows into a monster. i did not know it at the time, but nixon had called in hague to entertain the active. they said, it would be obstruction of justice. i do not recommend burning subpoenaed tapes. executive privilege existed, everybody knew it. if you said we got rid of it as acovorite complete -- fait mpli, he would've moved through it. he said in his memoirs if he had moved the tapes -- burned the tapes as i urged him to do, he would've survived. "q&a."ay night on >> the house passed to immigration measures on

. >> cleanuppist and political commentator pat buchanan. he served as a senior advisor to president nixon and discusses his book "nixon's white house wars." >> i wrote him a memo saying i think you ought to -- you're are going to have to keep the the dean tapes. the conversation with dean. i didn't think they were going to be that damaging to us. keep tapes with brezhnev and the foreign policy stuff. you really should take the rest out and burn it and shut down this special prosecutor's office before this thing grows into the monster. i didn't know it at the time but and had called in hague entertained this idea that he should burn the tapes and they said well, it will be obstruction of justice. i didn't recommend burning subpoenaed tapes. they were his property. executive privilege existed. everybody knew it. if you simply got rid of them and said impeach or be dammed, president nixon said in his memoirs, if he had burned the tapes, that he would have survived. i think that is right. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a. >> br

reporter: pat buchanan served as a speech writer and senior advisor to president nixon and discusses his book nixon's white house wars. the battles that made and broke president and divided america forever. i wrote him a memo saying you need to keep the dean tapes i said take the rest out and burn it and shut down the special prosecutor's office now before grows into a monster nixon had called them in and entertain this idea that they should earn the tapes and they said it would be instruction of justice. i didn't recommend learning subpoena tape, it was executive privilege that existed and everybody knew it because they were his tape. if he simply got rid of them and said in effect, impeach and be damned, i think he would've moved right through it. president nixon said, in his memoirs, if you have burned the tapes as i urged him to do he would've survived. i think that's right. they worked on the defense authorization bill line by line during a 14 hour markup. here is some of it including debate on government spending and properties owned by the president. transgender policy in the

. > columnist pat buchanan was speech writer and senior adviser to president nixon and dustes his book. >> i wrote a memo saying i think you ought -- dean had testified, you have to keep the five tapes the conversations with dean. i didn't think they were going to be that damaging and keep the foreign policy, the stuff you should tape and get the rest out and burn it and shut down this special prosecutor's office now before this thing grows into a monster. and i didn't know it at the time but nixon had called in two gentlemen and enkained this idea that he should burn the tapes and he said it will be obstruction of justice. i didn't recommend burning subpoenaed tapes. it was his tapes. and if he simply got rid of them and just said in effect, you know impeach and be damned. he would have moved right through. president nixon said if he had burned the tapes as i urged him to do, he would have survived and i think that's right. .> sunday night at 8:00 eastern >> if you have questions about health care. whether the senate legislation, the house legislation, the affordable care act, now wou

. >> columnist and political commentator pat buchanan served as senior adviser to nixon in battles that broke america forever. >> i wrote him a hemo and said, you will keep the five tapes of conversation with dean. i didn't think they were going to be that damaging to us and keep the tapes and foreign policy stuff you need. you really should take the rest out and burn it and shut down this special prosecutor's office now before this thing grows into a monster. i didn't know it at the time but nixon had called in higg and entertain the idea that he should burn tapes and they said, well, it'll be obstruction of justice. i didn't mention burning subpoenaed tapes. everybody knew it. if he simply got rid of them and just said in effect, you know, impeach and be damn, i think he would have moved right through it and president nixon said in memoirs if he had burned tapes as i urged him to do, he would have survived and i think that's right. >> sunday night at 8:00 on q&a. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television compan