communica - pat buchanan was a fiery editorial writer at a st. louis conservative newspaper when nixon asked him to join partly because nixon always had difficult relations with conservatives. - i believe that one of theeep division about vietnam is that many americans have lost confidence in what their government has told them about our policy. - when he was writing these speeches and counseling nixon, he was really speaking from the heart. - so tonight, to you, the great silent majority of my fellow americans, i ask for your support. in the silent ty, he found a phrase that really encapsulated a lot of people's view of themselves as ordinary people, who weren't protesting... i miss you on "crossfire." - you do. - but i'd rather see you be president. - uh-huh, well, thank you. - and felte the country was sort of spinning out of their control and they werenon being paid atteno. - how do you respond to george bush's counterattack calling your brand of isolationism an economic retreat from reality? - you know, this region has lost 500,000 jobs, and this state has lost 50,000 jobs, and i think it is mr. bush really who has had his head in the sand w policy and not pat buchanan. - pat buchanan was appeali