Commission Of Pat-ricide

MSNBC has finally, finally, finally had enough of Pat Buchanan's mildly racist crap sandwich machine.

Conservative commentator Pat Buchanan has been suspended indefinitely from MSNBC, according to a statement from that network’s President Phil Griffin. An Associated Press article on CBSNews.com blames reaction to Buchanan’s latest book Suicide of a Superpower for his ouster from the cable network, as well as a campaign by the advocacy group, Color of Change.

The former Nixon aide has long courted controversy. In April of this year he said that President Obama’s path to the White House was the result of “Affirmative Action all the way.” In 2009, he asserted that the U.S. “has been a country built, basically, by white folks.”

MSNBC’s Griffin apparently believes, however, that Buchanan’s newest work has crossed a line. Suicide of a Superpower came out in October and features chapters with titles like “The End of White America” and “The Death of Christian America.”

The AP quotes Griffin as saying, “Because of the content of the book, I didn’t think it should be part of the national dialogue, much less part of the dialogue on MSNBC.” 

Really?  Not that I would ever defend Buchanan, but he should have been severed from the network years ago.  He wrote the book in October and you dump him now?  What changed?  Maybe it was the calendar into 2012, an election year.  Maybe it was ratings.  What I'm secretly hoping is that Buchanan blew up at Melissa Harris-Perry getting her own show. 

Anyway, here's hoping Buchanan never comes back.