Maddow Bulldozes Buchanan’s Vision of America’s Racial Past

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Posted 07/21/09 at 02:35pm

Colbert may have tickled our funny bones last night, but Rachel Maddow set the record straight-- watch it:

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Huffington post blogger Nicholas Graham reports in Maddow Demolishes Buchanan's Surreal Facts About America's Racial Past (VIDEO):

Several days ago, Rachel Maddow and Pat Buchanan had a heated debate about the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court and the fairness and necessity of affirmative action.

We tracked the debate here, here, and here.

Graham continues:

While Maddow said it would not be fair to re-litigate issues without the guest with whom they were discussed, and that it's "not cool" to talk about guests after their segment is over, she did feel the need to correct several things Buchanan stated as fact that simply were not true.

A sampling of the "facts" of Buchanan that Maddow corrected:

Buchanan: "She's never written anything in terms of a law review article or major book or something like that on the law." False. Maddow's staff tracked down at least five such articles, proving that just because Buchanan hasn't read something does not mean it has melted from existence.

Buchanan: "How did she get on Yale Law Review? Affirmative action." False. Maddow contacted Yale Law School and confirmed that the students themselves choose who makes the Law Review, and a spokesperson said this about Buchanan's affirmative action statement: "That is a statement of opinion by Mr. Buchanan."

Watch the segment to see more, especially Maddow's demolition of Buchanan's surreal claim that "this has been a country built basically by white folks."

Bottomline?

Hard to believe that MSNBC continues to pay Pat Buchanan for his racial commentary.