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Pat Buchanan has written a real ripsnorter of a column in the American Conservative about how the Republicans are a bag of salty dicks, for hating Detroit. Detroit could be worse — for example, they could be Japs: “But why this ‘Let-them-eat-cake!’ coldness toward U.S. auto companies? General Motors employs more workers than all these foreign plants combined. And, unlike Mitsubishi, General Motors didn’t bomb Pearl Harbor.” [American Conservative]
Finally! A post-Campbell-Brown environment calls for this kind of honesty! It’s about time somebody took the nips to task for all their war crimes–what about the Rape of Nanking?
“It doesn’t even know who “us” is.” Well, who does? Who is this Bukukanan-sama, of whom you speak? Which side was he on?
He went on to say, “And anyone who buys Sangria is simply pissing on the graves of those brave sailors on the U.S.S. Maine.”
Pat Buchanan - The conservative who actually says out loud what all the progressives only dare think
The Mitsubishi Zero was also used to raid Buchanan’s secret Montana wacko conservo-butseks camps. So understandably he’s bitter.
Good lord — you know the Republican party has screwed itself when Pat Buchanan looks more reasonable than they do, Pearl Harbor reference notwithstanding. I’m just sorry he didn’t make an allusion to one of our fresh-faced boys getting hit with a piece of the fifth avenue el.
…maybe we can just bomb Japan with fuel sucking SUV’s and call it even?
What is it whith these right-wing hacks and Reagan? JHTFC, enough already!
If I follow this argument correctly, subsidies for Scandinavian cars are OK, since they gave us Scarlett Johansson.
Jeebus. What is with those teeth?!
SayItWithWookies: …yep, him and Christopher Hitchens all of sudden sound sane.
pondscum: We are Siamese, if you please.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxpN2XrYDLM
Larry Craig would like to know where one can purchase a bag of these “Salty Dicks”…
As Blutto said, “Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?”
I hate it when I agree with Buchanan.
Dreadful Gate:
damn, beat me to the punch..
pondscum: I always thought the Japanese were attractive people. I guess I stand corrected.
King of Pants: Gotta love the racism that used to fill our cartoons. Oh, and those cats look like they are wearing pants.
I’m close to agreeing with Pat Buchanan… me no rikey!!!1!
obfuscator: Third floor men’s room, last stall. I’ll need to see a business card for identification.
Question: Who built the army Jeeps?
Excellent point, Pat. Although to be fair, General Motors was too busy building concentration camps:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/daily/nov98/nazicars30.htm
Electric Zen: Which is all the more reason for Buchanan to love them so.
The GOP is plagued with bad decisions from out-of-touch management.
Who even cares to bail those assholes out?
Well I’m convinced. And using that, er, logic, lets make sure Boeing, McDonnel Douglass, Airbus, or whatever company made the evil planes that crashed into the WTC and Pentagon also fail.
Reminds me of my late grandfather. Next he will be telling us to boycott lo mein because of the Japs and calling all Asians “orientals”.
A grocery store “bag boy” was carrying groceries to the car for a middle-aged lady (”cougar” in today’s parlance).
Lady: Young man, I have an itchy pussy.
Teen: You’ll have to point it out for me ma’am, all these Japanese cars look alike!
Interesting… I drive a Mitsubishi and every now and then I do get the urge to dive-bomb the USS Arizona. Maybe Pat’s on to something.
Why is Mickey Rooney setting forest fires?
Jail him for war crimes now!
Serolf Divad: WIN.
Geez, do I gotta be the one to tell him?
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SayItWithWookies:
Zero wa sugoi desu ne!
Come here a minute: Aw, crap. That’s why I couldn’t find it on teh google.
In Mitsubishi’s defense, Pearl Harbor was dressed like it wanted it.
Doesn’t “Hirohito” mean “all teeth” in Japanese?
at the time it was believed that America had to win WWII, otherwise we would all end up driving German and Japanese cars…
Yes, but GM *would’ve* bombed Pearl if it’d make Hummers sell better. That’s latent evil, that is.
Poppy Downes: And meanwhile, our brothers from the east were eating bowls of rice safely nestled in their internment camps.
Chuck Noblet: Excellent report, Poppy. It’s important that we never forget the atrocities the Japanese committed against our boys.
King of Pants: Siamese cats are the WORST.
WAY too HYPERACTI . . . oh, wait a minute.
Someone is still sleeping.
Never mind.
We have to bail out the Big 3 in case we find ourselves in World War II again and need them to build Jeeps. All those other car plants around the country could not possibly build a Jeep.