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Pat Buchanan today defended Brit Hume's comments that Tiger Woods should abandon Buddhism and become a Christian if he wants true "forgiveness." Buchanan said that Hume gave an "uninformed opinion," but that it doesn't necessarily matter that he was denigrating Buddhism, because "there are not a lot of Buddhists watching Fox."

Yesterday on Fox News, Hume said of the Tiger Woods scandal:

The extent to which he can recover seems to me depends on his faith. He is said to be a Buddhist. I don't think that faith offers the kind of forgiveness and redemption that is offered by the Christian faith. So My message to Tiger would be, "Tiger, turn to the Christian faith and you can make a total recovery and be a great example to the world."

Today on MSNBC, Pat Buchanan defended the remarks, which have since generated some controversy.

Buchanan began by admitting "I don't know what the Buddhist religion is, but there's no doubt that Christianity is a religion of mercy and forgiveness."

He continued: "I'm not bothered by Brit Hume doing that. I think he means well."

Host David Shuster pushed back, pointing out that he was "denigrating Buddhism in the process."

Buchanan responded: "Well, there are not a lot of Buddhists watching Fox."

Shuster then read a post from a Buddhist blogger, who commented that Hume could not get away with saying the same thing about Judaism or Islam.

Buchanan fired back by ... saying the same thing about Islam: "I don't agree. Let me say, suppose you said things about the Muslim faith and that it tends to be in a lot of areas very intolerant of other religions. And it does."

He went on: "I don't know the Buddhist faith as I said, but I think this is Brit Hume's view of it. I don't know if he's right or wrong about it."

Tamron Hall then interjected that since Buchanan admittedly doesn't know anything about Buddhism, and Brit Hume indicated that he too does not know anything about Buddhism, then perhaps neither of them should offer their opinions on the subject.

Buchanan responded: "That's his opinion! OK, you say it's an uninformed opinion. OK! it's an uninformed opinion."

Here's the full segment:

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January 4, 2010 7:01 PM   

"Buchanan began by admitting "I don't know what the Buddhist religion is,"

Yeah and he doesn't know what the Christian religion is either.

That fucking fossil needs to be removed from the airwaves. How can a man like him actually have a say in our national discourse?

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January 4, 2010 7:12 PM   

MSNBC clearly has a bigot quota, why else do they keep Pat Buchanan?

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January 4, 2010 7:22 PM   

We can expect Brit Hume and Pat Buchanan to offer uninformed and "holier than thou" opinions. It is comical, but it also makes me grateful for the constitution or we could ruled by these guys.

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January 4, 2010 7:29 PM   

Tiger needs to get himself to a Christian church and learn how to cheat the right way. When you get caught, you need to hold a press conference and admit your guilt. Extra points for crying. Then you need to say you are not perfect, and promise you will not do it again, and that you thought the press conference was supposed to be about Obama being weak.

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January 4, 2010 8:07 PM   

The confess-and-wipe-the-slate-clean feature is probably the most morally disgusting feature of Christianity. And yeah, Buddhism doesn't do that.

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January 4, 2010 8:17 PM   

Buchanan in a nutshell:

I don't know WTF I am talking about, but I am not going to let that keep me from pronouncing my opinion as if it were holy writ.

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January 4, 2010 8:47 PM   

People should not talk about what they don't have a clue about. Obviously these shlock talking heads have not a clue about Buddhism. Bone up on KARMA dudes. Then maybe you might have some cred.

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January 4, 2010 8:47 PM   

Getting this system out isn't a big deal. You wouldn't know how much Christian propaganda is out there. A little you can read, a lot you can swift past. No more pathways for Pat Buchanan. I wouldn't care more about him considerate of the luche dog mother fucker that he is. Kunt Boy Rock Runt can't skip past the fucdgepunk.

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January 4, 2010 8:47 PM   

People should not talk about what they don't have a clue about. Obviously these shlock talking heads have not a clue about Buddhism. Bone up on KARMA dudes. Then maybe you might have some cred.

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January 4, 2010 9:10 PM   

He full well knows more about Buddhism than most of us. He's a life long theologian. "Know thine enemies"? He's just playing dumb so he doesn't have to give a politically charged answer. Or any answer at all. He's a total coward, if he professes ignorance then he doesn't have to debate the merits and deficiencies of Buddhism and Christianity. He can blithely profess his beliefs without having to defend them.

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January 4, 2010 9:35 PM   

I would guess that there aren't many people of any religion other than Christianity that watch Faux News. I've never met a person of any other religion that has issues with a black man being in the White House.

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January 4, 2010 9:37 PM   

Whereas the host (Dave?) didn't impress me during most of this segment, the way he shut down Buchanan in the end was extremely well done, turning Buchanan's own words against him:

"...people tune into political shows to get informed opinions on politics, not uninformed opinions on religion."

Then he denied Buchanan a response, forcing that quote to be the final word.

Brilliant. It so clearly showed Buchanan to be a foolish blowhard, inanely spouting poppycock.

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January 4, 2010 10:20 PM   

Christianity may be a religion of mercy and forgiveness - Brit Hume's brand of Kristianity is not.

Two words for Brit Hume: Northern Ireland.

Supporting evidence: the collected works of Oral Roberts, Jimmy Swaggert, Pat Robertson... and let's not forget the "death penalty for gays" recently pushed by Kristians lately.

Oh, and Brit Hume's own statement reveals the inherent bigotry and intolerance that typifies Kristianity (as opposed to Christianity).

*Note: crab meat comes from real crabs - "krab" meat is fake crab pretending to be something it is not. Christians follow the spirit of Christ's teachings - Kristians pretend to follow Christ's teachings - but they do not.

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January 4, 2010 10:28 PM   

Is it any wonder why "there are not a lot of Buddhists watching Fox." Why would a non-christian watch a station that regularly suggests that they are second-class citizens, at best?

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January 4, 2010 10:41 PM   

Hume could put himself right with the world if he would give up that nutty Christianity stuff and embrace the 8 fold path of Buddhism that includes "right thinking" "right speech" and "right action". Should work well on a right wing show.

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January 4, 2010 10:48 PM    in reply to NHBob

I'm not a Buddhist, but I'm guessing that "right" in that context means something a little different than hating black people, denying evolution and insisting that lower marginal tax rates always increase revenues.

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January 5, 2010 2:09 AM    in reply to Peter Principle

One way of understanding Buddhism is by thinking of the analysis of suffering as arising from greed, hatred, and delusion. I hope I'm not violating Right Speech when I assert that I think most of the people appearing on Faux News, and most of the people watching it, experience a LOT of suffering. OK, so I'm violating Right Speech by saying something I don't know through my own experience, but I'll accept the unwholesome karma.

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January 4, 2010 10:45 PM   

Buchanan said that Hume gave an "uninformed opinion," but that it doesn't necessarily matter that he was denigrating Buddhism, because "there are not a lot of Buddhists watching Fox."

There aren't a lot of smart people watching Fox either, which I guess makes it doubly OK.

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January 5, 2010 3:15 AM    in reply to Peter Principle

I'm still aghast that someone could assert that it's OK to denigrate a religion if few of its adherents happen to be listening to you at the time. And then have the nerve to imply that your own religion is one that is tolerant of other faiths.

How does Pat Buchannan keep his head from exploding?

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January 4, 2010 10:50 PM   

I love how Pat admits he doesn;t know a lot about Buddihsm, then offers his expert opinion on Shintoism. Zen and the art of golf. OMG, enlightenment AND a Mulligan.

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January 4, 2010 11:35 PM   

Buchanan is a joke, and needs to go away. Religion has nothing to do with who a person is boinking. An athiest who is cheating is just as wrong as a Christian or a Wiccan or whatever. The cheater is hurting his (or her) cheatee...no one else. God does not give a crap. And neither do I. We all need to stop making athletes our 'role models'. They are human. We need to be the role models for our own children. Ditto (sorry) for politicians. I hate 'ditto'...who does that anymore? Limpballs ditto-heads!! I doubt they even know where that word came from. They didn't know what tea-bag meant, either. Morons. Anyway...I got over it when I opened my morning newspaper to find more than I ever wanted to know about President Clinton and his 'recreation'. I threw it in the trash. None of my freaking business...and none of anyone else's.

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January 5, 2010 8:31 AM   

Asking Buchanan to comment on Hume's verbal diarrhea is like asking Goebels to comment on Hitler's rants.

That old bigot is kept on the air only to add unwanted drama to the "newsiness." The last time I checked, the version of Christianity practiced by both Hume and Buchanan has very little place in it for either forgiveness or compassion.

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January 5, 2010 8:38 AM   

The point is this, Pat: Hume made his comments not as a private person with a personal opinion, but as a so-called newsman on a so-called news program. It is irrelevant whether he "insulted" one religion or promoted another. He should be doing neither in that setting and context. If he wants to promote a personal point of view on the subject, give him his own slot on the 700 Club. Otherwise, Brit, shaddup.

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January 5, 2010 9:47 AM   

When he makes anti-semitic jokes at the country club it doesn't matter because there aren't a lot of jews there.

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May 21, 2010 4:23 AM   

Getting this system out isn't a big deal. You wouldn't know how much Christian propaganda is out there. A little you can read, a lot you can swift past. No more pathways for Pat Buchanan. I wouldn't care more about him considerate of the luche dog mother fucker that he is. Kunt Boy Rock Runt can't skip past the fucdgepunk.

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