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'''Patrick Joseph Buchanan''' is a noted [[paleoconservative]] commentator, author, and three-time candidate for [[President of the United States]].  He was employed as a commentator at [[MSNBC]] until he was permanently suspended from there in February 2012, after which he became a commentator at [[Fox News]].

'''Patrick Joseph Buchanan''' (Pat) is a noted [[paleoconservative]] commentator, author, and three-time candidate for [[President of the United States]].  He was employed as a commentator at [[MSNBC]] until he was permanently suspended from there in February 2012, after which he became a commentator at [[Fox News]]. He was one of the first to identify the threats caused by the declining population and exploding immigrant populations in Europe.<ref>Buchanan, Patrick J., The Death of the West, How Dying Populations and Immigrant Invasions Imperil Our Country and Civilization, (New York: St. Martin's Press, 2002).</ref>

Buchanan is a supporter of [[Russia]]´s Conservative president [[Vladimir Putin]].<ref>http://buchanan.org/blog/putin-one-us-6071</ref>

Buchanan is a supporter of [[Russia]]´s Conservative president [[Vladimir Putin]].<ref>http://buchanan.org/blog/putin-one-us-6071</ref>

==Background==

==Background==

Pat Buchanan was born November 2, 1938 in [[Washington, D.C.]] to Catherine and William Buchanan.  His sister, [[Bay Buchanan]], served as [[U.S. Treasurer]] under the [[Reagan Administration]].  He is a lifelong [[Roman Catholic]].  He earned his bachelor's degree from [[Georgetown University]] in 1961 and his master's degree in journalism from [[Columbia University]] in 1962.

Pat Buchanan was born November 2, 1938 in [[Washington, D.C.]] to Catherine and William Buchanan.  His sister, [[Bay Buchanan]], served as [[U.S. Treasurer]] under the [[Reagan Administration]].  He is a lifelong [[Roman Catholic]].   

 

Buchanan studied in Catholic Jesuits schools, earned his bachelor's degree from [[Georgetown University]] in 1961 and his master's degree in journalism from [[Columbia University]] in 1962.

At age 23 he was hired by the ''[[St. Louis Globe-Democrat]]'' as an editorial writer.  He was a supporter of the [[Barry Goldwater]] campaign for President in 1964.

At age 23 he was hired by the ''[[St. Louis Globe-Democrat]]'' as an editorial writer.  He was a supporter of the [[Barry Goldwater]] campaign for President in 1964.

Since the end of the [[Cold War]], Pat Buchanan has been largely identified with the [[paleoconservative]] wing of the conservative movement.  As such he is an opponent of [[free trade]], a critic of mass [[immigration]], and a critic of foreign policy interventionism such as the [[Iraq War]], positions which put him at odds with the [[neoconservative]]s.  He has written several books on these and other topics:

Since the end of the [[Cold War]], Pat Buchanan has been largely identified with the [[paleoconservative]] wing of the conservative movement.  As such he is an opponent of [[free trade]], a critic of mass [[immigration]], and a critic of foreign policy interventionism such as the [[Iraq War]], positions which put him at odds with the [[neoconservative]]s.  He has written several books on these and other topics:

* ''Right from the Beginning'' (1988)

* ''Right from the Beginning'' (1988)

* ''The Great Betrayal: How American Sovereignty and Social Justice Are Being Sacrificed to the Gods of the Global Economy'' (1998)

* ''The Great Betrayal: How American Sovereignty and Social Justice Are Being Sacrificed to the Gods of the Global Economy'' (1998)

* ''Churchill, Hitler and "The Unnecessary War"'' (2008)

* ''Churchill, Hitler and "The Unnecessary War"'' (2008)

* ''Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025?'' (2011)

* ''Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025?'' (2011)

He is also a co-founder and founding editor of ''[[The American Conservative]]'' magazine.

He is also a co-founder and founding editor of ''[[The American Conservative]]'' magazine.