I found this on a blog in Scotland, “Martin Kelly – Thoughts From The West Of Scotland.” Mr. Kelly has our site on his blog roll and we have returned the favor.

Where Is Our Buchanan?
by Martin Kelly

In a factually incomplete review of his new book ‘In State of Emergency’, The Daily Telegraph today describes Pat Buchanan as a ‘right wing firebrand’.

Such a casual dismissal of a man who’s been an aide to three presidents, a three time candidate for President and possibly the most influential conservative intellectual of the last half century in a crowded field (Buckley and Kirk talked the talk, but it was Buchanan who walked the walk) does not really do him justice.

Pat Buchanan’s new book has roared to the top of the Amazon best-seller list — hitting the No. 1 spot within a day of its release. In his “State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America,” Buchanan warns that the United States is witnessing its own death — as illegal immigration destroys the fabric of the American nation. More: Buchanan says Mexico has been mounting a conscious effort to use the United States as a dumping ground for its poor and unemployed. Pat Buchanan reports that since 9/11, more than 4 million illegal immigrants have crossed our borders and there are more coming every day. He argues that our leaders in Washington lack the political will to uphold the rule of law. The melting pot is broken beyond repair and the future of our nation is at stake. In this important book, Pat Buchanan reveals that slowly but surely, the great American Southwest is being reconquered by Mexico. These lands — which many Mexicans believe are their birthright — are being detached ethnically, linguistically, and culturally from the United States by a deliberate policy of the Mexican regime….

Mr. Buchanan says the immigration debate has shifted toward his position. “In 1992, I was down in California calling for only 70 miles of border fencing,” Mr. Buchanan said. “And I was called a lot of bad things. If I’m insensitive, then so are the 70 percent of Americans who agree with me on this issue.” Politically, neither Republicans nor Democrats have been able to gain an upper hand on the immigration issue, with a recent Newsweek poll showing 39 percent of Americans trust Democrats more to handle immigration, while 37 percent chose Republicans. Mr. Buchanan has harsh words for Republicans in Congress. He denounces as “de facto amnesty” the Senate-passed bill sponsored by Sens. John McCain, Arizona Republican, and Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat. However, Mr. Buchanan adds that when he started writing his book, “I didn’t know the House would push for such a strong bill,” speaking of the enforcement-only measure passed by the House in December. “Congress is a wholly owned subsidiary of corporate America,” Mr. Buchanan says when asked why elected officials do not support more stringent restrictions on immigration. “Until they get it right, they should be defeated at the ballot box…