Pat Buchanan's Speech Analysis

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In the document 185, there were inflammatory elements that angered Buchanan in the 1960s. He states in his speech that Mr. Clinton supported unrestricted abortion on demand, pro-homosexuality, and school choice, but only for state run schools, not for private or parochial institutions.

Pat Buchanan underscored in his speech, “Friends, this is radical feminism. The agenda Clinton & Clinton would impose on America–abortion on demand, a litmus test for the Supreme Court, homosexual rights, discrimination against religious schools, women in combat–that’s change, all right.”

I submit that Buchanan’s speech doomed Clinton in the 1992 election because he pointedly identified Clinton’s egregious flaws. He was excruciatingly blunt on what Clinton

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