> Uh, no, it wasn't that there are "nasty people" here. It was that
> Buchanan's point is right - you can't really have an empire abroad and a
> democracy at home - but that he's one of the few political celebrities
> that will say something like that. Would Wellstone or any other liberals?
> They wouldn't dare use the word empire.
>
> Doug
That may well be part of the reason a Paul Wellstone is electable and a Pat Buchanan is not. I'm sure Ralph Nader, who received many more votes than Buchanan, wouldn't be too bashful to use the term empire.
-- Luke