MSNBC Suspends Pat Buchanan

For years failed GOP presidential candidate Pat Buchanan has been marching down a road of increasing extremism and open bigotry. Last October, Buchanan released a new book,"Suicide of a Superpower", in which his batshitery and bigotry simply went over the top. Among the chapters were: "The End of White America" and "The Death of Christian America." The chapter titles somewhat speak for themselves and are reflective of Buchanan's antipathy towards blacks, Muslims, gays - the list goes on and on. The unbridled bigotry in the book - which some called out right racist - apparently was too much for MSNBC where Buchanan and Buchanan has been suspended "indefinitely." CBC News looks at the situation. Here are highlights:

MSNBC's top executive said Saturday that he hasn't decided whether conservative commentator and author Pat Buchanan will be allowed back on the network.

Buchanan, a former GOP presidential candidate and a paid MSNBC contributor, hasn't been on the network since the publication of his book "Suicide of a Superpower" last October. The book has chapters titled "The End of White America" and "The Death of Christian America" and its author argues that the United States is in the "Indian summer of our civilization."

"When Pat was on his book tour, because of the content of the book, I didn't think it should be part of the national dialogue much less part of the dialogue on MSNBC," said MSNBC President Phil Griffin. The minority advocacy group Color of Change has circulated a petition urging MSNBC to fire Buchanan.

Griffin would not discuss the length of Buchanan's contract with MSNBC or whether it would be renewed.

Unfortunately, Buchanan's views seem to be more and more mainstream within the GOP base filled as it is with Christianists, Tea Party loons, and white supremacists.