Their purpose, it seems, is to kick up a fuss, to be read only by bored journalists who scan the chapters until something curious catches their fancy. It was his Nazi appeasement. Mr. Buchanan and his mentor, Richard Nixon. That may be true, but apparently this devout Roman Catholic isn't going for the Temple Vote. Instead, it appears to simply be a ploy Mr. Buchanan has exercised countless times in his political past.
Some folks call it rabble-rousing.
Fellow conservative Republican presidential contender George W. Bush seems to view it that way. He reportedly backed off from hammering Mr. Buchanan for his views at the behest of party elders who are fearful that it would alienate the GOP's hard right conservatives. They need the hard right to win. They always have, they figure. But they do it anyway.