Young Writers Society

In other words everyone, the Pat Buchanan joke is not something you can really "get". It's just something that started sometime and just has to be accepted as fact. The fact is, Pat Buchanan reigns supreme over YWS and there's nothing any of us mere mortals can really do about it.

So, basically, everyone just likes him and so I should too?? Still very very very very very very very CONFUSED!

OnCeUpOnAtIm3Xo wrote:So, basically, everyone just likes him and so I should too??

Yes

You could always start an uprising... Doubt you'd get very far though, he's got very strong support.

lol. I think he's just a random joke that's fun simply because it's random. However, if you're really curious:



Patrick Joseph "Pat" Buchanan (born November 2, 1938) is an American politician, author, syndicated columnist and broadcaster. He ran in the 2000 presidential election on the Reform Party ticket. He also sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1992 and 1996.

Buchanan was a senior advisor to three American presidents, Nixon, Ford and Reagan, and was an original host on CNN's Crossfire. He also co-founded The American Conservative magazine and launched The American Cause, a paleoconservative foundation. He has been published in many publications, including Human Events, National Review, The Nation and Rolling Stone.

On American television, he is currently a political commentator on the MSNBC cable network and a regular on The McLaughlin Group.





Does that help?

BigBadBear wrote:I still don't get it.

I don't either, BBB...

Good to know that another person-who-isn't-too-new has no clue.

I think that understanding the relationship between Pat Buchanan and YWS is like understanding mayonnaise. Some people just don't get it.

Fortunately, I am very well acquainted with mayonnaise and may even write a novel with the enchanting emulsion as a central character.

To put it simply, Pat Buchanan is like mayonnaise.

XD

scotty.knows wrote:I think that understanding the relationship between Pat Buchanan and YWS is like understanding mayonnaise. Some people just don't get it.

Fortunately, I am very well acquainted with mayonnaise and may even write a novel with the enchanting emulsion as a central character.

To put it simply, Pat Buchanan is like mayonnaise.

XD

I understand mayonnaise, but I don't understand why people eat it. Does that count? XD

No, I'm afraid that doesn't count. To fully understand mayonnaise, you must be able to comprehend why people would ingest it. This does not mean you must be willing to swallow a grotesque fusion of eggs and oil, you must merely have a total knowledge.

You are almost there, young one, continue on your journey, and soon all will become clear.

Mayonnaise is a gross word too. ewwwwwww. I don't like to eat anything with...*shudders* okay, I'm done talking about mayo.

The history of Pat Buchanan on YWS is actually difficult to come up with.

The truth is that Nate was watching "Futurama" an American cartoon. In the episode "Future Stock," there is a major stock holder vote. The rest is explained below:

During the voting for the future of Planet Express--with the option of two buttons, one in favour, the other opposed--Mom's son Ignar is confused and inexplicably registers a vote for "Pat Buchanan", in reference to the infamous Florida voting controversy of the 2000 U.S. Presidential election. With everyone staring angrily at Ignar, he says in his defense "the ballot was confusing," thus making fun of the Election even more, Also, Zoidberg is stated as having had majority share of the company, but his stock was counted the same as everyone elses in the vote for CEO, also parodying the election and the miscounts.

Somehow, this was able to inspire Nate to put a Pat Buchanan option on every poll from then on.

I personally like the theory that Nate is actually a PR representative for Mr. Buchanan. His job is to condition us to vote Pat Buchanan. This latter theory is entirely speculation.

...Well, that's not quite as exciting as mayonnaise...

but I guess it'll do.

oh......

I get it now! Thank you!

Actually, from reading these posts... I now understand. Mayonnaise is good. XD