Patrick Joseph Buchanan Wiki Biography

Patrick Joseph Buchanan was born on the 2nd November 1938, in Washington D.C., USA, and is a politician, writer and broadcaster, best known to the world for being the original host of the show “Crossfire”, aired on CNN. Also, he was the senior advisor to Presidents Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford.

Have you ever wondered how rich Pat Buchanan is, as of early 2017? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Pat’s net worth is as high as $7 million, earned through his varied but successful careers.

Pat Buchanan Net Worth $7 Million

Pat is as a son of William Baldwin Buchanan and his wife Catherine Elizabeth, and grew up in a family with six brothers and two sisters. Pat is of mixed ancestry; his father is of Irish, English and Scottish ancestry, while his mother had German blood in her veins.

Pat went to Gonzaga College High School, a Catholic school operated by Jesuits, and after matriculation enrolled at Georgetown University, from which he received a bachelor’s degree in American studies. After that, he was nominated for the Reserve Officers Training Corps, but wasn’t part of the program due to reactive arthritis. Instead, he continued his education as he enrolled at Columbia University, receiving master’s degree in journalism after two years of studies.

Pat became a part of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat at only 23 years old, and the magazine published rewritten material of Pat’s thesis trade between Canada and Cuba, under the title “Canada Sells to Red Cuba — And Prospers”. He was then promoted to assistant editorial page editor, and became a supporter of Barry Goldwater and his presidential campaign. In 1966 he was hired by Richard Nixon to be the first adviser on his presidential campaign, and traveled with Nixon for the next two years. Once the Nixon was elected president, Pat worked as White House adviser and speechwriter for Nixon himself – and also for Vice President Spiro Agnew – even during the Watergate scandal, but escaped any accusation of any wrongdoings. Following Nixon’s resignation, Pat stayed in the White House for a short time, serving as special assistant for incoming President Gerald Ford. After that he switched his calling and became news commentator and broadcaster, but returned to White House in 1985 to work as Communication director under President Ronald Reagan, which further increased his net worth.

To speak of his career on television, Pat was the host of the CNN’s program “Crossfire” from 1982 until 2005, and was a political analyst on MSNBC from 2002 until 2012, when he was fired by the channel’s director for alleged racist slurs.

Nevertheless, he found engagement at Fox News soon after, and since then has contributed to the channel, appearing on numerous programs, which has only further increased his net worth.

Pat also tried himself in the politics, running for presidential selection as a Republican two times, and once as a president of the Reform Party, but wasn’t successful.

He has started The American Conservative Magazine, and has also written for such publications as Human Events, The Nation, National Review and Rolling Stone among others. Pat has also authored over ten books, including “The New Majority: President Nixon at Mid-Passage” (1973), “A Republic, Not an Empire” Reclaiming America’s Destiny” (1999), “State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America” (2006), “Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025?” (2011), and “The Greatest Comeback” (2014), the sales of which have certainly increased further his net worth.

Regarding his personal life, Pat has been married to Shelley Ann Scarney since 1971.



Full Name Pat Buchanan
Net Worth $7 Million
Date Of Birth November 2, 1938
Place Of Birth Washington, D.C., U.S.
Height 1.85 m
Profession Former Assistant to the President for Communications
Education Gonzaga College High School, a Catholic school operated by Jesuits, Georgetown University, Columbia University
Nationality American
Spouse Shelley Ann Scarney (m. 1971)
Parents William Baldwin Buchanan, Catherine Elizabeth Buchanan
Siblings Bay Buchanan, John Buchanan, Henry Buchanan, Thomas Buchanan, Kathleen Theresa Buchanan, James Buchanan, William Buchanan Jr., Brian Buchanan
Twitter https://twitter.com/patrickbuchanan
IMDB www.imdb.com/name/nm0118059
Movies Scarborough Country (TV Series, 2004)
TV Shows The McLaughlin Group (1982-2016), Crossfire (1982-2014), Morning Joe (since 2007), Buchanan & Press (2002-2003), Hardball with Chris Matthews (1994-), Capital Gang, Diagnosis: AIDS (1983)
Quote
1 Bill Clinton’s foreign policy experience stems mainly from having breakfast at the International House of Pancakes.
2 To most Americans, Canada is sort of like a case of latent arthritis. We really don’t think about it unless it acts up.
3 To me, abortion is the greatest evil on the American continent since slavery.
Fact
1 Has left MSNBC [February 17, 2012].
2 Editor of The American Conservative.
3 Former communications director for President Ronald Reagan.
4 Was friends with journalist Hunter S. Thompson.
5 His father had Scottish, English, and Irish ancestry, and his mother was of German descent. Through his mother, he is a fourth cousin, twice removed, of singer Marilyn Manson. Pat’s great-great-great-grandparents, Johannes Schoeppner and Katharine Heil, were also Marilyn’s paternal great-great-great-great-great-grandparents.
6 Older brother of Bay Buchanan.
7 While giving a speech at West Michigan University in March 2005, he was attacked by a left-wing activist, who hurled salad dressing on him during a question-and-answer session and screamed, “Stop the bigotry!” Buchanan cut his appearance short, stating, “Thank you all for coming, but I’m going to have to get my hair washed”. He declined to press assault charges against the attacker, who disapproved of Buchanan’s appearance falling on the birthday of the late labor leader Cesar Chavez.
8 Though widely criticized by the Left for his use of the term “culture war” to describe the widening gap between social liberals and social conservatives at the 1992 Republican National Convention, that term is now in common usage by commentators on both the Left and the Right.
9 Signed on with MSNBC to do a two-hour talk/debate show with liberal counterpart Bill Press (like Buchanan, an alumnus of CNN’s Crossfire (1982)). The show, Buchanan & Press (2002), premiered on July 15th of this year. [June 2002]
10 Served in both the Nixon and Reagan Presidential administrations, and has been a pundit on such shows as Crossfire (1982) (which he created with fellow journalist/commentator Thomas Braden), The McLaughlin Group (1982) and The Capital Gang (1988).
11 Lives in Langley, Virginia with his wife. Is one of nine children from a conservative Irish-Catholic family.
12 Author of several books, including ‘A Republic, not an Empire’ (1999), and ‘The Death of the West’ (2001). Had two failed bids for the Republican Presidential nomination in 1992 and 1996, then quit the Republican Party to run for the Reform Party Presidential nomination, which he won in 2000. He received less than 1% of the total vote in the 2000 Presidential election.
13 Attended Gonzaga High School.

Actor

Title Year Status Character
Scarborough Country 2004 TV Series

Thanks

Title Year Status Character
Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie 2012 Documentary special thanks
Lake of Fire 2006 Documentary thanks

Self

Title Year Status Character
The Century: America’s Time 1999 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself – Presidential Speech Writer
LateLine 1998 TV Series Himself
Imus in the Morning on MSNBC 1996 TV Series Regular Contributor
The Sunday Programme 1996 TV Series Himself
The Last Party 1993 Documentary Himself (uncredited)
Carpool, August 21, 1992 1992 Video short Himself
Convention ’92 1992 Documentary Himself
Feed 1992 Documentary Himself
Crossfire 1988 TV Series Himself – Host
The Capital Gang 1988 TV Series Himself
Firing Line 1978 TV Series Himself – For the Negative
Hannity 2012-2016 TV Series Himself
The Eighties 2016 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself – Fmr White House Communications Director / Himself – Fmr Host, ‘Crossfire’
Race for the White House 2016 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself
The McLaughlin Group 1982-2016 TV Series Himself
Midnight Ride: When Rogue Politicians Call for Martial Law 2015 Documentary Himself
Meet the Press 2005-2015 TV Series Himself / Himself – Commentator
The Seventies 2015 TV Series documentary Himself – Senior Advisor to Pres. Nixon / Himself – Senior advisor to Pres. Nixon
The Day the ’60s Died 2015 TV Movie documentary
The Raising of America 2015 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself – White House Adviser 1969-1974
Washington in the ’80s 2014 TV Movie documentary Himself
Bombs Away: LBJ, Goldwater and the 1964 Campaign That Changed It All 2014 TV Movie documentary Himself – Former Nixon Aide
The Colbert Report 2008-2014 TV Series Himself – Guest / Himself
Cavuto on Business 2014 TV Series Himself (segment “Halftime – Full Throttle”) / Himself – Former Reagan & Nixon Advisor
On the Record w/ Brit Hume 2004-2013 TV Series Himself
Molon Labe 2013 Documentary Himself
Family Guys? What Sitcoms Say About America Now 2012 TV Movie documentary Himself – Conservative
Huckabee 2012 TV Series Himself
Ulmefilm 2012 Documentary Himself
Happening Now 2012 TV Series Himself
America Live 2012 TV Series Himself
Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie 2012 Documentary Himself – Conservative Commentator
CBS This Morning 2012 TV Series Himself
Patriocracy 2011 Documentary Himself – Author & Political Commentator, MSNBC
SPOiLER: How a Third Political Party Could Win 2011 Documentary Himself – Political Analyst
Reagan 2011 Documentary Himself – Reagan Communications Director
Miss Representation 2011 Documentary Himself
JFK: The Making of Modern Politics 2010 TV Movie documentary Himself – Nixon Aide 1966-1974
Hardball with Chris Matthews 2003-2010 TV Series Himself
‘Hick’ Town 2009 Documentary Himself
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue 2009 TV Series Himself
Fighting Words 2009 TV Movie documentary Himself
Mile High: How to Win… and Lose… the White House 2009 Documentary Himself – Interviewee
IFC News: 2008 Uncut 2008 TV Series Himself
America’s Choice 2008 TV Movie documentary Himself
The O’Reilly Factor 2004-2008 TV Series Himself
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson 2008 Documentary Himself
Morning Joe 2008 TV Series Himself
Tucker 2005-2007 TV Series Himself
Independent Lens 2007 TV Series documentary Himself
1968 with Tom Brokaw 2007 TV Movie documentary Himself (as Patrick J. Buchanan)
Kike Like Me 2007 TV Movie documentary Himself
America at a Crossroads 2007 TV Series documentary Himself
Encore with John Palmer 2006 TV Series Himself
The Daily Show 2000-2006 TV Series Himself
Real Time with Bill Maher 2004-2006 TV Series Himself
Lake of Fire 2006 Documentary Himself – Republican Presidential Candidate
Dateline NBC 2006 TV Series documentary Himself
Face the Nation 2006 TV Series Himself
Scarborough Country 2004-2006 TV Series Himself / Himself – Guest Host
An Unreasonable Man 2006 Documentary Himself
Brian Williams Reports: John Kerry: Bringing the War Home 2004 Documentary Himself
Da Ali G Show 2004 TV Series Himself
Buchanan & Press 2002 TV Series Co-Host
Election 2000 2001 Video documentary Himself – Presidential Candidate (as Patrick J. Buchanan)
Mr. Smithereen Goes to Washington 2001 Documentary Himself
George Wallace: Settin’ the Woods on Fire 2000 Documentary Himself

Archive Footage

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
1995 CableACE CableACE Awards Program Interviewer Crossfire (1982)

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
1989 ACE CableACE Awards Program Interviewer Crossfire (1982)

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