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Buchanan:
Fears On Fringe

gested that Jews actively promoted U.S.
involvement in World War II, while
Americans of Irish and German extrac-
tion worked hard to keep us out. He
Washington
doesn't endorse the anti-Semitic conspir-
ewish Democrats are dancing
acy ideologies of the far right, but he
a horah over the possible
often comes close.
defection of Republican presi-
Last week, the National Jewish
dential hopeful Pat Buchanan
Democratic
Council branded Buchanan
to the Reform Parry. Over the week-
a "Jew-obsessed
end, Buchanan announced he
xenophobe, "
is almost certain to bolt,
and took the
despite last-minute pleas by
Republican
Republican leaders.
leadership to
The polls show what com-
task for begging
mon sense suggests:
him to stay
Buchanan could take a slice
As a perennial
of the GOP right flank with •
1•
Ref--L
e uulican
him, boosting the Democrats'
hopeful,
chances for holding on to the
Buchanan has
White House.
sometimes sur-
Buchanan is arfa_ liEring a
prised the
aerrorm bid because he was
experts — he
going nowhere as a Republican,
won the New
despite several bursts of politi-
Hampshire
cal glory in past campaigns.
Republican pri-
A switch to the Reform
mary four years
Party would confirm his status
ago — but he
as a fringe player.
has demonstrat-
Patrick Buchanan:
But his nomination on the
ed no ability , to
Mking the GOP right?
Reform ticket — which is by
put toge th er
no means assured, given the
the kind of electoral coalition that a suc-
strong opposition of Minnesota GOV.
cessful presidential campaign requires.
Jesse "The Body" Ventura, the first
On the contrary, his brand of divi-
Reform candidate to actually win
sive politics ultimately failed in a
statewide office — would keep
Republican Party that is struggling to
Buchanan in the national spotlight, and
learn the lesson Bill Clinton taught
it would provide backhanded legitimiza-
the Democrats: fringe politics sells in
tion to views that trouble most Jewish
presidential primaries, but on election
leaders, regardless of their politics.
day, voters turn to candidates steering
Buchanan needs no introduction to
a centrist course.
Jewish voters, who remember years
That brings us,, and Buchanan, to the
worth of vehemently anti-Israel rhetoric
Reform
Party.
and his dark warnings about excessive
The
Refon11-arty was created as a
Jewish influence in the capital.
vehicle for Ross Perot; beyond Perot, it
He has never won an election:,
is a fuzzy amalgam. That makes it
he is a dynam±: ainpaigner with
attractive to radicals who hope to capi-
strong support among the party's
talize on its national standing and a war
religious conservative wing, the rea-
chest swollen with millions in federal
son party leaders are working so
matching money.
hard to keep him. That effort spells
The result is that the party is becom-
trouble for Jewish Republicans, who
ing a refuge for an unlikely assortment
will have a hard time explaining to
of politicians with views too extreme to
Jewish voters why the party is so
win votes on their own, including for-
desperate to keep this man who pro-
mer New Alliance Parry candidate
motes isolationism, attacks immigra
Lenora Fulani, a far-left activist whose
tion and insists Israel is an albatross
group has been accused of anti-Semitic
around America's neck.
views. r7
In his recent book, Buchanan sug-

JAMES D. BESSER
Washington Correspondent

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