Did Maddow take down Buchanan?

On paper it really looks to me like Pat Buchanan won that argument. Now the website that posted that was HEAVILY biased against Buchanan and made a note of repeatedly calling him MSNBC's "resident racist". He could have mopped the floor with her and it wouldn't have mattered because they already had their minds made up. However, a transcript doesn't always tell the whole story. There's more to an argument than words. I've seen brilliant people, with facts, statistics, and indisputable proof on their side lose debates based solely on the fact that they were less charismatic or failed to connect with the audience. I must say that I did like his examples of the U.S. Olympic Team, and how if they are primarily black nobody assumes racism they rightly assume that those are the best people for the team.

I read the transcript and watched the interview, and I can't say that either got the upper hand. There were some parts I found interesting. When Buchanan asked, "Why is it OK to discriminate against white males?" Maddow didn't answer. I also found this interesting, RM: "Pat, do you -- do you -- are you happy that we've got a Latino on the Supreme Court for the first time or we're about to? Does that seem like a positive thing for the country?" PB: "I would -- I think the Republicans had an outstanding Latino who had outstanding grades, who was brilliant and was gutted, Miguel Estrada." RM: "Let me just ask you a question before going to talk about some other Latino who's not in question here. Are you happy for the United States of America for our prospect as a nation that we'll be the best that we can be, that there is a Latino on the Supreme Court for the first time ever, that that glass ceiling is broken. Do you see it as a positive thing?" PB: "If you say, be the best question we can be. We're not being the best we can be with Sonia Sotomayor and I think you know it." If having a Latino on the Supreme Court is so important, why did Maddow brush off Miguel Estrada when Buchanan mentioned him? I also noticed Maddow ended the interview when Buchanan asked, "Do you think Frank Ricci and those guys were treated justly when they were denied that promotion because they were white?" Stammering through an interview and dodging questions is not my idea of getting the upper hand, so I guess I'll have to retract my earlier opinion. Buchanan dodged nothing, therefore, he won the day.