Pat Buchanan is a laughingstock

As if there was any doubt about Pat Buchanan's credibility, his behavior since right after the vice presidential debate has left little doubt.

I remember laughing out loud right after the debate when Buchanan appeared with Rachel Maddow on MSNBC, when Buchanan said with a straight face, "Of all the four candidates, Biden, Obama, McCain and Palin, Palin is the most attractive of the candidates." Words fail me on that point.

Anyway, his absurdity reached new heights when he played stand-up comedian last night on Hardball as he cited non-scientific polls from The Drudge Report and AOL as "evidence" that Palin won. Bob Shrum also joined in the fun.

Buchanan: "Well, I mean Drudge found it 70-30, AOL found it 500,000 split.”"

Matthews: But those aren't polls. Those are people emailing in on conservative blog sites. We can do those! [Laughter]

Shrum: "For Pat to be citing, like, the AOL poll or the Drudge poll which is set up, shows us how much he wants to do cartwheels because she didn't commit a pratfall on stage."

Pat Buchanan must really hold viewers in contempt for suggesting that people would be stupid enough to believe a poll put together by GOP hack Matt Drudge.

h/t Crooks & Liars