John Buchanan (American politician)
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John Paul Buchanan is a freelance journalist, and was a fringe Republican candidate in the 2004 Presidential race.[1] Buchanan was previously based in Florida[2] and currently lives in rural Georgia.
Buchanan discovered documents related to Union Banking Corporation's business dealings with Fritz Thyssen, the Nazi industrialist who broke with the Nazis after Kristallnacht in 1938 and fled to Switzerland during World War II; together with Stacy Michael, Buchanan wrote an article about it for the New Hampshire Gazette, accusing one of the directors of the bank, Prescott Bush, of dealing with the Nazis.[3][4][5]
Buchanan suffers from hypermania, a form of bipolar disorder, and when the media spurned his original attempts to publicize his findings, he e-mailed a number of threats against journalists and media outlets, saying that he would expose the journalists as "traitors to the truth." Buchanan was arrested and charged with aggravated stalking in Miami, Florida, over a dispute of how best to publicize his theories, but the charges were dropped in 2004.[2]
During his presidential campaign, he often referred to himself as "the 9/11 Truth Candidate".[6] He also opposed the 2003 Iraq war. A United Press International reporter called his campaign "unhinged."[6] With 836 votes, Buchanan finished in eighth in the 2004 New Hampshire primary, in which incumbent George W. Bush was not seriously contested.[7]
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- ^ New York Press, Who leads the '04 fringe candidates?
- ^ a b "How Bush's grandfather helped Hitler's rise to power". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/sep/25/usa.secondworldwar.
- ^ "John Buchanan Documents". History News Network. 2003-11-17. http://hnn.us/articles/1810.html. Retrieved 2007-10-19.
- ^ Salant, Jonathan (2003-10-17). "Documents: Bush's Grandfather Directed Bank Tied to Man Who Funded Hitler". FOX News Network, LLC.. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,100474,00.html. Retrieved 2007-10-19.
- ^ Buchanan, John; Michael, Stacey (2003-11-07). "“Bush - Nazi Dealings Continued Until 1951” - Federal Documents". The New Hampshire Gazette. Archived from the original on 2003-11-19. http://web.archive.org/web/20031119040002/http://www.nhgazette.com/cgi-bin/NHGstore.cgi?user_action=detail&catalogno=NN_Bush_Nazi_2. Retrieved 2007-10-19.
- ^ a b Jonas, Jillian (January 25, 2004). "Challenge by 'honest Republican'". United Press International. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-89802942.html. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
- ^ Berg-Andersson, Richard (2004-01-27). "2004 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions". The Green Papers. http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P04/NH-R.phtml. Retrieved 2007-10-19.
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