Who is Patrick Buchanan from Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80s and what is their importance? Generation_of_Swine English & Literature Patrick Buchanan | Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80s

Patrick "Pat" Buchanan is the White House Communications Director under Ronald Reagan from 1985 to 1987. Thompson believes at the beginning of the Iran-Contra hearings that Buchanan will be forced to testify and possibly sent to jail. Buchanan is never forced to testify and instead leaves the White House to make a run for the presidency himself in 1988.