I used to like him on The McLaughlin Group before the douchebaggery of Elanor Clift, Lawrence O'Donnell and Buchanan rendered it unwatchable.
What about the douchebaggery of John McLaughlin? That said Jack Germond was good on there even though he hated the job (and McLaughlin). But I liked it best before Robert Novak was kicked off. I remember one moment when the subject of the Nixon Admin. came up and Pat Buchanan managed to slip in to the conversation about how he (Buchanan) had enjoyed a more privileged and respected place than McLaughlin had. McLaughlin became so visibly upset that the camera quickly cut away from him.