That's a straight-up lie. Buchanan is against imperialism. Hell, he wrote a book titled "A Republic, not an Empire" (very good by the way).
Buchanan is not crazy at all. Usually, people just make things up about him out of thin air, because the truth is that Buchanan is a smart, knowledgeable guy.
But he is full of hatred.
He is isolationist He wants the US out of the world.
The hatred he peddles isn't much different from the hatred Bush peddles. I suppose if you've got a pair of intolerants, the one that's an isolationist is preferable because he only ruins one country.