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2005-10-11 Home Front: Culture Wars

Buckley: The Right's Practical Intellectual

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Posted by Fred 2005-10-11 12:26|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 And he also had an incredible wit. When he ran for the position of Mayor of NYC he was asked...
"What's the first thing you would do if elected?"

His answer...."Demand a re-count."

He was my guide to becoming a conservative when I started reading his column 40+ years ago.

Posted by AlanC">AlanC 2005-10-11 14:17|| 2005-10-11 14:17|| Front Page Top

#2 I used to fancy myself somewhat of an intellectual - until I started reading Buckley's commentary. He always threw in one or two recondite [hat tip - WFB] ideas that I had to parse several times to understand.

Posted by Xbalanke 2005-10-11 15:50|| 2005-10-11 15:50|| Front Page Top

#3 I remember "Firing Line" when I was a teeenager - he could say a few words, sharpened into a death thrust, and the twinkle in his eye as he smiled and skewered a Jesse Jackson or Gov. Maaaario were a thing to behold :-)

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-10-11 16:24|| 2005-10-11 16:24|| Front Page Top

#4 But I'm not a fan of big words, Yale grads, glamour or elitism.

Consider the source...

An expansive and expensive foreign policy...

As opposed to, say, expansive and expensive entitlement programs, the hallmarks of liberal icons FDR and LBJ?

Great fisk, Fred.

Posted by Raj 2005-10-11 17:51|| 2005-10-11 17:51|| Front Page Top

#5 WFB recently said Pat "Buchanvald" Buchanan was too "fond of the swastika" in response to Buchanan's endless neocon crap. Thanks Bill.

Posted by Bardo 2005-10-11 23:16|| 2005-10-11 23:16|| Front Page Top

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