Say what you will about William F. Buckley, but ...

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

Say what you will about William F. Buckley, but I have to give him credit for one thing.

For some reason tonight I keep thinking of the title of his last book...

Cancel your Own Goddamned Subscription!


(a collection of letters he wrote while editing the National Review)

[Bread and Circus]

1. link?

[BrklynLiberal]

2. and he was, if nothing else, civil...

I remember his run for Mayor of NYC. he was asked what his first act would be if he was elected.
His answer "Demand a recount!"

[ingac70]

3. He was full of shit and lies. n/t

[BumRushDaShow]

4. He would be rolling in his grave with what has happened to his party. n/t

[texastoast]

5. Oh, you miss pre-Newt Gingrich political protocol

When politicians were at least polite in their differentiation between parties' platforms and policies.

When Democrats refused to play the rude game.

When Democrats were thrown under the bus for their manners.

Those days are over, thanks to the pukophiles.

They want to play this way? Bring it.

[bluestateguy]

6. He valued intellectualism and science

Today's conservatives mock being smart as "elitist".

I read "God and Man at Yale" in college and enjoyed it very much.