William F. Buckley Just Died

[FAR52]

A giant in the conservative movement. No link yet.

[kennyboyerfan]

Somebody must have told him McCain is the GOP nominee.

[kah]

"Now listen, you queer," he said, "stop calling me a crypto-Nazi or I’ll sock you in you goddamn face and you’ll stay plastered."

[kennyboyerfan]

I found him damn near incomphrensible, both to listen to and to read, but he pretty much was the Father of Modern Conservatism.

[FAR52]

I found him damn near incomphrensible, both to listen to and to read, but he pretty much was the Father of Modern Conservatism.

Have you read any of Christopher Buckley's books? They're great.

[moedrabowsky]

Saw him debate George McGovern at SEMO. Old school intellectuals disagreeing on nearly everything in a civilized and polite manner.

The world needs more like his kind.

[Moon Man]

Man admitted that he had never attended a baseball game in his whole life. How can you trust a man like that?

Moon

[kennyboyerfan]

Have you read any of Christopher Buckley's books? They're great.

Love him.

[hkyfan]

Have you read any of Christopher Buckley's books? They're great.

I have. Is that Williams son?

[FAR52]

I have. Is that Williams son?

Yep.

[kennyboyerfan]

Check out the NYT obit on him. It's great. He wrote a letter to the King of England when he was six years old, demanding repayment of war debt. When he was a youngster, he typed fellow students papers for $1 a paper, with a 25-cent surcharge for corrected grammar. He and his wife called each other "Ducky."

[Schwahalala]

Check out the NYT obit on him. It's great. He wrote a letter to the King of England when he was six years old, demanding repayment of war debt. When he was a youngster, he typed fellow students papers for $1 a paper, with a 25-cent surcharge for corrected grammar. He and his wife called each other "Ducky."

Oh - so when a White 6 year old does it - it's cool -

But when the brothers do it - its bad.

I want my reparations again.

[kennyboyerfan]

Oh - so when a White 6 year old does it - it's cool -

But when the brothers do it - its bad.

I want my reparations again.

I think it's very cool when the brothers write to the King or Queen of England.

[FAR52]

I found him damn near incomphrensible, both to listen to and to read, but he pretty much was the Father of Modern Conservatism.

Reading Buckley does require continual references to a dictionary.

[FAR52]

Check out the NYT obit on him. It's great. He wrote a letter to the King of England when he was six years old, demanding repayment of war debt. When he was a youngster, he typed fellow students papers for $1 a paper, with a 25-cent surcharge for corrected grammar. He and his wife called each other "Ducky."

From the column:

“All great biblical stories begin with Genesis,” George Will wrote in the National Review in 1980. “And before there was Ronald Reagan, there was Barry Goldwater, and before there was Barry Goldwater there was National Review, and before there was National Review there was Bill Buckley with a spark in his mind, and the spark in 1980 has become a conflagration.”