William F. Buckley Jr. Is Dead at 82

[-Jrabbit]

Talk to me after you've founded a magazine, hosted a long-running TV show and written 45 books.

[Provost Harrison]

Whooooo?

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by Zkribbler


Before your time. His peak was in the last sixties and seventies.

[Ben Kenobi]

We can't hear you over the sound of how awesome he is.

QFMFT!

[Dinner]

Buckley was at least consistent in his views. He'd condemn Republicans just as often as Democrats.

[Ben Kenobi]

I had a US history course, the very last one I took in my degree.

They had writings of 8 different liberal authors and 1 of Mr. Buckley.

The true measure of his worth is that the only article where portions were censored (the textbook actually blacked them out! was Mr. Buckley).

There must be something to your words if they would try to hide them from other people.

[snoopy369]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_F_Buckley

To critics of Buckley, I would note that the Right is much worse to your views for losing Buckley. He was a very realistic person, who viewed the Iraq war as a failure that needed to be acknowledged as such, and generally opposed the religious right on many things (such as drug legalization, as mentioned above).

[Zkribbler]

Here's the intro to the article linked to by Snoop. It'll help those saying WFT is he?

William Frank Buckley, Jr. (November 24, 1925 – February 27, 2008) was an American author and conservative commentator. He founded the political magazine National Review in 1955, hosted the television show Firing Line from 1966 until 1999, and was a nationally syndicated newspaper columnist. His writing style was famed for its erudition, wit, and use of uncommon words.

Buckley's primary intellectual achievement was to fuse traditional American political conservatism with libertarianism, laying the groundwork for the modern American conservatism of U.S. Presidential candidate Barry Goldwater and U.S. President Ronald Reagan.

Buckley was the author of a series of novels featuring the character of CIA agent Blackford Oakes, along with dozens of other books on writing, speaking, history, politics and sailing. Buckley referred to himself "on and off" as either libertarian or conservative.[3][4] He was based in New York City and Stamford, Connecticut, and often signed his name as "WFB." He was a practicing Roman Catholic, often attending the traditional Latin Mass in Connecticut.

I should read some of his novels. I'd bet they're good.

[snoopy369]

I read one of the novels, it was sort of okay, nothing spectacular. He's a good writer, but not necessarily a novelist

[Ben Kenobi]

They are.

I don't agree with him on everything, but he was conservative when it wasn't cool to be a conservative.

Unlike today when all the young whippersnappers are taking it up.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
...Unlike today when all the young whippersnappers are taking it up.

That is, until the rise of teh Obama.

[Harry Tuttle]

Ah yes, the YAF. Turning good, election oriented College Republicans into debate groups. Fun.

One good thing, the man knew how to formulate a base.

[Dinner]

Let's not all get weepy eyed about how great WFB was since much of time he was on the wrong side.

Originally Posted by WFB, 1957
The central question that emerges—and it is not a parliamentary question or a question that is answered by merely consulting a catalog of the rights of American citizens, born Equal— is whether the White community in the South is entitled to take such measures as are necessary to prevail, politically and culturally, in areas in which it does not predominate numerically? The sobering answer is Yes—the White community is so entitled because, for the time being, it is the advanced race.

[Berzerker]

and in 1960 I said goo goo gaga

RIP Bill

I enjoyed watching your debate shows

Maybe we will see a revival of his old shows

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by Oerdin
Let's not all get weepy eyed about how great WFB was since much of time he was on the wrong side.

That's a funny definition of awesome, DD