William F. Buckley Jr. in his office at National Review, about 1965.
Rest in Peace Mr. Buckley.
Posted on 02/27/2008 8:56:30 AM PST by NormsRevenge
He was truly a great man. He will be missed.
When his wife died past April, I knew he wouldn’t be with us for very much longer.
Rest In Peace, Mr. Buckley. Rush Limbaugh is speaking his tribute to you now.
It is our duty to continue his legacy- to educate ourselves and others about what makes conservative principles CORRECT and right.
Without Willima F. Buckley...where would we be today?
Godspeed WFB..
I believe Rush has interviewed Buckley on his show, if I’m not mistaken..
God Bless You William F.Buckley & may you Rest In Peace.
Sad news, but I’m sure he’s with God and with his wife, who went on before him last year, so I’m sure he’s very happy.
He has. Hope he reruns the interview today.
My favorite memory of Buckley was the way he used to drive Phil Donahue absolutely INSANE in old “Donahue” show days. Phil would be flapping his arms like wings and squawking like a chicken by the time Buckley got through with him. It was glorious.
My favorite works by Buckley were his many excellent newspaper columns over the years, and his tremendous “Blackford Oakes” novels. Wow.
His intellectual brilliance and ability to defeat liberals with little more than that mischievous stare and profound one liners will inspire for many years to come, and will be missed for just as long.
Blessings, Mr. Buckley. Thank you.
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Today is truly a dark day for the American Conservative movement. He was a great man and will be truly missed. It is now our task to take up the standard he carried and press on against the evil and nefarious left.
Glad he doesn’t have to live through the crap yet to come. I’m starting to really think about the whole ‘they will envy the dead’ thing lately...
My all-time favorite.
Lesson for today:
William Buckley was a CONSERVATIVE who successfully led the fight to make the Republican Party the repository of conservatism.
His loyalty was to conservatism, not to the Rockefeller/Lindsay school of Republicanism, aka Democrat-lite.
When he ran for mayor of New York, it was as a Conservative against a Republican liberal. Announcing his entry into the race, he said:
“The two-party system presupposes an adversary relationship between the two parties. That there is no such relationship in New York Mr. Lindsay makes especially clear when he proposes as running mates members of the Liberal and Democratic Parties. Mr. Lindsay’s Republican Party is a sort of personal accessory,. . . indifferent to the historic role of the Republican Party as standing in opposition to those trends of our time that are championed by the collectivist elements of the Democratic Party.”
Those words could be used today, substituting Lindsay with McCain.
It is sad that on the day William Buckley departed this world and the perpetual battlefield of good versus evil, the dark forces were in ascendancy.
Asked what is the first thing he would do if elected Mayor of New York, he said “Demand a recount.”
Maybe he can get the Man Upstairs to get us a recount/revote for these primaries.
The New York Times is already distorting his legacy and spinning things to slander Buckley. Their lack of respect is disgusting.
Yep, probably the first thing St Peter told him was, "You were spot on about Gore Vidal."
Even this wire piece that started the thread uses words like “scornful”. By the end of the day the MSM will have made Mr. Buckley into just another “mean spirited” conservative.
Stupid liberals. RIP Mr. Buckley, this Stamford native thanks you.
I will miss him so very much. I thank him for all that he gave us...may he RIP.
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