Posted on 02/27/2008 3:10:55 PM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
In the course of offering a tribute to William F. Buckley, Jr. on this afternoon's Hardball, Chris Matthews made a surprising revelation: that he came to political consciousness as a WFB conservative.
You'll find the transcript of the Hardball host's remarks below, but I'd encourage you to view the video, here. See if, like me, you're struck by the heartfelt nature of his comments.
CHRIS MATTHEWS: If you want to influence someone, get to him or her in high school. It's my experience that people at that age are the most impressionable, the most searching for guidance, for example, for purposes. It was in high school that I came under the charm and the influence of William F. Buckley, Jr., the dashing, charismatic young conservative who wrote God and Man at Yale, McCarthy and His Enemies, and founded the wistful, precocious, companionable monthly, National Review. As a high schooler, I could tell you which drugstore got National Review first. I went to hear Bill Buckley at a meeting of the Montgomery County Young Republicans. It was from National Review that I gained my early affection and appetite for political philosophy and argument.
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His wife turned him into a lib.
Matthews is getting more liberal.
I think this is the problem with Matthews.
Very heartfelt sentiments from Crissy. Did you know he voted for GWB in 2000.
“Did you know he voted for GWB in 2000.”
Glad you mentioned that. I had actually included it in my first draft, thinking I recalled him having said that, but took it out because I wasn’t 100% sure and was too lazy to check!
But when did brain-death occur for Matthews?
Then him balls where removed.
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