..WFB Jr. RIP
Posted on 02/27/2008 3:25:28 PM PST by Syncro
I doubt whether Ann uses these words in "ordinary conversation". She did, quite properly, use these words in a tribute to a great American wordsmith.
“ I wish I was witty like that.
He was on Tim Russert's show several years ago when a question on global warming came up.
Russert: "Do you believe GW is a threat?"
WFB: "No"
Russert: "But a recent poll says that 80% of the public belives it is a threat."
WFB: "Then you've got your work cut out for you."
How about Bon Vivant as well.
..WFB Jr. RIP
A real classic —thanks!!
Rest in peace, Conservative Warrior. God bless you.
Maybe. More like a gigantic porcine creature. At the end of "Animal Farm" the pigs were walking around on two feet. How did Orwell know that Ted Kennedy would become a senator?
Ditto for my parents too. There are millions of elderly Catholic parents who share virtually the exact same social sentiments as WFB but still hate Republicans. I've often told my parents they must still believe FDR is the president. Their views of Democrats and Republicans haven't changed since I was a child in the fifties and sixties: Democrats are blessed by God, and Republicans are greedy, nasty spawns of Satan.
He didn’t just debate idiot libs. He also used his program as an educational vehicle. On his program in the seventies I first saw Thomas Sowell who sounded as intelligent then as he does now.
I remember this incident as reported in one of WFB's books. He had engaged Schlesinger somewhere in a public debate. Schlesinger opened by blowing a bit of insincere puffery Buckley's way. (I have forgotten the words.)
When Buckley quoted those words on the jacket of his next book, Schlesinger got all huffy and complained that he had never said them.
In response, along with the passage quoted in his telegram, WFB promised to engrave Schlesinger's artificial bouqet of words on his tombstone.
Well, it's time to see if it will come true.
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“Ann Coulter, occuping the Mies van der Rohe Barcelona Chair of Conservative Punditry.”
So long Mr. Buckley.
I enjoyed your work.
Truer words were ne'er spoken, Mr. Buckley... and ones all genuine conservatives will be bearing in mind, come this November.
RIP, good sir.
Yes, she is a terrible human being.
I read somewhere that nationally over 50% of Catholics vote consistently Democrat, and those that vote Republican are in the low 30%. Among older (as you say elderly Catholics), that number is upward of 80% who vote Democrat.
I had a dinner table conversation with my aunt and uncle (she Irish immigrant daughter and Catholic, he Italian immigrant son and Catholic).
I put very basic social questions before them, such as "Well, how do you feel about homosexual marriage and partial birth abortion?"
They were appalled I would even ask them these things, and told me how terrible each were. When I said the Democrats were the champions of both, they got very, very, very, very angry with me.
There is no reasoning with people who don't want to discuss truth and logic - especially if your opponent doesn't have the facts on his or her side.
Me who push an old women from being hit by a bus and men who push old women in front of a bus, should not be grouped together as men who push old women. Or words to that effect.
Thinking about Mr. Buckley's death on my way home last night, it struck me that now the three pillars of modern day conservatism are now dead - Buckley, Goldwater, and Reagan. It also struck me that at this time, while conservative Republicans and Rockefeller Republicans are squabbling, while we lament someone like McCain representing the Republican party, that the passing of Mr. Buckley somewhat shakes the morale of conservatives.
There are some people who may disagree but I believe people like Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin, for all their bombast, are deep thinkers. While they make a comfortable living doing what they do, they do what they do for more than the money. The fact that they make money promoting conservative principles, indicates to me that the nation is hungry for these principle.
Rest in peace, Mr. Buckley. There are good men on this planet picking up your flag right now, marching forward and advancing the principles of liberty, freedom, and conservatism.
That was a great line. It reminds me of the time when FNC one Sunday a few years back had Jesses Jackson on along with Charles Krauthammer and a retired general - forget the name now. Both made mincement of Jackson. The general did so in a way that senior officers do with military slackers and Charles with his wit and style.
That last picture - to me - sums up the man. Wouldn’t you like to see the titles of those books?
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