Posted on 01/26/2010 1:03:30 PM PST by Michael van der Galien
Daily Beast columnist Christopher Buckley has clearly inherited his late, great father’s razor-sharp wit and gift for eloquence, but his political sensibilities fell considerably farther from the tree—so much so that he voted for Barack Obama, based on personal disappointment with John McCain, animosity towards Sarah Palin, and the certainty that Obama was too smart to actually believe all the left-wing baloney he espoused.
Well, after a year of Hope n’ Change, we all know how that turned out. And it’s been enough to make Buckley redirect his pen in The One’s direction, penning a satirical early draft of this year’s State of the Union Address:
Tonight I can report to you that the state of the union, on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being excellent, is a 9.8.
Now, you may ask—and I wouldn’t blame you for asking—how I came up with that number. You might be saying to yourself, “Wait a minute. I’ve got no job, no health insurance. My house isn’t worth half the amount of my mortgage, and I just got called up by the National Guard to do a fifth tour in Afghanistan. How the heck did he come up with 9.8?”
So it’s a good and valid question. And the answer is that 9.8 is pretty good, considering the mess my predecessor and the Republicans left me. Fair enough? I think so.
It’s a great piece, skewering everything from Obama’s economic ineptitude, the sleazy healthcare negotiations, politically-correct national security, and more, concluding with a none-too-subtle jab at Obama’s feelings toward the military:
Now, it is customary on these occasions, after offering the American people bromides and yes, even downright lies about how well the nation is doing, to acknowledge American heroes sitting in the gallery.
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“Christopher Buckley has clearly inherited his late, great father’s razor-sharp wit...”
Oh, really? How sharp was he in voting for the great zero? I’d say that he’s about as sharp as a bowling ball.
Little late for Chuck. Everyone is jumping off the bandwagon.
Christopher Buckley and others picked their side and we don’t want them back.
When Buckley endorsed Obama I had to rethink my entire opinion of his intellect and writing brilliance. I concluded he was like a poodle. Too inbred to be admired.
Wit, not sense.
Saw a great bumper sticker yesterday...It said
How’s that hopey changey thing working for you?
They’ll easily be fooled again.
Ok, but in my world people with wit have wits.
Oh, really? How sharp was he in voting for the great zero?
Well, wit & wisdom are 2 completely different animals. He, apparently, did not inherit the latter.
Far be it for me to defend the man, but he was FAR from the only 2008 voter who suffered from THAT mistaken impression.
Where's your messiah now, Christopher?
Chris Buckley and Ron Reagan: woo-hoo..!!!
Rotten apples from amazing trees...
That's funny because libs often chide those on our side "you're too smart to be conservative." (Think Tom Wolfe's description of an early '80s dinner party experience he had.)
The two cancel each other out. I've long believed intelligence doesn't enter into it, nor should it. I would place a higher price on humility in our public servants. Madame Guillotine would be effective in introducing it tout suite.
Chris Buckley has coasted a long way on his father’s reputation.
Chris should go back to sleep. We don’t need him and those like him which think they are so smart regardless of the level of stupidity they display through their actions. At least many out there have an excuse. They work, they were angry at Bush, and they didn’t care. It is those like Mr. Buckley that are particularly disgusting because they voted for Obama largely out of snottiness and intellectual elitism.
We will probably see more come to this understanding but it won’t be because they believe in the liberties and traditions that made this country great but instead because they found themselves on the wrong side of history. These snotty kids who believe they are inherently superior not by virtue of their intellect but by virtue the number of liberals they associate with. They are the ones like Mike Murphy and Steve Schmidt who suggest that if only we were more open to gay marriage, abortion, and big government that all of the problems with the GOP would disappear. We don’t need them no more than we need Meghan and Cindy McCain providing her simpleton input on the definition of hate.
These people betrayed their nation for the satisfaction of their egos not their intellect. I have far more respect for those who stayed at home than these prodigal sons who never truly were with us to begin with who now seek to associate with the likes of Palin supporters because their Messiah didn’t work out so well.
Christopher Buckley has lost me.
I was so very disappointed in him.
I'd say that he probably inherited, um, half of it...
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