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Christopher Buckley's endorsement of Barack Obama -- followed by his abrupt departure from the back page of the magazine his father founded, National Review -- has caused a ripple of contempt from the conservative right.
Nay, make that a tsunami of hostility. An avalanche of venom. A cataclysm of ... well, you get the idea. People are mad. Good riddance, they say, and don't let the door hit you on the way out.
Let us proceed, gingerly.
I am not a passive bystander to these events. Buckley is a friend, as are other members of his family, especially Uncle Reid, with whom I have worked for several years. National Review is home to many friends, and its online editor, Kathryn Jean Lopez, kindly subscribes to my column. Like Buckley, I have enjoyed a decent fragging for suggesting that Sarah Palin excuse herself from the Republican ticket.
What gives here?
Read the rest of this brilliant article at the link...
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Yet another Republican/Conservative for Obama!
This time it's William F. Buckley's son.
From The Article:
Christopher Buckley knew he was venturing into treacherous territory when he endorsed Barack Obama: "It's a good thing my dear old mum and pup are no longer alive. They'd cut off my allowance," he wrote. The penalty turned out to be more severe. William F. Buckley Jr.'s son said yesterday that he had lost his back-page column in National Review, the conservative bible founded by his father.
"Within hours, poor NR was being swamped with furious mail, 'Cancel my subscription, this is betrayal, Judas, Benedict Arnold,' " Buckley, 56, said in an interview. "I thought the decent thing to do would be to offer to resign the column. Well, they accepted it."
Buckley can't be completely disappeared; the Washington author owns one-seventh of National Review and serves on the magazine's board. But he is the latest right-leaning pundit to be slammed by his side for criticizing or breaking with John McCain...
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Here's another point of view about this story:
http://www.observer.com/2008/media/lowry-buckley-you-canceled-your-own-goddamn-column
Yet another Republican/Conservative for Obama!
This time it's William F.... more
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Christopher Buckley, the author and son of the late conservative mainstay William F. Buckley, said in a telephone interview that he has resigned from the National Review, the political journal his father founded in 1955.
Mr. Buckley said he had “been effectively fatwahed by the conservative movement” after endorsing Barack Obama in a blog posting on TheDailyBeast.com; since then, he said he has been blanketed with hate mail at the blog and at the National Review, where he has written a column.
Christopher Buckley, the author and son of the late conservative mainstay William F.... more
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Palin Problem
She’s out of her league.
By Kathleen Parker
If at one time women were considered heretical for swimming upstream against feminist orthodoxy, they now face condemnation for swimming downstream — away from Sarah Palin.
To express reservations about her qualifications to be vice president — and possibly president — is to risk being labeled anti-woman.
click link for entire article...Palin Problem
She’s out of her league.
By Kathleen Parker
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Tit for tat:
"For all the irony-challenged literalists who were upset by the New Yorker's Obama-as-a-muslim magazine cover, here's one for you..."Tit for tat:
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William Buckley, conservative author and tv host has died. He was found at his desk at his home in Connecticut, and although the cause of death is not immediately known, he suffered from diabetes and emphysema.
From one of the comments on the National Review site: "William F. Buckley's life was marked by enormous joy. He had a lust for life as well as for letters and debate. He raised a wonderful and accomplished son, loved and was loved by, a formidable and beautiful wife, had more friends than he could count or, in a sense even know, and will be remembered for generations to come."William Buckley, conservative author and tv host has died. He was found at his desk... more
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Goldberg, in an interview tries to argue the rise of liberal fascism in America. Now when I saw Naomi Wolf's take on it, she was very intelligent about and actually opened my ears to what's happening in the US. However, Goldberg is using labels to assume that practically everything is fascism, right down to organic food.
Watch this humorous yet horrifying interview. Goldberg, in an interview tries to argue the rise of liberal fascism in America. Now... more
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Jonah Goldberg punches the American people in the face for choosing candidates who pander to them with populist language. It's a good point.Jonah Goldberg punches the American people in the face for choosing candidates who... more
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In this article from the National Review, Roger Clegg claims that there's optimism for conservative culture warriors. He stakes a lot on victories in three fronts: Affirmative action, immigration, and illegitimate child birth.
Did I miss something? Did Leftists suddenly become pro-illegitimate child? What is this guy smoking?
And where does he pull this stat: "1 in 4 non-Hispanic white children are born from parents out of wedlock"? Is that true?In this article from the National Review, Roger Clegg claims that there's... more
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