William F. Buckley, a key conservative voice in America for the last half century, has passed away, persumably to the fiery pits of hell.
Ann Coulter emailed me this morning to share some of her thoughts on the passing of this great man. As many of you know, I have a thing for Ann Coulter. I love her skankiness. Where else but in American could you find a woman who dresses like a hooker and uses the language of a sailor on shore leave to speak so articulately about the conservative cause.
Ann wrote me this morning to reflect on the life of William F. Buckley. (OK, for the sake of full disclosure she wrote me and thousands of others who are signed up for a listserv email blast.) I am providing the link to the entire artice. I hope you have a chance to read the whole thing.
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=25241
Just in case you don't have time for the whole article I am going to quote and summarize some pieces. It is easy to see why Buckley was revered among conservatives. Highlights from Ann Coulter's article.
Ann reminds us that Buckley was a defender of Joe McCarthy. However he didn't like Eisenhower. Too liberal. "National Review did not endorse a candidate for president in 1956, correctly concluding that Dwight Eisenhower was not a conservative, however great a military leader he had been. "
Buckley did support Joe Lieberman when he ran and defeated incumbent Senator Lowel Weicker. In fact he set up a PAC for Lieberman.
"In a famous exchange with Gore Vidal in 1968, Vidal said to Buckley: "As far as I am concerned, the only crypto Nazi I can think of is yourself."
Buckley replied: "Now listen, you queer. Stop calling me a crypto Nazi, or I'll sock you in your goddamn face and you'll stay plastered."
Years later, in 1985, Buckley said of the incident: "We both acted irresponsibly. I'm not a Nazi, but he is, I suppose, a fag."
"When asked if he had "referred to Jesse Jackson as an ignoramus," Buckley said, "If I didn't, I should have."
I hope you will take time to read Ann's entire article.
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=25241
Conservatives all agree that Buckley was a great American, a role model for our children. And many thanks to Ann Coulter for her reflections on William F. Buckley. She shows us clearly why conservatives liked him so much.
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4 comments:
Thanks for the laugh, Rick.
Buckley was about as offensive as the come, so why am I not surprised that the right loved him?
The man was trying to set the world straight and you are laughing.
Just read the skag's column and I'm not sure what to say. Ann is so "right". I wonder if she will jump in his casket at the funeral.
A girl can hope, can't she Mark? :-)
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