Posted on 08/19/2023 7:42:19 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
James L. Buckley, a “conservative beacon” who won a shock election victory to represent New York in the US Senate in 1970, has died. He was 100.
Buckley’s death in a Washington, DC, hospital was the result of complications from a fall, his nephew, author and political satirist Christopher Buckley, told the New York Times Friday.
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William F. Buckley Jr.’s older brother.
This reminds me of what the “conservative” epigones at NR did to its founder. It
still disappoints me.
RIP Senator.
James Buckley discusses his life and values on Uncommon Knowledge: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo41vX4XqlY&pp=ygUQSmFtZXMgTC4gQnVja2xleQ%3D%3D
Rest In Peace, senator.
I agree. I had to look up epigone 🤔 RIP
Good man and a clear thinker. Lived a long life. God rest him.
<>Buckley also served in World War II, enlisting in the Navy in 1942 and seeing combat in the Pacific before his discharge as a lieutenant.<>
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