The article title is rather disingenuous. Edwards, (Buckley's biographer) says...
Edwards wouldn’t call Palin a model conservative.
“I don’t think she’s done much reading of classical works such as ‘The Road to Serfdom,’ ‘The Conservative Mind,’ or ‘Ideas Have Consequences,’ all of which make up the conservative canon for most people.”
I cannot begin to pretend to know the mind of one of my conservative heroes, William F. Buckley, Jr., but I think his biographer is incorrect in saying WFB would approve of Mrs Palin.
Guess what? We may never know Buckley's thoughts on this, since Mrs Palin was not named as McCain's VP pick until 6 mos after WFB's death. If Mr. Buckley knew of her at all, it was before the relentless (and often self-inflicted) exposure of all of Mrs Palin's various and sundry baggage in the national spotlight.
I will be glad to stand corrected by Rich Lowry, Buckley's sister Priscilla, his nephew Brent Bozell or anyone that actually knew WFB for a longer period of time than this biographer.