Beautiful stamp. Not that Ms. Rand would like being on a government document.
Posted on 09/09/2025 12:39:04 PM PDT by DFG
The U.S. Postal Service unveiled a William F. Buckley Jr. Forever stamp Tuesday and immediately sparked a torrent of fury from left-wing accounts on X.
USPS says the first-day-of-issue ceremony kicks off Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. at Yale’s Beinecke Plaza in New Haven, where Buckley graduated and launched his long public career; the black-and-white portrait is based on a 1960s photograph. The stamp is now live in the Postal Store, with Sept. 9 listed as the official issue date.
“Today we’re honoring the legacy of William F. Buckley Jr. by releasing this hand-designed Forever® stamp,” USPS posted.
Today we’re honoring the legacy of William F. Buckley Jr. by releasing this hand-designed Forever® stamp. William F. Buckley Jr. was an author known for his wit, and a longtime TV host who brought thoughtful debate to living rooms all over the country. Order yours and other… pic.twitter.com/srhZO2L4js
— U.S. Postal Service (@USPS) September 9, 2025
Buckley, founder of National Review and host of PBS’s “Firing Line,” “shaped the conservative movement into a formidable political force,” the agency notes in its backgrounder previewing the issue. USPS first announced the Buckley stamp as part of its 2025 program in March.
The announcement sent left-leaning users into a meltdown. Among them was Current Affairs editor Nathan Robinson, who replied to the USPS post to call Buckley a “pompous ass and a bigot who used fancy words as a substitute for logical thought.”
he was a pompous ass and a bigot who used fancy words as a substitute for logical thought https://t.co/b3XTMNsedv https://t.co/oPSUrwpmhH
— Nathan J Robinson (@NathanJRobinson) September 9, 2025
“Buckley was also known for being a very racist White American Catholic,” Nate Tinner-Williams, editor at Black Catholic Messenger, observed.
“F*ck this country—forever,” said Benjamin Kunkel, co-founder of a New York-based literary journal.
Conservatives, meanwhile, celebrated the honor for the man who, as USPS acknowledges, helped define modern American conservatism. National Review promoted the release to its readers, while the Buckley Institute urged supporters to attend the dedication at Yale.
USPS lists Sept. 9, 2025, as the issue date and New Haven, Connecticut, as the location on its sales page; collectors can also buy the digital color postmark with the event’s date and city.
I’m waiting for the Rush Limbaugh Forever Stamps.
Oh please. He’s a great CONSERVATIVE. Unlike many.
And they call US “traitors”. LOL.
They prove it every single day.
If you cant lick ‘em.....
I wish I had the time and energy to devote to seething over things. Must be nice.
LOVED Maggie. She told the Argentines, ‘Get off that island or I’ll come down there and put you off.”
The she DID IT!!! 😁
Hey, Benjamin Kunkel, I have a great idea: if this country is so horrible, you can go join your comrades in Venezuela, Cuba, China or North Korea! I’m beyond fed up with anti American spoiled brat libtards like you!
Just three more anti American crybabies who don’t understand what it means to be American.
No, he’s not a conservative.
He was a liberaltarian.
How many people.under 70 k ow who he was? This is outrage pinned up by some lunatics and a bluesy post to idiots who know nothing.
Jist in time to get some stamps for my quarterly IRS protection money.
I’m under 70 and really liked him.
Shame his magazine and organization turned to muck.
What! No George Floyd stamp? /sarc
Definitely a good looking stamp.
I don’t think I have bought a stamp in years.
They’ll now demand that Gore Vidal get a stamp in his honor.
I liked William Buckley. When he talked or wrote, he would send me to the dictionary to enlarge my vocabulary.
As to naming him, “Pompous,” I say better to be Pompous, than Pomp-ass, as Nathan J Robinson Is! What a twit, he is!
There is a why to his nonsense.
The Democrat symbol is a JACK ASS.
“LITERARY JOURNAL?
MORE LIKE, “LITERARY URINAL!”
Ben Kunkel misses the toilet again!
“F*ck this country—forever,” said Benjamin Kunkel, co-founder of a New York-based literary journal.”
..showing off his highbrow linguistic skills…
I usually enjoyed listening to Buckley. But he treated Joe Sobran and Pat Buchanan unfairly in my judgment.
The sad thing about Rand was her atheism, which is usually not a factor with most conservatives.
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