Words of Respect for a Man Who Never Let the Party End [Barf Alert]

Brady Campaign/US Newswire Press Release ^ | 1/18/07 | n/a

[kiriath_jearim]

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Selected comments from Brady Campaign leaders on the passing of Art Buchwald, who for many decades was a passionate supporter of efforts to reduce gun violence in America:

From Sarah Brady: "Jim and I are deeply saddened. Art has been a dear and wonderful friend to both of us personally, and to the prevention of gun violence.

"No one brought a greater smile to our faces over the years than Art. His spirit was especially amazing in recent months, when his staying power brought joy to us all. I will forever remember his warmth and humor.

"The world is a little less funny with Art gone. But as I sit and reminisce about him, every time I start to get teary, I think of something he said, or did, or wrote, and I start smiling, and it seems like what he would want me to be doing."

From Victoria Reggie Kennedy, Board Member, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: "Art Buchwald was a wonderful friend, and all of us in the Kennedy Family will miss him dearly. Art brought joy, humor and passion to everything he did, and he made us all eager to go along for the ride. When Art cared about an issue, he wrote about it and shined a bright light on it, all the while making us laugh. That's what he did with his unflagging dedication to ending senseless gun violence, and our world is a safer place because of him."

From Michael Barnes, former President, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: "I had the profound pleasure of spending a lot of quality time with Art Buchwald over my five years as President of the Brady Campaign. As a former Marine like him, we shared wonderful stories about our time in the service. He was passionate about America's gun violence problem, and angry about it, and he had tremendous disrespect for the gun lobby in America.

But as with other issues that angered Art, his remarkable power was to illustrate the problems with humor."

From Paul Helmke, President of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: "We have many wonderful and passionate supporters in this cause of fighting gun violence, but few of them helped bring the issue to the attention of more people that Art Buchwald. He was a national treasure, and he was a treasure to the Brady Campaign and Brady Center, a member of our family. We will strive to ensure that his legacy on our issue is a lasting one."

[SOURCE Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence]

[Gay State Conservative]

From Sarah Brady: "Jim and I are deeply saddened. Art has been a dear and wonderful friend to both of us personally, and to the prevention of gun violence.

But Sarah,did Buchwald,like Carl Rowan,Rosie O'Donuts and (presumably) many other members of the anti-2nd Amendment glitterati,own a gun himself?

A simple "yes" or "no" will suffice,Sarah.

[upchuck]

Yet another bought and paid for "press release" distributed by the number one media whoring business, USNewswire.

[basil]

I'll always remember him for his fund raiser/birthday party at the French Embassy---raising funds for the "Brady Bunch".

[Hildy]

I don't like to speak ill of the dead...but Art Buchwald was a darling of the left, but he was an incredibly overrated writer. I put him in the Andy Rooney school of writers who believe they're much cleverer than they really are.

[AmishDude]

He was no Mark Steyn. Period.

[gcruse]

At his heyday, the country was not so politically acidic as now, but even then, Art's columns had about as much edge to them as a billiard ball, and were as exciting as a pitcher of warm spit.

Compared to Mark Steyn or even boring old George Will, Art Buchwald wasted his cleverness in fear of offending somebody.