[SkyPilot]

When asked if he had "referred to Jesse Jackson as an ignoramus," Buckley said, "If I didn't, I should have."

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I remember reading a hilarious letter from William F. Buckley years ago. He and Pat were vacationing in Switzerland. Guess who called his chateau and invited himself over?

Yes. I am not joking.

Anyway, Ted and his girlfriend show up, and Bill and Pat have to order out food to feed him after Ted proceeds to drink half the bar. Then, Teddy asks to borrow the car to drive his girlfriend home.

Buckley said was somewhat worried, but comforted myself with the fact that there were no bridges between my chateau and Ted Kennedy's hotel in that part of Switzerland."

[penelopesire]

“Then, Teddy asks to borrow the car to drive his girlfriend home.

Buckley said was somewhat worried, but comforted myself with the fact that there were no bridges between my chateau and Ted Kennedy’s hotel in that part of Switzerland.”

That is classic!!

[Rennes Templar]

Is that a picture of a human? It looks part armadillo.

[ruthles]

LOLOL!!! I had a very, very liberal professor in college who referred to Buckley as “The Triumph of Style over Substance.” Needless to say, I never donate to my liberal, public alma matre.

I bought my husband a book on obsolete vocabulary Buckley had used over the years. I grew to really appreciate him, and his son’s movie “Thank you for Smoking” was funnier considering which family he came from.

[choirboy]

Once, when told that Teddy Kennedy, after someone praised him, said “I am humbled”, Buckley said with his impish grin, “He has much to be humble about.”