PBS built a bowel movement.
Buckley was revered in conservative circles, until hindsight showed us how we was quick to crucify any conservative for charges thrown at that person by the left. In his reflexive urge to appease the left, Buckley ruthlessly policed the right fringe of the Republican party, continuously weeding out those deemed too far by the left, thereby giving in to them over and over again. In doing this, he weakened the conservative movement in the long run.
Tell me you do not understand Normal Americans without telling me you have never talked to a Normal American.
I’m guessing they had to mention it, but since theyre all commies, they didn’t want to talk about what commies are.
The doc did represent Buckley as a good husband, father, friend and gentleman. No character assassination even when presenting the Vidal incident. No mention of Neocons, just various conservatives united against communism and those labeled too far right like the Birchers.
In 1965, Buckley ran for New York City mayor as the candidate for the new Conservative Party.
He ran to restore momentum to the conservative cause in the wake of Goldwater’s defeat.
He tried to take votes away from the relatively liberal Republican candidate and fellow Yale alumnus John Lindsay, who later became a Democrat.
He used an unusual campaign style. During one televised debate with Lindsay, Buckley declined to use his allotted rebuttal time and instead replied, “I am satisfied to sit back and contemplate my own former eloquence.”
When asked what he would do if he won the race, Buckley responded, “Demand a recount.”
Found a box of old National Review mags from the 60s. Leafing through them, I shook my head as to how times have changed.
I’ll count out the number of times PBS has not screwed up a biography by tainting it with leftist bias:
(still have ten fingers ready).
Unusual fact.
“Born in New York City, Buckley spoke Spanish as his first language before learning French and then English as a child.”
How many political talk show hosts have created a dvd like this one:
Celestial Navigation
https://www.celestaire.com/product/william-f-buckley-jr-dvd/
Actually they say the late singer David Crosby was an excellent sailor and was said after a long trip to be able to quickly maneuver his sailboat to a dock in a narrow area “like backing a Volkswagen Beetle into a parking space.”