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[Lando Lincoln]

Lando

[Tax-chick]

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[sionnsar]

WoW!! The "Seattle P-U" printed this!? I am amazed. (But this is one the things that has seemed to distinguish it from the Seattle Slimes, which I doubt would even touch anything like this...)

[bitt]

bttt

[catonsville]

I can remember a time when it was very difficult to find a book by Bill Buckley in my local library system or National Review on a newsstand.

Both the library and newsstand were very reluctant to carry them.
It is wonderful that Buckley has lived long enough to go from pariah to conservative elder Statesman.

Limbaugh had it easy , compared to what Buckley went through

[boxsmith13]

good observation

[syriacus]

Thanks for posting this. I'm glad to know these two books are out.

[martin_fierro]

Compared to O'Rourke, Hannity writes in crayon.

[randog]

In "Peace Kills," O'Rourke reports from such exotic spots as Kosovo, Israel, Egypt, a demonstration by leftists in Washington, D.C., Kuwait, Iraq and, for sobering contrast, Iwo Jima, all to better answer the question posed in the book's first piece: "Why Americans Hate Foreign Policy."

I caught PJ's documentary on Iwo on the History Channel the other night. He did a good job hosting/narrating it. I knew the battle was bloody, but I had no idea. The doc was very insightful, especially with regard to the sacrifice our troops made.

[The Scourge of Yazid]

Probably the two people most responsible for piquing my interest in politics are Bill Clinton and William F. Buckley. Strange combination, no?

If you've never seen Buckley speak in person, you're missing out on the experience of a lifetime. He's by far the most eloquent individual and best exponent of conservative principles in the nation, if not the entire world. I'm just sad that PBS no longer has 'Firing Line' as part of it's programming lineup. Alas, WFB Jr. has moved on to bigger and a better things.

Politician-nearly 10% of the vote in a NYC mayoral election-gifted writer, monologist, classic forensic debater, seafarer, father, brother and all-around great human being; William F. Buckley Jr. is one for the ages.

[uncbob]

If you've never seen Buckley speak in person, you're missing out on the experience of a lifetime.

Best was when Buckely was convering the 68 Democrat convention and was a co-guest with Gore Vidal

Vidal called him a NeoNazi or Crypto Nazi can't remember exactly but Buckey told him

" Don't call be a Nazi you faggot or I punch you in your GD mouth and you stay punched "

I couldn't believe it I almost fell over laughing

[The Scourge of Yazid]

Yeah, I remember hearing that little anecdote awhile ago. Of course the "man" who was telling it was a mewling, little NPR-type eunuch, so of course he was referring to it in a negative context. Of course, I stood up and cheered when I heard it!

[mc5cents]

Don't call be a Nazi you faggot or I punch you in your GD mouth and you stay punched "

LOL! Wish I could have seen THAT. I just can't picture Bill Buckley punching anybody. But that was 1968.

Gore Vidal was a fag? Really?

[uncbob]

Yeah I saw it live and it was so out of character for Buckley since is so laid back etc I couldn't stop laughing

[The Scourge of Yazid]

Exactly. That's what it made it so brilliant!

Don't mistake the prissy, Cambridge Forensic Society affectation; this guy is a ballsy dude. He was a spook, after all!

[First_Salute]

There is an Iron Curtain between the Socialist a.k.a. Democrat Party and the truth.

They put it up, and it is their's to take down, while they constantly blame all else for its being there.

[catonsville]

I saw the incident on TV also.

Vidal was getting annoyed and called Buckley a "Crypto-Nazi"

Buckley get very angry, and responded "don't ever call me a Nazi , you queer, or I will punch you out"

This was before the Gay Rights movement so Buckley's statement was shocking ( for those asleep few who did not know about Vidal).

Buckley took a lot of heat the next day from the liberal press , who blamed the episode on him.

Vidal, who used one of the most profane insults possible, got off with little criticism.

Today Vidal like Mailer, is a cranky, unread, dismissed curmudgeon with little impact.

Buckley is a American hero.

[Khurkris]

"Compared to O'Rourke, Hannity writes in crayon."

Broken pieces of crayons, capital letters and some of them backwards.()))_Crayola_)))#>

[Khurkris]

bad formatting on my part:

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[The Scourge of Yazid]

Who doesn't even live in the United States, for chris'sakes!

He lives in a villa with his decrepit European "boyfriend." Oh that's right, that guy's deceased. How will civilization ever recoup the loss of that wonderful treasure?