William F. Buckley Jr., Teacher of Conservatism
News broke this morning that William F. Buckley Jr. had passed on. With great sadness and a deep appreciation for all that he did to organize conservative thought in America, Political Vindication sends our prayers to his family in their grief and to God in his keeping. We all live our lives striving to leave behind a legacy that endears us to our peers and the Angels that watch over us – Mr. Buckley leaves a legacy so stunning and consequential that it stands as a red sea parted in perpetuity. Let’s all take some time today and read some of his thoughts, and re-dedicate ourselves to fighting for the conservative principles he taught us.
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3 Responses to “William F. Buckley Jr., Teacher of Conservatism”
February 27th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
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February 28th, 2008 at 10:57 am
A great teacher of Conservativism indeed, as well as of the English language and the power therein. We shall miss him dearly.
Charlie
February 28th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
Keith Olbermann’s “Eulogy” of Wm F Buckley
Last night, I joined the thousands of TV viewers around the country who watch Keith Olbermann’s “Countdown” on MSNBC. Krazy Keith’s show is consistently an hour of angrily bashing President Bush, Republicans and conservatives in general. His guests and correspondents are routinely liberal. There are no debates, no disagreements, just KKO and his pals, people like Richard Wolffe, Rachel Maddow (Air America)and Jonathan Alter. Last night, Keith outdid himself and reached a new low.
While announcing the death of conservative icon William F Buckley, Olbermann took the opportunity to inform his viewers that:
Buckley’s opinions were “indefensibly and gloriously wrong”.
As a student, Buckley had opposed World War Two.
He had defended Sen. Joe McCarthy.
He once suggested that AIDS patients be tattooed.
He once “ruminated” about denying the vote to the uneducated.
Keith, that was completely “klassless”. Why didn’t you raise a glass to cheer the death of Buckley while you were at it? Not that I was surprised. I am used to the far left making those kinds of comments about conservatives who have just died. I remember when Reagan died, and many on the left were celebrating the “fact that Reagan was burning in Hell”. Just recently, it was reported that Nancy Reagan had suffered a fall in her home. Adriana Huffington’s blog, “The Huffington Post”, was filled with entries from her readership insulting the former First Lady and wishing her nothing but the worst.
But that’s not all. Toward the end of the show, KKO presented his “Worst Persons in the World”. (Surprisingly, Bill O’Reilly wasn’t among the finalists last night.) Who got the Gold Medal? John McCain. Why? Because, in the wake of the Bill Cunningham rant in Cincinnati, McCain had stated that he didn’t know Cunningham, nor had he ever met him. Cunningham has stated that he met McCain on a couple of occasions at political events. At that, the McCain campaign backtracked, stating that it was possible that the two had met at some time. So for that, John McCain was the Worst Person in the World? I think it is fair to say that when a major political figure attends political events, he/she shakes hands with a lot of people that they never see again. The person who shakes hands with the pol will remember the meeting. The pol forgets it.
As a conservative, there are a lot of things about McCain that I don’t care for. He is not the person I had hoped would win the nomination. As a presidential candidate, he has to accept the barbs, just as I have pointed out for Sen Clinton. But just to nitpick, I would like to suggest that before Olbermann calls someone like McCain (whose shoes he couldn’t shine) the “Worst Person in the World”, he might want to accumulate a resume similar to McCain’s in the service of his country. I don’t need to repeat the senator’s military record; it is known to all. On the other hand, Mr Olbermann’s military record is not known to all-because he doesn’t have one.
gary fouse
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