richardhutnik said:
What is your beef with Buckley? I bring up Firing Line as an example of programming superior to the angry populism going around as "conservatism" today on the likes of Fox News. By the way, is this the clip you refer to about "Smash Your Face In"? http://streetbonersandtvcarnage.com/blog/obit-the-dust-william-f-buckley-1925-2008/ I watched it several times and Buckley had me laughing out loud. That was wit the way he said it. |
That's the clip, yeah.
And not a thing. I'm a pretty huge fan of WFB, own a number of his books, and am currently reading Cancel Your Own Goddam Subscription. But yesteryear's conservatives are always so much smarter/nicer/better/handsomer/etc. than today's, at least according to certain people. Primarily, I think, it's that they're viewed as less threatening because they're either retired or dead.
I find it pretty amusing that Buckley has somehow become the go-to guy these days when someone wishes to point to a kinder, gentler, smarter conservatism. A lot of liberals are busy shitting their pants because they read into Sarah Palin's every utterance an attempt to foment violence or bash gays, so I can't begin to imagine what the reaction would be if she threatened to punch, say, Barney Frank in his fat clown face.
