I enjoyed listening to his witty and acerbic remarks even though I disagreed with some of his views.
Sylvia
William F. Buckley, Jr. Has Died
by snowbird 6 Replies latest social current
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IP_SEC
He was a very/multi talented person. Funny guy too, in his own way.
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Leolaia
I had a rather liberal co-worker in the late '80s who called him a "national treasure". He loved his writing, tho of course disagreed with his opinions.
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snowbird
The fact that I liked to watch Firing Line caused quite a few raised eyebrows, but I didn't care.
The man simply knew his stuff!
Sylvia
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UnConfused
...and that is the quid pro quo...
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read good books
Right now on this page there is a picture of Ann Coultier in an ad that will probably be gone by the time your read this but she looks like she is starving to death, can somebody please get her to eat something, I am serious. Anyway I read somewhere that Buckley had been a secret operative for the CIA at one time. This kind of killed my enthusiasm for the guy, I did like firing line but I don't like the CIA.
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Satanus
How can a 'junior' die of old age? Just one of those questions that keeps me awake at night. S