Christopher Buckley resigns at the National Review

joybunny

Experimental Member
Joined
Apr 23, 2007
Posts
599
Media
0
Likes
4
Points
161
Location
Texas
Sexuality
100% Straight, 0% Gay
Gender
Female
The National Review is a neoconservative rag... the magazine was founded to reinvent conservatism as an American intellectual tradition. In it's earliest inception, it was rather cavalier in it's taking on of the right wing's most radical fringes like the John Birch Society. To say that the magazine was influential on conservative American politics is an understatement.

Seemed like they are determined to call chicken shit, chicken salad but I wanted some verification before making judgment. Thanks!
 
D

deleted15807

Guest
Just one of MANY conservatives jumping off the McCain ship. The election is over.

They are ALL jumping ship. They know Titanic McCane has hit the iceberg. And nothing can save the ship. I guarantee you she will sink.

Thinking conservatives: MIAs of the GOP

Paranoid, rage-driven, xenophobic nuts are taking over the Republican Party.

But today, as the last few sober grown-ups leave the party, the visible face of the GOP increasingly looks like that of the people who shout "kill him!" when Obama's name comes up, who speak of black men they don't like as "uppity" or as "boys," who think you can't trust a Muslim or an Arab, who think talking about "Barack Hussein Osama" is witty and (I'm talking to you, Sarah Palin and John McCain) who claim Obama "pals around with terrorists."
 

tripod

Legendary Member
Joined
Jan 17, 2006
Posts
6,686
Media
14
Likes
1,893
Points
333
Location
USA
Sexuality
100% Straight, 0% Gay
Gender
Male
They are ALL jumping ship. They know Titanic McCane has hit the iceberg. And nothing can save the ship. I guarantee you she will sink.

Thinking conservatives: MIAs of the GOP

Paranoid, rage-driven, xenophobic nuts are taking over the Republican Party.

But today, as the last few sober grown-ups leave the party, the visible face of the GOP increasingly looks like that of the people who shout "kill him!" when Obama's name comes up, who speak of black men they don't like as "uppity" or as "boys," who think you can't trust a Muslim or an Arab, who think talking about "Barack Hussein Osama" is witty and (I'm talking to you, Sarah Palin and John McCain) who claim Obama "pals around with terrorists."

Your post is absolutely right on time... Rosa Brooks is gonna be on the Rachel Maddow show in a few minutes!!! :biggrin1: Where do you find these articles?

Charles Krauthammer
David Frum
David Brooks
Kathleen Parker
George Will
Christopher Hitchens
+ Christopher Buckley
----------------------
The dissolution of the conservative right
 

ripsrips

Legendary Member
Verified
Gold
Joined
Nov 5, 2006
Posts
1,315
Media
10
Likes
2,468
Points
443
Location
California (United States)
Verification
View
Sexuality
69% Straight, 31% Gay
Gender
Male
The other is an Academy Award winning film maker

This does not make someone respected (unless you're in the business) and even then I would question your judgement...it got to be one of the most meaningless awards given...HE'S PREACHING TO THE CHIOR...the award is doing what liberals hate the most...Free Market/Capitalism...in other words...more money for the few, not a redistribution of wealth = Socialism.
 

D_Tully Tunnelrat

Experimental Member
Joined
Jun 25, 2004
Posts
1,166
Media
0
Likes
3
Points
258

I've always said Bush was willing to buy your vote with your money, and then leave you with the tab. As he did in Texas. He duped fiscal conservatives completely, and twice.

I'm not a fan of Obama's tax credit system either, as it is rife for abuse, but I do hope he, or the massive deficit will bring prudence to our collective fiscal house.

Back to the topic at hand, and thanks for picking that up Tripod. It's is the end of an era. It's amazing that the neocons, evangelicals, and generally vitriolic have been allowed to take over the Republican Party. William F. gave respectability to the far rightwinged John Birchers; and Reagan. You may not have agreed with Buckley, but there was no denying the man had smarts, and could debate well, and articulately. He knew his politics, although he was a religious fundamentalist at heart. How ironic his kid, ends up endorsing Obama, and being booted off the old man's rag. Talk about coming full circle.