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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 05:27 PM Original message |
The guy who started me on my political journey died today. |
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avenger64 (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. Though he did have some stupid views ... |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 05:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. While his voiews now seem nutty to me, I still think he held them honestly. |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. he affected me that way,too-I was a Randian Objectivist for about 10 years(don't hate me...) |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 06:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. ... |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
4. He was an asshole. |
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civildisoBDence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
38. He mistrusted democracy...but so did |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 09:45 PM Response to Reply #38 |
48. So did the framers of the United States Constitution. |
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stellanoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
5. I agree. |
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msedano (682 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
6. Mailer v. Buckley debates |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. I remember those debates. |
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civildisoBDence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
37. Mailer and Buckley were friends |
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Wickerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
7. A long lost friend said something similar to me |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 05:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. He influenced St Ronald to run. |
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road2000 (995 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 05:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. RIP |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
9. He beats Jonah Goldberg by a country mile and compared to the Raving |
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elfin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
12. He put an "intellectual gloss" on moribund opinions |
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GCP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
13. I'm sorry, but as a Brit I could never get past his phoney accent |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 06:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Its an old fashioned East Coast US accent |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 06:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I believe it's known as "Larchmont Lockjaw," IIRC. nt |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 06:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. . |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 06:53 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. How I survived high school in Scottsdale... |
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nuxvomica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:51 PM Response to Reply #16 |
32. I think you mean "Locust Valley Lockjaw" |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 06:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. It was the old monied WASP accent, still somewhat common in his generation. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 06:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. He was from Connecticut, I'm pretty sure ...... Greenwich or Stamford, which would be ...... |
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civildisoBDence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:33 PM Response to Reply #19 |
39. More like Fairfield County, South Carolina |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 09:06 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. I think a true, old line Charleston accent is poerhaps the most mellifluous in America |
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civildisoBDence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 09:11 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Mellifluous...was that Buckley's ghost talking? n/t |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. No, that was pure Stinky The Clown |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 06:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. NJ Governor Tom Kean had it too |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. You're right, he does. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 10:35 AM Response to Reply #14 |
54. yeah his accent was very Boston Brahmin - |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
20. Buckley was not "New England" - the John Birch Society? ... wtf? |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Actually, Buckley was very much New England |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:34 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. NY is NOT in New England! Duh! |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:25 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Do you have a point or do you just spew uncontrollably? |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:43 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. Stop insulting NE ! |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 09:08 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. No, I had to look up where he was born |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
23. Forgive me for not being moved, I can't think of a positive thing he's done for humanity. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:30 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. I wasn't trying to move you |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:18 PM Response to Reply #36 |
53. Someone that thought people with AIDS should be tattooed - what a great influence. |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
24. well put, Husb2Sparkly |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
25. Buckley suffered from thesaurus poisoning, like George Will. The rule for any orator is |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:24 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Eruditely expressed, my good man. n/t |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:27 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. All true enough ..... my essential point remains unchanged ......... |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
29. I never agreed with Buckley |
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SalmonChantedEvening (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:37 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. RIP |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
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civildisoBDence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:42 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. You told me to piss off |
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Duncan Grant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:34 PM Response to Reply #35 |
50. A post as supercilious as William F. Buckley, Jr.! |
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catnhatnh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
41. My, what a meritricious post.... |
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civildisoBDence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 09:13 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. Someone called him "Thesaurus poisoned" |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
51. My grandfather watched him, and then my dad. |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
52. One misses an intelligent foe. In the end one simply misses |
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