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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:22 PM Original message |
No Words of Praise for William F. Buckley Jr. |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. Ewww |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. Kick. Interesting. Want to check links later. nt |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. Buckley was a pig. |
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Jeffro40 (68 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. You're as bad as him when you say that |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. I'm as bad as him when I say that? LOL. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Hateful vitriol does not a great writer make. |
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whopis01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
51. What is so bad about having an honest opinion? |
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ArfDogMNO (123 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
55. No, people cannot just let the dead lie, even a few hours. |
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Outlier (98 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:30 PM Response to Reply #55 |
69. If you want |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:38 PM Response to Reply #55 |
70. He lied when he was alive, and is continuing to lie now. |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:03 AM Response to Reply #14 |
66. "...he was a great writer..." |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 07:28 AM Response to Reply #3 |
42. I'm not a fan of grave dancing, but his comments about tattooing those |
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whopis01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
52. Well said. |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
4. Ever since I first became aware of Buckley my overwhelming reaction |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. You can still get 'im with the size 13's |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:25 AM Response to Reply #4 |
35. I share your sentiments, if not your size 13's. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. Gore is always on the right side of things. We've been so lucky to have him. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. LOL! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
46. Yes, yes . . . though in past decades we've had to wait too long for |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
6. My God how I despised that pompous ass. |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
7. Buckley did do one great thing... |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
9. Ahem. You said: |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Not pro-Israeli PEOPLE. Pro "we gotta go invade oil rich Muslim Middle Eastern |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
10. Are we allowed to sing "Ding Dong! the Witch is Dead"... |
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Jeffro40 (68 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
12. He was a great writer |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:47 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. It is unfair to swine. I don't know any cryptofascist pigs. Animals tend to be apolitical. |
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Archie_Leach (32 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 02:08 AM Response to Reply #12 |
36. rightwingreactionary SH!T-FOR-BRAINS.....isn't the terms "right |
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ladywnch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
16. me thinks Gore may have hit a real nerve with his remarks of |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
47. Buckley needed desperately to shut down what Gore was so intelligently saying --- !!! |
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ArfDogMNO (123 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
17. Kicking the dead is very classy ntxt |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:01 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Was he classy when he defended McCarthy? |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Exactly. |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:47 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. We've got so many freaking trolls on this board right now |
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ArfDogMNO (123 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #25 |
54. Troll = someone who thinks it is trashy to kick the dead AS SOON AS THE NEWS BREAKS |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 06:28 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Troll = someone who praises a dead Reich Wing Asshole on |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:31 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. well He thought he was classy |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. Classier than praising a hateful lunatic. -nt |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
18. No tears here.... |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
20. he was a right wing wack job |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
27. Excuse me but the man wasn't eloquent. He just bloviated |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:54 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I never understood the accent |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:57 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Thank Apollo somebody finally said it... |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
28. His comments on Whites in the South wreak of modern colonialism... |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:11 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. And white supremicists all suffer from raging inferiority complexes. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:55 PM Response to Reply #31 |
48. Which reminds me of Rep. Charles Rangel's comments on Bush . . . |
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The Wizard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
32. And let's not forget |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
33. A more genteel Republican asshole! |
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tex-wyo-dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
34. Great post! Buckley's persona was basically... |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 02:31 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. All of the so called right wing intellectuals are a couple of beer cans short of a six pack. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 04:57 AM Response to Original message |
38. Great post n/t |
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asteroid2003QQ47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 06:51 AM Response to Original message |
39. Terrible post, |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 06:53 AM Response to Original message |
40. Buckley proves one of my theorems: conservatives have no idea how creepy they are. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #40 |
50. ...but they have been running our government as CIA and wealthy elites --- |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
41. I always thought Buckley was weird. |
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a kennedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
43. I remember seeing him on Firing Line, and I hated his eyes.... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:57 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. REMEMBER, it was Public Broadcasting System which brought us Buckley --- !!! |
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FreeStateDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
44. Another elitist asswipe born to wealth and privilege that never had a clue about the real world. |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
45. My take on the BUCKster solidified during the NIXON era |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
53. Dustin Hoffman used a bit of Buckley in creating his character in Hook: |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
56. ttt n/t |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
57. Though Vidal was his nemesis, the opposite of Buckley is William Burroughs |
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LibertyorDeath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
59. It was announced |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 06:53 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Kissenger was one of the "intellectuals" I was thinking about when I said being RW keeps you from |
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LibertyorDeath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 07:01 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Well said |
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champion-these-facts (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
60. I liken him to George Will |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 06:51 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Key difference--George Will can actually write (when he chooses to do so) |
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champion-these-facts (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #61 |
73. Quick examination of wiki |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
63. I have to agree |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #63 |
72. I think Snow might be smarter than Buckley. Certainly, Snow has a real talent. |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
65. What a loatheseome racist remark couched in extraneous BS! |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
67. Thanks McCamy |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
68. There was something peculiarly reptilian about Buckley. |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. Excellent image. Worthy of either Burroughs or Hunter S. Thompson, two who will be remembered |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
74. In the 60's, he was considered a loon. |
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