Video: Christopher Buckley on quitting National Review and voting for Obama
posted at 6:14 pm on October 14, 2008 by Allahpundit
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And I mean that ideologically, not physically.
Then again, O’Rourke already knows what it’s like on the left side of the aisle.
Slublog on October 14, 2008 at 7:08 PM
Why is it that all of these so-called intelligent, conservative thinkers are merely regurgitating and rephrasing Democrat talking points about Obama and McCain?
If the best these people, who claim to be the smartest Republicans in the room can do, is borrow lines from liberals then, it is no loss in my opinion when they go over to Obama.
Tim Pancoast on October 14, 2008 at 7:09 PM
Crr6:
I have a very important question for you. A question of scientific and sociologic importance and merit unlike any discussion here on HotAir.
Why are you here??
I for example am a staunch conservative. Thus, I would never dream of spending my free time in such a place as Politico or DailyKos. My opinions and thoughts would be constantly hounded, I would never have a moment’s peace, and I would be considered for all intents and purposes irrelevant. There would be no purpose to my presence.
So tell me, as the first Liberal I have dared bring this question to, why you do likewise in a place so deeply conservative as HotAir? Do you truly think your opinions will be validated here? Do you truly expect to be able to convince people so strongly conservative to change their political viewpoints? Or do you simply enjoy people considering you and your opinions of no regard?
I truly am curious. You and all your kind, from alphie and Rywall to Shipley and barry norris and the other more recent arrivals, have a mindset that boggles understanding and defies logic, and I am at a loss to understand your motivations.
However, I sincerely doubt you will deign to oblige me with an enlightening response. I even doubt you will read this.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 14, 2008 at 7:10 PM
Stalin’s idea never truer: Useful idiot.
aquaviva on October 14, 2008 at 7:12 PM
Talking about Big Tents, eh? The tent ain’t big enough at the Buckley home for his own biological son and he wants us to let his Obama Loving a$$ in ours?
Dang! Even William F.? And Christopher’s using liberal lawyers to fight this.
The boy is not responsible for who his father and grandfather would be. To call your grandson “dead” is beyond harsh, it’s abusive. Rightly so this kid has emotional problems like ADD. I understand the mother’s concerns. People probably think it’s all about the money. But reading this story makes their character crystal. I’d say they don’t have any.
At least my ex-husband has an excuse of being a drug addict living at a Men’s Rescue home because drugs and alcohol are more important. What are these two men’s excuse? I know how my sons feel like sh!t because their friends have fathers cheering them from the sidelines. I do my best and my kids are wonderful but I’ve held my sons while they balled their eyes out about why their father doesn’t love them enough one too many times. Nothing breaks your heart more. And the pessimistic energy and f#ck it attitude it causes them is sometimes hard to break through.
Sultry Beauty on October 14, 2008 at 7:13 PM
If he doesn’t like McCain, why doesn’t he just vote for Bob Barr?
MedSchoolCatholic on October 14, 2008 at 7:15 PM
I notice Chris Matthews has a nice
orgasmic smirk ear to ear,on the
how does it feel to be seperated
from the Conservative Herd comment!
Look on the bright side,for the
next few weeks,after the left use
him,and get tired of him at the
‘cocktail parties’,Chris’s words
will ring true,ya,it’ll seperate
the ‘pretenders in the Republican
Party!
So Obama writes books,that are ghost-
written,and that make him qualified
to be Commander-in-Chief!Ugh!
canopfor on October 14, 2008 at 7:17 PM
Because he doesn’t want to “throw away” his vote.
Valiant on October 14, 2008 at 7:17 PM
You are not a worthy opponent, troll. You aren’t smart enough to argue with: you mouth talking points and cliches, and you seem to get a Tingle from the well-deserved abuse
you do make a good target, though……….
Janos Hunyadi on October 14, 2008 at 7:19 PM
crr6:
I am sorry, but as far as I am concerned Obama is just another lawyer/politician. I am not impressed.
Terrye on October 14, 2008 at 7:20 PM
I am at a loss to understand why William Buckley would cut that kid out of his will. The guy was a Catholic and it seems entirely inconsistent with his thinking that he’d cut someone, even an illegitimate person, out of his will. Family is family, after all.
Maybe it was his way of forcing Christopher Buckley to deal with the kid? I don’t know.
Sydney Carton on October 14, 2008 at 7:20 PM
That’s a good question. There’s a few reasons I suppose.
Firstly, I hate people that stay inside their own political bubble and don’t encounter oppositional viewpoints. I rarely go to any of the left wing blogs because they bore me. I’m not delusional enough to think I’ll change anyone’s opinion but I sharpen and refine my own views because they’re often rigorously challenged here. Sure there are idiots like Janos, but I actually have had substantive, civil dialogue with several of the posters here (Entelechy, The Race Card etc.)
Secondly I really enjoy AP’s writing
Thirdly, this blog has been trending left in its content. Especially with Palin, there’s more vitriol towards her here then at some lefty sites. Sometimes I can come here and the content is indistinguishable from DKos.
crr6 on October 14, 2008 at 7:21 PM
You know what I don’t get? Back in 1996, there was not much of a chance that Dole could beat Clinton, but people did not go out of their way to insult the man or the party.
I don’t get the total and complete lack of loyalty and respect.
Terrye on October 14, 2008 at 7:23 PM
I get it. Buckley is like Obama’s Dad. They both turned their backs on their own.
Terrye on October 14, 2008 at 7:25 PM
Yeah that might make sense if you never engaged me intelligently but in other posts you were insightful, civil and thoughtful. But you’re not. You’re pretty much an idiot 24/7
crr6 on October 14, 2008 at 7:26 PM
That’s actually a pretty good answer. I can work with that.
I’d consider staying around to debate you myself, if I didn’t have to leave work in 5 and/or had internet from home.
Have a good evening.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 14, 2008 at 7:26 PM
“Putting it all on black?”…sounds racist to me!..oh,..he’s voting for obama so it’s ok!
I know people post here who support obama,..can one of you give me one reason why ANYONE would vote for him? And not talking points,..a real reason why you would vote for obama over country. Leave out- No Bush 3rd term,..no 95% of America will get a tax cut…after your research what did you find that made you say “Hey,I’m voting for this man because,____
christene on October 14, 2008 at 7:27 PM
No, he’s mentioned in the will as dead to him.
CanadianGuy on October 14, 2008 at 7:27 PM
I am sorry….just another lawyer…
Terrye on Oct 14,2008 at 7:20PM.
Terrye: The sad thing of it is,Obama is a Clinton,but
Obama will be worse a hundred fold!
It’ll be a lawsuits all over again,till the
next election,and the lying,and the lying MSM,
helping Obama lie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)
canopfor on October 14, 2008 at 7:27 PM
Christopher Buckley is an ass. He took his father’s creation and has in this incredibly stupid move come close to destroying it.
I canceled my subscription to the National Review I was one of those people of whom he speaks. I am insulted that I ever subscribed to that rag that produced this toad and his skank Kathleen Parker.
Jdripper on October 14, 2008 at 7:29 PM
Just talking points. You can ask anyone here what the meme de la semaine is on McCain–erratic. Hardly original for someone who is here for the intellectual debate value.
Alinsky
Wright
Pfleger
Ayers
Dorn
Farakahn
Acorn
Rezco
Khalidi
Frank Davis
Emil Jones
The impulse is leftist radicalism and racial strife.
JiangxiDad on October 14, 2008 at 7:31 PM
I routinely interview candidates from Harvard Law School all the time, and I can tell you that they don’t know squat, like most young people. The only difference is, whereas people from other schools are eager to learn, people from Harvard and other Ivy Leagues think they know it all. That important difference has a profound effect on the way a person acts as a lawyer and a worker (I’m interviewing them as part of a hiring effort for our firm in Manhattan). They are more difficult to train in the law, it’s more difficult to get them to listen, and they’re more prone to make mistakes or be lazy.
Frankly, it’s a mark against them. Sad, but true. Their native analytical skills are no match for a person who demonstrates a continued willingness to learn. People from Harvard have a chip on their shoulder, and they don’t realize it.
Sydney Carton on October 14, 2008 at 7:32 PM
Um yeah.
Why don’t you guys post on this about 6 more times tonight and 12 tomorrow and give it even more time?
I mean, good grief. I’m an NR subscriber and I had no idea that WFB even HAD a son until you guys posted about this over and over and over again today.
Dwilkers on October 14, 2008 at 7:37 PM
crr6:
McCain was an excellent naval squadron leader. When it came to actually doing things he accomplished a lot in his life. Barack was a good student.
So what?
Terrye on October 14, 2008 at 7:38 PM
Same to you.
crr6 on October 14, 2008 at 7:39 PM
There’s merit to what you say, but DIG THIS:
Official Ace of Spades HQ Endorsement: Barack Obama for President
—Ace
He seems like a really awesome guy, a rara avis, which is I think a precious Latin way to say “rare bird.” As a fellow erudite, on the ball fellow, I endorse him, because really, he’s awesome and all like I said earlier, and also Sarah Palin is not nearly as qualified as lifelong dullard Joe Biden (“lifelong dullard” is a Latinate phase meaning “crafty statesman”) and furthermore I am worried that Sarah Palin will continue faking pregnancies if she becomes President, like if there’s a major foreign crisis, Bam!, out comes the fat suit, and she tries to tell people to go away because her water’s breaking as she hides beneath the Resolute Desk.
Rock my world, baby!
Y-not on October 14, 2008 at 7:41 PM
JiangX:
Not to mention the gimmick of promising 95% of the people in the country a tax break. Talk about a gimmick.
Or a lie, depending on your perspective.
Terrye on October 14, 2008 at 7:42 PM
Sorry for your loss. I had a subscription from ’03-’05. Do you think we can get our money back?
m064404 on October 14, 2008 at 7:47 PM
William F Buckley must have mated with a farm animal to produce offspring with so little of the father’s intellect. Gene pools just dont dissipate THAT fast normally.
Roger Waters on October 14, 2008 at 7:48 PM
I believe something like 50% of the population pays no federal tax. The money they get back will be YOURS!
No Representation Without Taxation.
JiangxiDad on October 14, 2008 at 7:48 PM
That should probably be 50% of those that file tax returns.
JiangxiDad on October 14, 2008 at 7:49 PM
As a California resident, I’m probably going to vote for Barr because this state is turning blue anyway. I like Palin (a lot), but we need to jettison the big-spending, nation-building, neoconservatives from the GOP. So, maybe a John McCain loss will be good for the GOP. Hopefully, this will be the only time that I will have to vote third party.
Since Obama appears to be evolving into an interventionalist on foreign policy as we speak, maybe the neoconservatives will return to the Democratic Party, where they belong. After all, interventionalist foreign policies have always been a product of the Left that have been imported into the Republican Party from the 1970s onward.
Also, Palin should jettison her neoconservative advisers (John Bolton, Bill Kristol, etc.) after this election, especially if she wants to run in 2012. She needs to take a more realist stance on foreign policy.
MedSchoolCatholic on October 14, 2008 at 7:51 PM
What I would love is for Buckley to come out and say it was all a joke and then go back on Chris Matthews’ show to see if he was still heaping all this bullshit praise on him.
Texas Rainmaker on October 14, 2008 at 7:58 PM
OKObama is smarter than average. So what. Let him be president of Will and Buckley.
He COULD become a great leader. But where is he going to lead us? I think Buckley thinks he can’t govern as a leftie if he is going to be great. What in his past indicates he could or might do so? Nothing. What is there about the increasingly partisan nature of DC would lead anyone to think it might happen? Nothing.
But I feel sorry for someone who craves Matthew’s approval.
snaggletoothie on October 14, 2008 at 8:09 PM
I’m in California, too, but nothing could convince me that an Obama-Biden administration would be better for a McCain-Palin one. Voting for Barr is simply a vote for Obama.
A McCain presidency, which I fully expect would be a one-term presidency, would give the country time to finish the war on terror and give Palin time to mature on the national and international political stage, making her a formidable Presidential candidate for 2012. In contrast, an Obama-Biden administration with a democrat majority in both houses would certainly result (as evidenced by past and current behavior) in a vigorous attempt to crush any legitimate conservative opposition. Palin, Jindal, and any other conservative with aspirations for the presidency had better watch out.
It seems to me if you are as enthusiastic about Palin as you say, the best course would be to vote for McCain-Palin…
… unless you are so against U.S. involvement overseas that you really are more of a Libertarian or a Buchanan ilk “conservative” than you are ready to admit. If that’s the case, then I wonder how you felt about Reagan’s successes overseas.
Y-not on October 14, 2008 at 8:14 PM
Dang, Sarah Palin speaks better than this erudite and sophisticated dude. Leftie media, take note.
Yeah, he, the set, the staff, all covered in a viscous, kind of white-colored substance…
Entelechy on October 14, 2008 at 8:22 PM
Raw mental horsepower is not the same thing as the wisdom to use it. Show me what your Messiah has actually done. Show me how he demonstrates character under real adversity.
Please note that “running a campaign” looks like a rather hollow example of the above up next to a Vietnamese prison camp, so you might try something else.
TheUnrepentantGeek on October 14, 2008 at 8:23 PM
Precisely what we need for the next 9/11. It’s just a matter of time. Yours will be first.
Entelechy on October 14, 2008 at 8:25 PM
Matthews: Smirk. Gloat. Ugh!
Tzetzes on October 14, 2008 at 8:31 PM
You know what his father would have said to people asking to have their subscriptions canceled? THIS.
Tzetzes on October 14, 2008 at 8:33 PM
My goodness, do you get all your talking points from the MSM? Do you also think Wonder bread is best because it comes in a pretty package?
terryannonline on October 14, 2008 at 8:38 PM
I share in your sadness.
You have posted this in several different threads this evening. It is as offensive now as it was when I saw it in the other thread. I am sure it sends a tingle up your leg to offend people, but I find it contemptible and low.
Glynn on October 14, 2008 at 8:39 PM
It’s not the grandfather’s responsibility to support him. And I’m not sure if he treated his other grandchildren, assuming he had any, the same way. Regardless, it’s not very nice.
Blake on October 14, 2008 at 8:42 PM
Maybe I am more of Pat Buchanan/Ron Paul type of conservative. As far as Reagan goes, I generally have a very positive impression of him, but I’ll need to research him in more detail before I can comment confidently on his foreign policies. I was too young (born in ’85) to observe him closely. But as far as I know, Reagan never started any preemptive wars like Bush did. I would be fine with a realist stance on foreign policy, as opposed to the GOP’s current idealist stance.
And yes, I am afraid that an Obama administraion would have a fascist streak. I would rather have McCain/Palin win, but that seems less and less likely. So, I’m just trying to look on the bright side; maybe the next 4 years can be an opportunity for the true conservatives to take control of the GOP again. Regardless of who wins, I want the GOP to experience a makeover. And, sometimes, you need 4 years of Carter to get 8 years of Reagan. Likewise, I’m hoping 4 years of Obama will lead us to 8 years of Palin/Jindal.
And just for the record, I’m not against intervationalist foreign policies because I’m a pacifist pussy (like many on the Left). I just think Bush’s foreign policy approach has been too impractical and too costly. Bush has not done much for the conservative movement. So far, he has only pleased the neoconservatives, whom I don’t consider to be real conservatives.
Also, I’m not a truther (like some Ron Paul supporters are).
MedSchoolCatholic on October 14, 2008 at 8:43 PM
That’s thanks to Allahpundit also, no wonder you like his style.
Maxx on October 14, 2008 at 8:46 PM
Hey Allah take a look at this pic and let me know if you still think he just recently became disillusioned.
From May 31. Buckley posing in a chummy pic with:
Richard Engle
Markos Moulitsas
Arriana Huffington
broker1 on October 14, 2008 at 9:02 PM
So, Christopher Buckley tenders his resignation to NR, and the magazine accepts the resignation. And Buckley snarks at that response? Is he like most liberals who don’t believe that choices have consequences? Was he expecting the magazine to beg him to stay? How self-absorbed is this fellow?
He seems very much like Obama in that both are narcissists, and both have unresolved father issues.
onlineanalyst on October 14, 2008 at 9:03 PM
Drive by.
This is what a lot of real Conservatives wanted. Fish or cut bait. Buckley decided to cut bait with Noonan and the other wine and cheese conservatives. Let the purge begin and the return to true Reagan Conservatism.
Let’s just never forget who stood with us and who thought the kitchen was getting a little too hot.
hawkdriver on October 14, 2008 at 9:06 PM
Obama is certainly the smartest man in all 57 states.
Though, I will say it took
a lack of classtemperment to flip off Hillary Clinton at one of his rallies. Hopefully our youth can learn from his high minded example.18-1 on October 14, 2008 at 9:14 PM
Notice how Matthews, as he is reading Buckley’s comments regarding Obama, substitutes the word ‘president’ for the actual written word ‘leader’. I guess he just wanted to clear up that little bit of confusion.
jackmac on October 14, 2008 at 9:39 PM
Now if we can only get Matthews to resign, we’d be set.
flyoverland on October 14, 2008 at 9:42 PM
Priceless! And a great book as well.
Glynn on October 14, 2008 at 10:16 PM
I find it hard to believe you used to be even duller.
Jim Treacher on October 14, 2008 at 10:29 PM
Between this goof, KParker the jealous and cranky David Frum, the staff meetings at NR must have been bizarre. Feeling a bit of sympathy here for the 3 Marks, Yuval Levin and Jay Nordlinger.
james23 on October 14, 2008 at 11:14 PM
btw, can there be any doubt, liberalism is a neurosis, if not a mental disorder? this dude has issues.
james23 on October 14, 2008 at 11:16 PM
Nordlinger is a real treat.
SlimyBill on October 14, 2008 at 11:28 PM
You’ve never made an intelligent point backed up by any worthwhile evidence–and you are ignorant: You did not know that Alcee Hastings is a man rather than a woman, and you did not seem to know that he was impeached and removed from the federal bench. When I made a reference to a previous poster which included Hasting’s race, you went on a paragraph-long rant calling me a racist
That’s what dishonest cowards like you do: exposed as stupid, you throw out highly-charged accusations to screen your ignorance
Everything you’ve written on this blog has been a cliche or a Demo talking point, with minor variations from your half-clever little mind. There’s nothing to argue or debate: you write at about a ninth grade level, and I don’t Go that Low
You were asked why are you here, and you claimed the posters here are turning against Palin and are ‘trending left’. You cited no evidence, because there is none: you made an amazingly stupid remark with nothing to support it
I go after garbage like you because it diverts you from interfering in legitimate debates and from creating biting the ankles of conservative adults. and because you obviously enjoy the abuse, which says a lot about you
troll………
Janos Hunyadi on October 14, 2008 at 11:56 PM
One quick pet-peeve aside:
In his Obama endorsement CB notes that Katherine Parker has received 12,000 (quite literally) foam-at-the-mouth hate-emails.” Now he tells Matthews that the NR offices are being “literally flooded.”
Normally, I’d ignore “literally” abuse, but shouldn’t a Buckley know better?
SteakRules on October 14, 2008 at 11:59 PM
Well, when it comes down to it, the chattering class sticks with the chattering class. These trophy conservaties have nothing to do with us.
Know something? We–the people here–are the Conservative Elite. OK, most of us here. We don’t need the Frums, Brooks, Buckleys, etc, etc. Let them dance and sing for a smile and a pat on the head from their massuhs.
dhimwit on October 15, 2008 at 6:50 AM
I don’t believe this for one second. Hopper recently denounced George Will for defeatism calling him a nerd. Hopper also appeared in the film An American Carol.
Hilts on October 15, 2008 at 11:56 AM
Great line!
Hilts on October 15, 2008 at 12:14 PM
The final end of the conservative Trinity.
1.Death of Barry Goldwater
2. Repudiation of Reagan conservatism by Bush and Rinos
3. Death of William F Buckley and the failure to pass on the torch to Jr.
moxie_neanderthal on October 15, 2008 at 4:13 PM
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