Buckley relaxes for a moment, showing a little bit of leg for beefcake fans. I didn't know his wife passed away last year. A lot of times one spouse dies not long after the other. Although Buckley was a Catholic, he had only one son, Christopher, and two grandkids. (Suzy Allman, NYT)

For Fun,

here is part one of the Vidal/Buckley debate.

God, what a bullshitter Buckley was:




Not only that, but that nose-in-the-air shit drives me up the goddamned wall. What an insufferable snob he was, or pretended to be.

You can watch the other parts at the link.

For Fun,

here is a "greatest hits" collection from the baron of blather:

The National Review

mourns the death of the premier bullshitter of his generation, William F. Buckley, Jr.

Instead of linking to individual pieces, I thought I'd just link to the main webpage with a ton of links.

Obituaries.

"Father" of the new conservatism, William F. Buckley, Jr., a man who confused people thinking his polysyllabic bullshit was brilliance because every other word he spoke or wrote forced people to go to their dictionaries, has unfortunately died at the age of 82.

It appears too many years of smoking got to him finally. He died of emphysema on top of diabetes.

He also had one of the messiest offices in world history, worse even than my apartment.

More Campaign Notes.

Since Hillary Clinton isn't going to win Iowa anyway, her campaign is advising the staff to lower their expectations there.
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This blogger makes a lot of sense analyzing why the likes of Greenspan and Buckley hate John Edwards' guts.

Populism, which Edwards represents, is the enemy of the elite economic class.
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William F. Buckley,

who largely inherited his millions, is pissed off because John Edwards earned his.

A Journalist

appeared to be wasting a ton of money on a cruise for neocons, but this person was in for quite a surprise.

One gets a feel for what this bunch is really about.