As politicians debate the fate of the nation, the rest of us struggle with deep political, economic and social divides. Three Public Insight Network reporters take to the virtual road to ask folks what they still expect from America and from each other.
REBLOG (4.2.2012) We’re hard at work on an interactive timeline of conservative America, and William F. Buckley looms large. Interesting piece via thenewrepublic:
What would William F. Buckley think of the GOP of today?
“Buckley felt that outlandish stances discredited conservatism by making it seem ‘ridiculous and pathological,’ as he wrote to a supporter who had criticized his editorial. They allowed the media to tar all conservatives as extremists, and turned off young people. He insisted that conservatism had to expand ‘by bringing into our ranks those people who are, at the moment, on our immediate left—the moderate, wishy-washy conservatives’ who comprised the majority of the Republican Party … Buckley consistently maintained that conservatism was the ‘politics of reality.’”
- Geoffrey Kabaservice, What William F. Buckley Would Think of Today’s GOP
Photo courtesy of the Atlantic
(Posted by Jeff Severns Guntzel. 4.2.2012)
bonapartist reblogged this from williamfbuckleyjr
williamfbuckleyjr reblogged this from thenewrepublic
anime-hentai likes this
foreignpolicysifter likes this
euvreau likes this
skibinskipedia likes this
anthlc reblogged this from thenewrepublic
denisevenoaks likes this
santorumforgop likes this
coffeeatmidnight likes this
lafrondeuse reblogged this from thenewrepublic
cdsf likes this
lindsayslabyrinth reblogged this from thenewrepublic
dceiver likes this
pareidolalia likes this
moonfiction likes this
crocodileblackpelvis reblogged this from particleb0red and added:
Yes, but only one of them played the Evil Dean in Boner Academy
rolandcrosby likes this
ourlightsinvain reblogged this from harpermd
ourlightsinvain likes this
gnostix1 likes this
noeacitehtsea reblogged this from thenewrepublic
drawing-bored likes this
vargkilleddio likes this
megaera likes this
doctordisaster likes this
petersheik likes this
anativegentleman reblogged this from thenewrepublic
yuriirigaray likes this
wasthursday reblogged this from pareene and added:
Buckley was a Bible-humping cuntfaced ratfucker who “disagreed” with the goals of the Civil Rights movement, suggested...
msavignon likes this
inspirement reblogged this from zeitvox
rustandstardust1 likes this
jjarichardson reblogged this from thenewrepublic
doitninetimes likes this
thenelsontwins reblogged this from thenewrepublic
gaypocalypse reblogged this from standardreview
erindipity likes this
reparatupc likes this
standardreview reblogged this from thenewrepublic and added:
“The central question...parliamentary question or a question
mozzarellafirefox likes this
summeromegadeth reblogged this from mercurypdx and added:
Jeff Buckley, looking adorable
ladymisskate likes this
theamericannow reblogged this from thenewrepublic and added:
an interactive timeline...conservative America,...(Posted by...
todoensalud likes this
mercurypdx reblogged this from jasencomstock and added:
I liked him better when he played Gomez Addams:
acontinuation likes this
smoothisme reblogged this from thedorseyshawexperience
thedorseyshawexperience reblogged this from youngmanhattanite and added:
Sounds about right.
thedorseyshawexperience likes this
Comments
blog comments powered by Disqus