http://www.frumforum.com/not-to-praise-wfb-but-to-bury-him Building a conservatism that can win again Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:33:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.frumforum.com/not-to-praise-wfb-but-to-bury-him/comment-page-1#comment-63223 From Buckley to Beck: Where Did We Go Wrong? Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:03:43 +0000 #comment-63223 [...] has asked conservatives to weigh in. First up:  Austin Bramwell, a former National Review trustee, and Geoffrey Kabaservice, our resident GOP historian who at one time contributed research to [...] [...] has asked conservatives to weigh in. First up:  Austin Bramwell, a former National Review trustee, and Geoffrey Kabaservice, our resident GOP historian who at one time contributed research to [...]

]]> http://www.frumforum.com/not-to-praise-wfb-but-to-bury-him/comment-page-1#comment-42640 ottovbvs Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:31:53 +0000 #comment-42640 I enjoyed the Mum and Pup book which was a remarkable bit of truth telling about a relationship between parents and child at different life stages. As for the revelations about the lying, stupidity, arrogance, and urinary habits of his parents, I'd say Buckley was just behaving like a fairly typical member of his social class and milieu as anyone familiar with the lives of the Kennedy's, Auchinclosses, Paley's, Bush's or Harrimans could tell you. Although most of his bad behavior took place well away from public view we caught occasional glimpses of it in some particularly ugly incidents. He was a fairly talented member of that class but to describe him as a self made man is risible. I'd rank him as a little less talented than his famous adversary Gore Vidal who came from much the same background. Btw if you like upper class urinary stories I particularly like the one about Churchill pissing against Hitlers western wall after the crossing of the Rhine. Alan Brooke his CIGS, who was upper but not quite as upper class as Churchill and also unlike Churchill a gentleman, was very shocked. I enjoyed the Mum and Pup book which was a remarkable bit of truth telling about a relationship between parents and child at different life stages. As for the revelations about the lying, stupidity, arrogance, and urinary habits of his parents, I’d say Buckley was just behaving like a fairly typical member of his social class and milieu as anyone familiar with the lives of the Kennedy’s, Auchinclosses, Paley’s, Bush’s or Harrimans could tell you. Although most of his bad behavior took place well away from public view we caught occasional glimpses of it in some particularly ugly incidents. He was a fairly talented member of that class but to describe him as a self made man is risible. I’d rank him as a little less talented than his famous adversary Gore Vidal who came from much the same background. Btw if you like upper class urinary stories I particularly like the one about Churchill pissing against Hitlers western wall after the crossing of the Rhine. Alan Brooke his CIGS, who was upper but not quite as upper class as Churchill and also unlike Churchill a gentleman, was very shocked.

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