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Entry: William F. Buckley Jr. as I Knew Him Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/william_f_buckley_as_i_knew_him#18260 Post contents: Even the most viscerally critical enemies of WFB will always learn from this man. For one thing, the creation of NR conclusively demonstrated that true conservatives will always need a media network and numerous affluent patrons for support (aside from Taki, where are the wealthy patrons for paleocons hiding? No wonder Ron Paul must depend on the money of his supporters, who tend to be more zealous than affluent.) It's also interesting that WFB was one of the first rightists to question the "baffling optimism" of populists who are certain of the innate conservatism of the American populus. He wrote of this problem back in 1963, even before the Goldwater defeat. In an age of rock-star candidates like Obama, this optimism just got more baffling. Sent at: 2008 08 08