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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#18262 Post contents: Grant Havers is widely off the mark when it comes to “populism” of course. Two of WFB’s most important mentors, Whitaker Chambers and Wilmore Kendall told WFB to trust the common folk of the nation instead of the elites. One of the biggest mistakes WFB ever made was in thinking that he could use NR to win over some of the existing liberal intellectuals. WFB seems to have considered the Neocons to be the fruit of that policy, and it has obviously been a disaster. As for the common folk, America is one of the examples in history of the populace being degraded from the top down. But for the elites even that project, mostly completed, isn’t enough. They must import an even more degraded proletariat to finish the job and prevent any populist reaction. As for Obama, he is the fruit of the control of the media (and education) by those aiming at the destruction of America for decades. The notion that the Obama campaign has been a “grass roots” effort is so beyond belief that one would have to be either a fool or a liar to fall for it. Or perhaps both, which is pretty much the definition of a Straussian. Sent at: 2008 07 04