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Entry: William F. Buckley Jr.--R.I.P. Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/william_fbuckley_rip#18391 Post contents: Richard, I agree with your general point (though I see nothing inherently anti-semetic about speaking at an IHR event, though that is a seperate matter). My point was an extension of the point, that Prof. Gottfried has been making for years. Namely that Buckley and co. have been all to willing to allow the questionable "left" elements and ideas infiltrate the movement, even as they have fiercely guarded against allegedly "extremist" views on the right. In sum National Review has been served a gatkeeper function against the populist herds. When authetic rightist appeals have met with success, National Review has hopped on after the fact, if at all. While "making nice with Nazi nostalgics" is not a wise policy, neither is making nice with Trotskyites and their fellow travels. Sent at: 2008 09 08