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Entry: The End of An Era Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/the_end_of_an_era#18454 Post contents: Ho-hum.... Are we to be treated to these "BILL BUCKLEY IS STILL DEAD!!!" headlines for weeks after his unremarkable passing? Buckley's aid in the destruction of the American right's influence on political discourse and his transparent pretense at opposition to the left's policies served to anger thinking people on the right for decades. Buckley was a liberal socialist who relentlessly pretended to be the unchallenged spokesman of the right; railing against communism while promoting big government solutions to anything presented to us as a problem by our ruling class. Enough, already. Allow those of us who have sensibly remained unimpressed with Buckley's detrimental influence on conservatism to begin enjoying his absence in peace. Sent at: 2008 09 08