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Entry: William F. Buckley Jr.-- R.I.P. Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/william_f_buckley_jr_rip#18492 Post contents: Just read Buckley's vicious hatchet jobs on Ayn Rand, Murray Rothbard and Robert Welch. Buckley was dead wrong in his disputes with all three and people should read John McManus's excellent biographical expose of Buckley. "Anti-semitism" meant anyone critical of both the racist, fascist state of Israel AND the very large role played by Jews in the statist-collectivist movement. National Review was awful back in the mid-60s, Buckley was alreading excoriating those who criticized Lincoln's extreme statism. Buckley was the favorite of dumbed down neocons and braindead liberals who always impressed by superficial appearances, same folks who make up the Obama Cult now. Buckley even endorsed a hagiography of FDR by convicted felon Conrad Black not too long ago. Frankly I'm sick of Raimondo's Columbus Complex, i.e., WFB was only bad when HE disagreed with him. I could go on with example after example of Buckley's sellouts to statism. Sid Cundiff precisely illustrates what's wrong with the neocon run "conservative movement" today. Good riddance to it and its mentor. Sent at: 2008 08 30