When I was attending college, I had the privilege of listening to Buckley speak to an auditorium full of students, teachers, guests faculty, and alumni. I enjoyed him, even though his mannerisms in speech, humor, and demeanor were a little unusual. He was very entertaining. Buckley love words and used more of them than most people. He will be missed.
Regards, LelandJ Michael Madigan wrote: > I bet there were a lot of "I'm glad the bastard is > dead" posts elsewhere on the Huffintonpost. > > > > --- Ed Leafe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-curry/bill-buckley_b_88847.html > >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >> - - - - - - - - - - >> >> I grew up listening to Buckley, and read some of >> his books (they were >> all in the house, as my parents were Goldwater >> Republicans). While I >> grew to disagree with some of his opinions, I always >> respected him as >> a highly intelligent and thoughtful man. >> >> From the article: "Buckley loved debate. Unlike >> today's cowardly >> conservatives, he debated the best minds he could >> entice on to a >> stage. He never used his opponents as props or punch >> lines for fixed >> fights. He liked them. Loving his own ideas, not >> just hating theirs, >> left room for liking them. What a long sad fall from >> Bill Buckley to >> Bill O' Reilly. I'm not part of the crowd that says >> if we can just get >> along everything will be alright. But I am part of >> the crowd that >> thinks learning to get along better will help." >> >> Wow, what a concept: "Loving his own ideas, not >> just hating theirs". >> >> -- Ed Leafe >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Post Messages to: [email protected] >> Subscription Maintenance: >> http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox >> OT-free version of this list: >> http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech >> Searchable Archive: >> http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox >> This message: >> >> > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, >> are the opinions of the author, and do not >> constitute legal or medical advice. This statement >> is added to the messages for those lawyers who are >> too stupid to see the obvious. >> >> > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
