Noted In Passing
By Mitch Berg
Given the pessimism some of us note from the Obama campaign, I love the quote that DowningWorld noted, from the late William F. Buckley:
But the recently-departed William F. Buckley knew better. He knew that there is no need for despair in America. Here’s a quote from a collection published by the Wall Street Journal:
Despair is inappropriate for a culture as buoyant as our own.
Well, one American party vaguely remembers this…
March 6th, 2008 at 8:51 am
WFB also wrote the most penetrating political line of the 1980’s (I’m quoting from memory):
“Maybe Democrats do not have Soviet interests at heart; but if they did, how would their actions be any different?”
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March 6th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Pretty optimistic, for a dead guy.
March 6th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
Depends on the afterlife you get, AC.
March 6th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
I’d pretty much assumed Buckley’s in Hell getting butt-raped by Hitler.
March 6th, 2008 at 11:22 pm
Clown, I guess that means that you are envious of Buckley in death, as you were of him in life.