Christopher Buckley, the terrorist appeaser liberal betrayer and soiler of the legacy of the last conservative intellectual on earth, William F. Buckley, went on Chris Matthews’ show last night and chuckled about how a bunch of mouth-breathing rubes who read National Review hate him now. He calls himself a “hack novelist,” which is a little unfair; he just needs to remember that novelists shouldn’t publish their first drafts. [MSNBC]
QUITTERS 12:25 pm October 15, 2008
Buckley’s Kid Chortles About Quitting Conservatism
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Next up on “Survivor:NRO”: Jonah “Chesseburgers” Goldberg!
A lot of people say “oh good for him he is coming around,” when really they should be saying “you fucking asshole you spent all this time working against democratic principles and now you want to get on the island? Sorry sir, you are exiled.”
I like how the crew of the sinking ship spends all its energy yelling at the rats and never bothers to look into why the ship is sinking.
No, Sara, I think he’s got it about right. I certainly ‘hack’ whenever I read stuff he’s written.
He has gone black, and you know what that means.
I for one would certainly have slithytoves blow him.
I picture some ceremony where they invert candles and smash them into the ground, declaring him apostate and anathema in front of the blood-stained alter of Ronald Reagan.
Hi gang. This link is tangentially related to this thread because it deals with the National Review:
http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=12442
I’m usually disappointed when someone says that so in so kicked such and such’s ass in an argument. It usually doesn’t turn out that way. But Matt Taibbi beat the shit out of Byron York in that link. I do not equivocate.
Christopher Buckley is talking about quitting conservatism? Ha ha, welcome to the club, but it’s getting pretty crowded in here…
I suspect Wm. F. Buckley Jr is most disappointed that his son’s dickweed pretentious society accent isn’t nearly dickweed pretentious society enough to bear the Buckley name.
Is something else happening? I can’t tell because I keep frantically refreshing articles about the Evil One’s atrial fibrillation. That blackened blown-out husk of a ticker has to stop some time, right?
Sorry, Sara, but when I read “conservative intellectual,” I started laughing so hard some of my skinny vanila latte shot out my nose.
For future reference: “Conservative intellectual” became inoperative around the time that Barry Goldwater ran for President.
And I say that as a registered Republican.
(Register Republicans! Not guns!)
“I’m putting it all on black!”- That’s racist!
You and your Thurston Howell III accent!
All I can say to him and Kathleen Parker is: Welcome to Liberal World, where for decades your loyal followers have been doing as bad and worse to us. How’s it feel to have wingnuts screaming baby killer at you? Huh? Huh? Huh.
When the two of you have suffered through that in a crowded, public place, we’ll talk.
I think he needs to get the tongue kiss of benediction from Gore Vidal in order to end this decades long blood feud between the clans.
Sorry, tank’s full.
[re=134274]Rodney Badger[/re]: That is a big win. As in DemmeFatale’s grannie bloomer-sized win. Fanks.
Haha… Putting it all on black! Ahh.. you can’t take the racist out of the Republican Party but fool me twice, it’s not nice to fool people!
my dad’s magazine beats your dad’s magazine. to use a WFB phrase.
Since Chris calls his dad “Pup,” does that make him a “son of a pup”?
[re=134258]shortsshortsshorts[/re]: I can live with a bunch of defecting opportunists. Hell, if Greenspan wants to repudiate the invisible bitch-slapping hand and proselytize for Keynes, I’ll take it.
No Cheeseburgers Goldberg or Tucker Carlson, though. Andrew “Fifth Column” Sullivan is as much as I can deal with.
Christopher would never support a mediocre candidate who only got to be where he is by virtue of his father’s legacy.
[re=134274]Rodney Badger[/re]: Matt Taibbi is hard core; love him when he’s on Real Time. He cannot control his disdain for all things stupid.
Hey, why is Carrot Top on your Enbrel sidebar ad? Ughhh….
Chris made go. Me sad.
In other important news, a dispute still rages between:
the advocates of the gold standard vs. the silver standard,
the Trinitarians vs. the anti-Trinitarians,
Pepsi vs. Coke,
cowgirl vs. reverse cowgirl.
[re=134278]SayItWithWookies[/re]: GWUMC may not synchronize his heart, but they are surely synchronizing the prayers of millions.
[re=134295]Harvey Birdman[/re]: Fucker Carlson would be an anti-endorsement, and would ensure Barry’s loss.
[re=134301]S.Luggo[/re]: Reverse cowgirl, but then, I’m an avowed ass man.
[re=134288]Blue Line[/re]: I lol’d.
[re=134274]Rodney Badger[/re]: This is great. It is becoming more and more obvious that if you want to be a writer and you have no idea what the hell is going on, just call yourself a conservative. You will get hired by NRO, have a book published by Regnery, appear on Fox when someone wears a scarf you don’t like, etc.
I think it is fascinating to watch “adults” go through the same thought process I blundered through in college.
“Cancel my subscription to the Resurrection
Send my credentials to the House of Detention
I got some friends inside”
*the Doors, of course*
[re=134308]Chad San Marino[/re]: Here in the dissolute West, we call it “Slacker Doggy Style.” Bonus points if you have a beer in one hand and a smoke or remote control in the other.
[re=134271]WadISay[/re]: Other than the misspelling of “altar”-WIN.
It’s a patch!
Yeesh…Zephyr? Really? Puttin’ it all on black? Good god, get a grip buckley.
I couldn’t read his old man’s stuff and I can’t read his. As Hank Jr. said, “it’s a fambly tradition.”
[re=134274]Rodney Badger[/re]: hilarious. Whether Matt was twisting the knife with his final
“..M.T.: Thanks. Note, folks, that the esteemed representative of the New Republic has no idea what the hell a credit default swap is. …”
followed with Byron’s:
“B.Y.: It’s National Review.”
Which has John Cole adding
“I bet Rich Lowry wishes York had not corrected him at the end and had let people think York actually wrote for the New Republic. This has to have been the worst year for the National Review, ever.”
“I’m betting on black.” Really? That’s what Chris Buckley comes up with?
Can’t believe that didnt get any snark out of Wonkette. Perhaps unsurprising few made it through the entire interview.
[re=134274]Rodney Badger[/re]: Hey, I thought all the people who link to their crappy blogs were banned.
[re=134308]Chad San Marino[/re]: agreed. Reverse cowgirl with straw hat if you can find one. Also, boots.
[re=134354]Anita Cocktail[/re]: I’m not John Cole. Nor do I find his blog crappy. If, however, that was a link to any blog I would try to cobble together, it would, indeed, be a link to a crappy blog.
If Mr. Buckley can get through the next three weeks, his odds of quitting for good will increase.
[re=134312]spencer[/re]:
When I was a lad I served a term
As a right wing think tank’s young intern
I spent the entire day on my knees
And I polished every member that was offered to me
I polished up those members so carefully
That now I am the Ruler of the Bush Army
As their butt boy I made such a mark
They gave me a little column-writing work
I wrote them up in a style so bland
That you couldn’t see the corporation’s guiding hand
I disguised all the verbiage so completely
That now I am the Ruler of the Bush Army
In writing crap I made such a name
That a bylined columnist I soon became
I looked very nice in my byline pic
For the links from that all the neocons allowed to click
So many Neanderthals then clicked on me
That now I am the Ruler of the Bush Army
Of neocon knowledge I acquired such lore
That I found myself recruited in the terror war
And that kind of war, not a shooting one
Was the only kind of war I had ever done
But that kind of war so suited me
That now I am the Ruler of the Bush Army
I became such a neocon ho’
That I soon gained a White House portfolio
I always said we were going to win
And I never thought of any of it to be spin
By repeating the party line so faithfully
I wound up the Ruler of the Bush Army
Now, theorists all, if it’s power you seek
Make sure you start out with the proper clique
Just chain your soul to a keyboard and
Be careful not to differ with the White House stand
Fight all your wars from a desk PC
And you all may be Rulers of the Bush Army
How could you possibly pass on the headline “WFB’s son “putting it all on black”?
now for noam chomsky’s kid to renounce his progressive roots, go neocon and hand buckley his own ass in a debate. kids today and their retro hijinks.
Christ, I would have thought spending five minutes reading the Corner would be enough to send any self styled conservative intellectual running away from the National Review as quickly as his legs could muster. It was nice that Rich Lowry was so eager to style the site after Free Republic. You see more starbursts that way.
http://thesebastards.blogspot.com/
He talks like Mr. Burns. I bet he has his money invested in Amalgimated Spats – the official spats supplier of Tom Wolfe.
[re=134277]Serolf Divad[/re]: Yeah, he can’t be W.F.’s son, he doesn’t sound nearly Thurston Howell III-ish enough.
[re=134280]Too Lazy To Sign In[/re]: Damn, ya beat me.
Yet another argument against the Ivy League.
[re=134414]gjdodger[/re]: Oh, bravo, Sir! Well played!
:::polite golf clap:::
Jolly good!
I notice he waited until the Last Will and Testament was read before he jumped ship. I take points away for that but I trust he has enough money and gold cufflinks now that he doesn’t care what I think.
[re=134414]gjdodger[/re]: Pretty sure that is what Bill Kristol is forced to sing at every Log Cabin Republican Roundtable.
The tank is getting crowded – I am so getting off if another undesirable joins. Although I must add that Mr. Buckly is tolerable. But I am still bitter about Hutchins cramping the tank. Is anyone minding the tank to reject people like Hutchins?
[re=134274]Rodney Badger[/re]: I so loved that! I especially loved Taibbi mocking that asshole until he ran with his tail between his legs. He couldn’t muster a single argument because he had non.
[re=134280]Too Lazy To Sign In[/re]: Took the words right out of my mouth.
That said, I very much liked “Thank You For Smoking.” You may stone me now, if you wish.
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