another conservative icon jumps ships
October 14th, 2008 by Louis MaistrosChristopher Buckley, son of conservative mega-icon and founder of The National Review, William F. Buckley, has resigned from the National Review in apparent disgust.
On his way out the door, Buckley stated, among other things:
“While I regret this development, I am not in mourning, for I no longer have any clear idea what, exactly, the modern conservative movement stands for.”
“Eight years of ‘conservative’ government has brought us a doubled national debt, ruinous expansion of entitlement programs, bridges to nowhere, poster boy Jack Abramoff and an ill-premised, ill-waged war conducted by politicians of breathtaking arrogance. As a sideshow, it brought us a truly obscene attempt at federal intervention in the Terry Schiavo case.”
Hear hear.
- Louis Maistros
