"William F. Buckley Jr., the erudite Ivy Leaguer and conservative herald who showered huge and scornful words on liberalism as he observed, abetted and cheered on the right's post-World War II rise from the fringes to the White House, died Wednesday. He was 82."
My mother taught me when you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all.
Oh…! I did like it when Norman Mailer described him as a "second-rate intellect incapable of entertaining two serious thoughts in a row."
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