| | [[Image:6436rtdhgf.jpg|right|thumb|William F. Buckley, Jr., on his long-running television show [[Firing Line]].]] | | [[Image:6436rtdhgf.jpg|right|thumb|William F. Buckley, Jr., on his long-running television show [[Firing Line]].]] |
| − | '''William Frank Buckley Jr.''' (November 24, 1925 - February 27, 2008) was a prominent [[conservative]] author and commentator, and the founder of the [[National Review]]. He was also host of the show [[Firing Line]]. In 2007, on a [[National Review]] sponsored cruise, Buckley declared that the Iraq war was a disaster. <ref>MULSHINE, PAUL. "GOP leaders aren't getting the message" ''The Star-Ledger'' (Newark, New Jersey), pg. 15, July 12, 2007</ref> | + | '''William Frank Buckley Jr.''' (November 24, 1925 - February 27, 2008) was a prominent [[conservative]] author and commentator, and the founder of the [[National Review]]. He was also host of [[Firing Line]], a token [[conservative]] talk show featured for years on the otherwise [[liberal]] public television. He is best known for his seemingly limitless vocabulary, and his intellectual wit. He was educated in an [[English]] preparatory school as a teenager. |
| | + | As young man, he wrote an influential [[conservative]] book about his college experiences entitled, "God and Man at Yale." He remained [[conservative]] his entire life, but did part with other [[conservatives]] on a few issues after he became a celebrity. Most notably, he supported President [[Jimmy Carter]]'s giveaway of the [[Panama Canal]] in the late 1970s and then, decades later, expressed support drug legalization. In 2007, on a [[National Review]] sponsored cruise, Buckley declared that the Iraq war was a disaster. <ref>MULSHINE, PAUL. "GOP leaders aren't getting the message" ''The Star-Ledger'' (Newark, New Jersey), pg. 15, July 12, 2007</ref> |