Final Episode of Firing Line with William F. Buckley, Jr.

[DefeatedElitist]

A positively intriguing individual. If all who identified themselves Conservatives possessed even a fraction of this man's knowledge and understanding, the political front would be a much more interesting and intelligent place.

[MayorHundred]

Buckley would roll over in his grave if he could see what's happened to his movement. Conservatism and Intellectualism are now conflicting ideologies.

[DCUPtoejuice]

We used to have this genius, now we have Snow, the dimwit

[abrookins2006]

What I wouldn't give to have Buckley's writing skills and massive vocabulary.

[KommisarKowl]

@deegan45

MODERNITY IZ GUD WE SHOULD KILL DA MOOZLEMS FUK GOD LOL

- A thorough description of everything Christopher Hitchens has ever said.

[qlaw04]

Yes William F Buckley Jr. was in my book Mr. Conservative!

[carlindelco]

@deegan45 and how did you go about quantifying that? bigotry? or ignorance

[kossmikham]

The Republican party has gone from being the party of the likes of Buckly Jr. to being the party of Hee Haw.

[waltherppk1000]

McGovern -a good man, just a mess when it comes to foreign policy. He prefigured Jimmy Carter, but a much better man than Carter. McGovern is an authentic WW2

hero.

[waltherppk1000]

@deegan45 --yea he's a real genius. I especially enjoy his hatred of God. Ouch, cancer. Karma is a bitch.

[ColdCypher]

@waltherppk1000 Wow. A better example of hypocrisy Ive not seen in some time. Some merciful and all loving creator you must have in mind eh? So Christopher denounces your existence so giving him cancer is justified? Send me straight to hell then moron. Keep that sadistic monster as far away from me as possible.

[DoNotBeHighandMighty]

@deegan45

LMFAO, You made my day, good one. Keep em coming because I am rolling on the floor from laughter. You have good jokes, anybody ever tell you that you should be a comedian?

[travisblindsay]

@deegan45 Yeah, sure he is.

[travisblindsay]

"That woman is saintly enough to forgive Christopher Hitchens." LMAO

[Nacho66]

He should be resurrected as a Republican role model. The Republicans

have truly lost their way lately.

A true conservative - but one with curiosity about the world and an unabashed sense of candor and demeanor about it.

[TheKlimes86]

Terrific show. The best interviewer and debater and I have ever seen.

[Lion117]

Omg! he interviewd mother theresa :o

[AAD718]

Can anyone catch what WFB says to Nixon just before 2:00 to make him chuckle?

[xtrmsprts]

@AAD718 he said niggers, which has always been bill buckley's favorite term for black people, lol

[pendorran]

@xtrmsprts What Nixon said was plainly "negroes," not "niggers." What Buckley said doesn't sound anything like either word. It sounds like "panelists" to me. It has a hard "A" sound in the first syllable. So not only do you get the word wrong, but the speaker too. Shows how much attention you paid.

[xtrmsprts]

@pendorran just wondering, you'd vote for the GOP, wouldnt you?

[pendorran]

@xtrmsprts What a moronic reply. Go away to look up "ad hominem" in the dictionary and come back when you actually have something to say to me. Whether on the Left, Right, or Center, idiots like you are a big part of what's wrong with the times we live in.

[xtrmsprts]

@pendorran reply? I just asked you a yes or no question at random. thanks for a being evasive and self-defensive lol

[pendorran]

@xtrmsprts Plainly you also need to look up "reply" and "random." "Sophomoric" about sums you up, so you'd better look that up as well.

[WhenLilacsLast]

@pendorran Ok I've read both your comments and I have to agree with the other guy. Instead of answering back, you wiggled and offered a flimsy and indeed evasive reply. sophomoric? is that the latest word you memorized from the SAT wordlist? lol You attempt to emulate buckley by trying to sound pedantic but you come off as looking silly(as does buckley,but he had more evolved ways of concealing his polemics and primitive reasoning)

[pendorran]

@WhenLilacsLast I refer you to the reply I gave to the other putz.

How I vote is irrelevant to the initial point of xtrmsports accusing Buckley of dropping the word "niggers" into the interview. The word, admittedly distorted, sounds nothing like "niggers," and is said by Nixon rather than Buckley. So xtrmsports quite sloppily defamed Buckley, which is something that an ignorant, ideologically -driven asshole would do. Called on it, xtrmsports makes an ad hominem reply .

[pendorran]

An "ad hominem," to help you both study for your SATs (since that seems to interest you) is "a general category of fallacies in which a claim or argument is rejected on the basis of some irrelevant fact about the author of or the person presenting the claim or argument."

[pendorran]

@WhenLilacsLast

Overall that is sophomoric behavior, which I refrained from calling merely stupid out of generosity.

To conclude,

"Contempt" = "an intense feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless—it is similar to scorn." Apply that as needed.

[WhenLilacsLast]

@pendorran You think the SAT seems to interest me? Tell me where did I reveal my desire for it? I'm done with that stuff years ago and a sophomore ;) like yourself require it more,lol These words you define painstakingly serve to embarrass you.That question by that fellow was cheeky of course but that's the buckleylian way,to take cheapshots and evoke ad hominems "listen to me you queer...punch you in the goddamn face & you'll stay plastered" -- william f buckley the eloquent, RIP.

[Kubrickfan1]

@AAD718 sounds to me like he said: "And spaniels." a dig at his Checkers gaffe maybe

[DermochelysCoriacea]

It was a great show.

[Yeldarb4]

I remember this show being on sundays on PBS. I watched it infrequently thinking that it would always be on. It has been gone for years now and I miss it.