I wonder how much Firing Line had to do with putting Buckley at the imaginary center of conservatism...esp. for those who were not deeply involved in the conservative movement.
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Replying to @SethCotlar @cterbeek and
I get the impression that, thanks to that show, if you asked a non-conservative to name a conservative from the 70s up through the 90's it would most likely be Buckley.
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Replying to @SethCotlar @cterbeek and
Thus, his significance has less to do with his impact on the conservative movement then it does with his public persona as "spokesman for conservatism." When we view Buckley from inside the conservative movement itself, he casts a much smaller shadow. Does that sound right?
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Replying to @SethCotlar @cterbeek and
I think Buckley struggled to control or rather, struggled to give the appearance of control of a restive movement, and his efforts often were trying to mediate between various tendencies. He also would try to hedge his bets.
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Replying to @lionel_trolling @SethCotlar and
For instance, he took the neo part early on in the Buchanan/Sobran affair, but kept options open as it looked like Buchanan had grass roots support: Shortly after rebuking Buchanan in 92, the NR gave a qualified endorsement of his candidacy.
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Replying to @cterbeek @SethCotlar and
The NR definitely tried to keep channels open to the paleo side til even after Sobran's dismissal. Francis wrote for the mag as late as 1995.
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Buckley kept giving Sobran money long after Sobran was fired.
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