1. Since some people aren't aware of why the name L. Brent Bozell IV is so resonate, it's worth underscoring that the Bozells, intertwined with the Buckleys, have been a political dynasty going back a century, shaping GOP politics on everything from abortion to courts to media.https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1362025668574339072 …
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2. These two charmers -- Pinky & the Brain -- are L. Brent Bozell, Jr. and William F. Buckley, Jr. -- sons of wealthy conservative fathers who met at Yale, collaborated on a book defending Joe McCarthy and founded National Review.pic.twitter.com/9CvZPkWyaf
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3. This is an accurate lineage of the Bozells. What's key to understand is that Bozell Jr. & Buckley, Jr. were both scions of already very right-wing families. When Bozell, Jr. married Pat Buckley, the two dynasties merged.https://twitter.com/BobbyBigWheel/status/1361789573353865216 …
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Aaron @BobbyBigWheelThe story of American conservatism in L. Brent Bozells L. Brent Bozell, Sr - Anti-New Deal advertising exec L. Brent Bozell, Jr. - Pro-lifer who loved Franco L. Brent Bozell III - Tracked when TV was mean to conservatives L. Brent Bozell IV - Q freak who stormed the CapitolShow this thread6 replies 95 retweets 330 likesShow this thread -
4. L. Brent Bozell, Jr. was overshadowed in the media spotlight by brother-in-law William F. Buckley, something that drove Bozell mad, but in 1950s/1960s both were stars. Bozell ghost-wrote Goldwater's Conscience of A Conservative, a mega-bestseller that defined 1960s right.
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Wait a minute: I had thought Harry Jaffa had ghostwritten _Conscience of a Conservative_! Have I been wrong lo these many years?
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Bozell did the book. Jaffa contributed to the convention speech the immortal lines "Extremism in defence of liberty is no vice..."
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