Book idea: a group biography of Barry Goldwater's speechwriters/ghostwriters: L. Brent Bozell, Harry Jaffa, and Karl Hess. Each went off in wild directions: Bozell to Francoism and anti-abortion violence, Jaffa to strident homophobia, Hess to anti-war anarchism.
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Judis' biography of Buckley is a good starting point for the main outlines of the story.
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I always remember Karl Hess for this line from Barry Goldwater: "Extremism in the defence of liberty is no vice."
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Where’s the happy ending?
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William Buckley was the mirror world George W Bush. Bush came from a long line of New England blue bloods and came across as a Texas redneck. Buckley came from a long line of Texas rednecks and came across as a New England blue blood.
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