Thanks, Ken! Happy Easter to all of those who celebrate it >From: ken barber <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Cerebral Palsy List <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Conservatives abandon Bush's war in Iraq now a message >Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2006 08:36:27 -0700 > >have a great Easter Linda and all who observe it. > >--- Linda Walker <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Buckley Says Bush Will Be Judged on Iraq War, Now > > a "Failure" > > Bloomberg 31 March 2006 William > > F. Buckley Jr., > > the longtime conservative writer and leader, said > > George W. Bush's > > presidency will be judged entirely by the outcome of > > a war in Iraq > > that is now a failure. "Mr. Bush is in the > > hands of a > > fortune that will be unremitting on the point of > > Iraq," Buckley said > > in an interview that will air on Bloomberg > > Television this weekend. > > "If he'd invented the Bill of Rights it wouldn't get > > him out of his > > jam." Buckley said he doesn't have a > > formula for getting out > > of Iraq, though he said "it's important that we > > acknowledge in the > > inner councils of state that it (the war) has > > failed, so that we > > should look for opportunities to cope with that > > failure." The 80-year-old Buckley is among > > a handful of > > prominent conservatives who are criticizing the war. > > Asked who is to > > blame for what he deems a failure, Buckley said, > > "the president," > > adding that "he doesn't hesitate to accept > > responsibility." > > Buckley called Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, > > a longtime > > friend, "a failed executor" of the war. And Vice > > President Dick > > Cheney "was flatly misled," Buckley said. "He > > believed the business > > about the weapons of mass destruction." > > National > > Review Buckley, often called the father of > > contemporary > > conservatism in America, articulated his beliefs in > > National Review > > magazine, which he founded in 1955. His conservatism > > calls for small > > government, low taxes and a strong defense. Both > > Ronald Reagan and > > Barry Goldwater said they got their inspiration from > > the > > magazine. In the interview, Buckley > > criticized the so-called > > neo- conservatives who enthusiastically embraced the > > Iraq invasion > > and the spreading of American values around the > > world. "The > > neoconservative hubris, which sort of assigns to > > America some kind of > > geo-strategic responsibility for maximizing > > democracy, overstretches > > the resources of a free country," Buckley said. > > While > > praising Bush as "really a conservative," he was > > critical of the > > president for allowing expansion of the federal > > government and never > > vetoing a spending bill. The president's > > "concern has been > > so completely on the international scope that he can > > be said to have > > neglected conservatism" on the fiscal level, Buckley > > > > said. Appraising Presidents Buckley > > also offered his > > perspectives on other recent presidents: > > Richard Nixon "was one of the brightest people > > who ever occupied > > the White House," he said, "but he suffered from > > basic derangements," > > which precipitated his own downfall. > > > > > > Ronald Reagan "confounded the intellectual > > class, which disdained > > him." Every year though, Buckley said, "there is > > more and more > > evidence of his ingenuity, of his historical > > intelligence." > > > > Bill Clinton "is the most gifted politician of, > > certainly my > > time," Buckley said. "He generates a kind of a > > vibrant goodwill with > > a capacity for mischief which is very, very > > American." He doubted > > that "anyone could begin to write a textbook that > > explicates his > > (Clinton's) political philosophy because he doesn't > > really have one." > > Buckley exalted in what he sees as the > > conservative success > > stemming from his call a half century ago in the > > National Review to > > "stand athwart history and yell stop." > > That, he remembered, > > was when Marxism was widely considered "an absolute > > irreversible call > > of history." The folly of that notion was > > demonstrated by the demise > > of communism a decade and a half ago, he said. > > Buckley said he had a few regrets, most > > notably his magazine's > > opposition to civil rights legislation in the 1960s. > > "I think that > > the impact of that bill should have been > > welcomed by us," he said. > > > > ----------------------- > > > > To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY > > list, go here: > > > > >http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy > > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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