{"id":2650,"date":"2008-10-11T09:27:26","date_gmt":"2008-10-11T14:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=2650"},"modified":"2008-10-11T09:27:26","modified_gmt":"2008-10-11T14:27:26","slug":"william-f-buckleys-son-announces-that-hes-voting-for-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/11\/william-f-buckleys-son-announces-that-hes-voting-for-obama\/","title":{"rendered":"William F. Buckley’s son announces that he’s voting for Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year William F. Buckley passed away.\u00a0 In the 1950s he founded the National Review<\/em>, a magazine which basically created the modern conservative movement.\u00a0 Due to this movement, Barry Goldwater’s 1964 candidacy redefined conservatism, and Ronald Reagan swept to the Presidency in a landslide in 1980.<\/p>\n

Today, though Buckley is likely rolling over in his grave, as his son Christopher has announced he is voting for Obama<\/a>.\u00a0 Christopher, who writes the back-page column for the National Review<\/em>, says his main problem with McCain is not that he isn’t fundamentally a conservative; it’s that the trait that has distinguished him, his authenticity, has been completely lost in the campaign.\u00a0 Obama, on the other hand, has exhibited a “first-class temprament,” and Christopher believes he has the foresight to consider solutions other than traditional left-wing solutions once he becomes President.<\/p>\n

And, like every other reasonable person, he asks “What was he thinking?” in reference to McCain’s pick of Sarah Palin as vice-president.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"