His style distracts so much from his message that I just prefer not to listen to him. Besides it's not like he says anything that we don't already know. He should have stuck with being a Comedian.
Right, its like taking a drunk or a smart ass high school kid seriously. I used to watch Firing Line religiously even though I disagreed with WFBjr's polictics because the guy wasn't a clown.
Sadly most of this is true. Black culture is all about style, mostly they don't give a damn about 'white people's learning' I have been around the academic block enough to understand that 90% of the time black people get degrees and accolades that are not deserved when compared against everyone else. I know a winner of 'black engineer of the year' in the united states, the guy is a buffoon. The people in gov't know the charade but go along with it anyway because if you dare point out the obvious, it would be career suicide. I posted long ago on how Obama is not nearly as intellectual as advertised, and he borrows heavily from Clinton's style. It's obvious he is a self-important figure, I would not care if it were not for the fact he is a leftist.
I liked his politics. Oddly, I enjoyed watching him put on that college professor from greenwich act. He did it much better than most. He tilted his head back and kept his upper lip stiff and he slowed down a word or two in exchange with the best of them.
I don't think it was an act. He was as erudite as anyone he had on and he always had on great people. The closest thing to it today is Charlie Rose for the quality of guests though Rose doesn't compare with Buckley on a number of counts and Beck; well Beck could be his organ grinders monkey.
"I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would be an affront to your intelligence." WFB to Reagan during a debate on giving back the Panama Canal. http://www.quotesdaddy.com/author/William+F.+Buckley+Jr./1
LOL, actually I got it out of the urban dictionary but I spelled it wrong. Its "Truf". Means "Truth". John