The Pope, David Niven, William F. Buckley & Malcolm Muggeridge walk into a bar . . .

. . . and God says . . .

ajh

Touché, Mr. Buckley

“Decent people should ignore politics, if only they could be confident that politics would ignore them.” ― William F. Buckley

If only Trump had style, wit, and a keen political intelligence.

I’ve been skimming through a review of William F. Buckley’s book on his campaign for mayor of New York City in 1965, a year after Barry Goldwater’s trouncing by LBJ.

“Buckley breaks all the campaign rules and conducts the kind of authentic, daring campaign that Donald Trump might run if Trump had style, wit, and a keen political intelligence.”

There are always lessons for us to learn. Learning never stops, or at least shouldn’t. I wish Trump had that intellectual curiosity. But, alas, he doesn’t and never will.

ajh

 

Buckley’s ‘Unmaking of a Mayor’

Gonna have to read this one. Wonder if the library has a copy.

ajh