Tag Archives: William F. Buckley

Firing Line With William F. Buckley Jr: The Equal Rights Amendment- Phyllis Schlafly Debates (1973)

Source: The New Democrat My issues with the Equal Rights Amendment is that everything that so-called feminists who are really radical feminists, but people who view women as superior to men, what they want with the ERA is already in … Continue reading

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Firing Line With William F. Buckley: Senator Barry Goldwater: The Future of Conservatism (1966)

Source:The New Democrat What I’m going to do with this piece is explain what conservatism is in the political sense which is conservatism at it’s core and what it isn’t. As well as other political factions that use the conservative … Continue reading

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Liberty Pen: Firing Line With William F. Buckley: Ronald Reagan on State’s Rights in 1967

Source: Liberty Pen: Firing Line With William F. Buckley: Ronald Reagan on State’s Rights in 1967 What Bill Buckley and then Governor Ronald Reagan of California were talking about here in 1967 was the growth of the Federal Government from … Continue reading

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Firing Line With William F. Buckley: The Hippie Generation (1968)

. Source:The New Democrat  I find this whole show very interesting if for no other reason and there might not be any other reason why I find this episode of Firing Line interesting, but the contrast on it. You have … Continue reading

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Firing Line With William F. Buckley: The Future of the GOP With Richard Nixon (1966)

Source:The New Democrat 1966 is where Richard Nixon rebuilt his political career as someone who can not only raise a lot of money, but build up a lot of support not just for himself, but for candidates he endorsed and … Continue reading

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Firing Line With William F. Buckley: Margaret Thatcher, Capitalism & a Free Society

Source:The New Democrat This is what a so-called smart Conservative sounds like in Margaret Thatcher and again conservative by British standards, which means lest socialist than Social Democrats. Lady Thatcher wasn’t arguing against the safety net, actually she believed in … Continue reading

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Firing Line With William F. Buckley: Ron Paul on Foreign Policy & Taxes (1988)

Source:The New Democrat  Where Ron Paul loses me is when he comes out in favor of abolishing the CIA, an organization without which we would never have won the Cold War, because of all the information it provided about the … Continue reading

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Firing Line With William F. Buckley: Ron Paul (1988)

Source:The New Democrat What I respect most about Ron Paul, former U.S. Representative from Texas and presidential candidate for both the Libertarian Party and the Republican Party, is his honesty.  He’s truly against big government from both an economic and … Continue reading

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ABC News: Gore Vidal vs William F. Buckley: 1968 Republican National Convention

Source:The New Democrat The ultimate debate, when it comes to wit, humor, and intelligence was between Gore Vidal and Bill Buckley. You don’t need a moderator in a debate like this and there really wasn’t one, with Howard Smith letting … Continue reading

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Firing Line With William F. Buckley: The State of The Democratic Party (1985)

Source:The New Democrat  What happened to the Democratic Party in 1968, 1972, 1980, 1984 and 1988 in those presidential defeats and in the case of 1980 when the not only lost the White House in a landslide, but lost the … Continue reading

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