On Feb 28, 2008, at 9:21 PM, Michael Smith wrote:
> The interesting thing about Buckley's
> embarkation for a nice long spell in
> Purgatory is that so much attention is
> being paid to it.
>
> Why? Well, I guess he was a celebrity
> of sorts. If Jerry Lewis had died -- he hasn't,
> has he? Don't tell me I missed it -- then there
> would probably be quite an outpouring too.
Hey, he used to be one of my heroes. And he was pretty influential. So I'm interested in the old bastard's passing.
His son Christopher was in my college class. My class listserv is having an outpouring of grief over WFB's death. They're almost all liberal Dems - many to the left of Clinton. But he's one of them, or us, or whatever. The NYT said today that while he hated liberal ideas he never hated liberals. He was, you know, civil, unlike now. Fuck that, really.
When Jerry Lewis dies I'm sure Dennis Perrin will have a lot to say.
Doug