[lbo-talk] WFB, again

[Michael Smith]

On Friday 29 February 2008 13:49:44 John Thornton wrote:
> farmelantj at juno.com wrote:
> > The thing about Buckley is that he did have
> > many good and admirable qualities.  That's
> > precisely what helped to make him such a dangerous
> > ideological adversary.
> 
> The post was a response to someone calling Buckley civil when he was not 
> entirely civil. 

What appears to have been the case is that he was, or 
could be, *likable* if you met him in person. This is not 
unheard-of even for people who are, in their public 
capacity, first-class monsters.