[lbo-talk] WFB, again

[C. G. Estabrook]

Yet I've thought that his remark "that he would rather be governed by the first 
2,000 names in the Boston telephone directory than by the 2,000 members of the 
Harvard faculty" had a rather nice democratic frisson to it.  --CGE

Doug Henwood wrote:
> On Feb 29, 2008, at 1:56 PM, Michael Smith wrote:
> 
>> Even on the purely intellectual/ideological plane Buckley always
>> seemed to me like a premature proto-Fascist, his movement little
>> more than a rather precious cult.
> 
> Yup. He had a lot in common with Catholic authoritarians, and was  
> deeply antidemocratic. The Best - i.e., people like him - had a  
> direct line to the Transcendent, but the masses were always in danger  
> of breaking in on his connection.
> 
> Doug
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