Thursday, February 28, 2008

Charlie Rose Last Night on Wm F. Buckley, Jr.




It brought tears to my eyes. Torward the end of Buckley's life he was a defeated man. The whole hour was devoted to clips over the years on the Charlie Rose show. In one of the later interviews Charlie gently but firmly flat-out contradicted him over his rationale for the Bush War in Iraq, without Buckley putting up a fight.

The tears come at the end. You could tell that Charlie loved Bill. Bill had been an early booster of Charlie when the latter was an unknown, new to New York.

At Bill's wife's funeral Charlie was the last to file by Bill in the first row of the church. Bill looked up and saw him. And Bill then began to cry.

Listen to the last eulogy by Charlie. It will bring tears.

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