I found this brief clip on Twitter, so I looked for the interview in its entirety.

I do agree with Wallace that Buckley came across as a pseudo-intellectual, with his odd manner, frequent bugging of the eyes, Mid-Atlantic accent and pretentious boarding school lockjaw. Listen to the cheap shot Buckley takes at the state of Alabama at the end of his clip. It's as low a thing as I've heard from the man.

https://x.com/deadwronghist/st.../2106087843152187645




Here's the entire interview. Though I've yet to watch all of it, it's apparent Buckley looks down his nose at Wallace and the South but Wallace is having none of it. January, 1968

What a pompous ass Buckley is. Wallace was a tough old bird.

William F. Buckley, like George Will, was an elitist, blue blood East Coast snob. Sure, he was a huge Reagan supporter, and like Will, he would have loathed Trump if he was alive today.

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and like Will, he would have loathed Trump if he was alive today.

So you say. I don’t know.

I recall that on a TV show Buckley nearly came to blows with Gore Vidal, a leftist pansy.

According to Grok:
Vidal called Buckley a “pro- or crypto-Nazi.” Buckley snapped back: “Now listen, you queer. Stop calling me a crypto-Nazi or I’ll sock you in the goddamn face, and you’ll stay plastered.”

And Rush was deeply saddened by Buckley’s passing.

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So you say. I don’t know.

Buckley was a conservative who believed "intellectualism" was a key component in his movement. He also despised "isolationism", an intellectual term for nationalism. He thought only the elite should be the driving force in the conservative movement, hence his snooty attitude towards Wallace and Alabama.

But hey, let his actual words on Trump enter the conversation, calling him a narcissist and "demagogue" in this National Review piece. https://www.nationalreview.com...ry-cigar-aficionado/

I'm convinced Buckley would have been a Republican globalist against Trump. He going against Gore Vidal, so what- Mitt Romney, George Bush, George Will, Paul Ryan, etc all have done similar this repeatedly in their careers.

Conservative, pseudo-intellect or whatever he was, I found his style, mannerism, posture very off-putting. Never sat straight, always leaning to one side, glancing down his nose at his opponent. Damn irritating. I’m surprised he never tipped over leaning that far. And you know who has copied his style to a T? Commie George Steponallofus.