With the passing of the father of the modern conservative movement, William F. Buckley, Jr., just watch: a phalanx of mealy-mouthed, light-weight, right-wing panderers will begin to invoke his name, will begin to tangentially link themselves, their causes, to and with him, and will begin to revise history.
Mr. Buckley was a truly great man, but many of the truly less-than great will illegitimately associate themselves with him, with his legacy.
Mark my words: this happened with Ron Reagan and it'll happen with Bill Buckley.
(No... I'm not saying Reagan was great; I'm saying his legacy has been co-opted and spun mercilessly.)
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