Christopher Buckley shows: talent skips a generation

Christopher Buckley - son of William F. Buckley - has decided to help Tina Brown get links for her new venture by posting a clear example of the adage that talent skips a generation (link):

Let me be the latest conservative/libertarian/whatever to leap onto the Barack Obama bandwagon... But having a first-class temperament and a first-class intellect, President Obama will (I pray, secularly) surely understand that traditional left-politics aren’t going to get us out of this pit we’ve dug for ourselves...

Buckley is beyond delusional if he thinks BHO wouldn't engage in "traditional left-politics". While he's triangulated somewhat, if he becomes president everything is going to be lined up to the left. He'll have a Democratic congress, combined with an exuberant mainstream media that lied to get him elected, combined with his far-left and Chicago associates. About the only opposition would come from a small number of House members. He'd be free to engage in as much "traditional left-politics" as he wanted to.

Further, Buckley is confusing having a "first-class intellect" with "appearing to have a first-class intellect because no one's ever challenged you."

Barack Obama is a serial liar who pushes policies that are incredibly flawed, but no one dares call him on any of it to his face.

Call me egotistical or whatever you want to, but if I ever got to "cross-examine" BHO on immigration matters, he'd probably take his "first-class intellect" and run crying off the stage after five minutes.

P.S. So far I've seen at least Julian Sanchez and David Brooks pushing the same line as Buckley about BHO's "intellect".

Comments

"He'll have a Democratic congress, combined with an exuberant mainstream media that lied to get him elected" Down right depressing if you love your Language, your Culture and your Country. Who is going to love this Country after Obama destroys what Bush and our elected Rep's havent already? Never thought I would see the end of the USA......even though it's been happening, albeit very slowly, for dacades. Have a nice weekend

Wm. Buckley was no intellectual heavyweight either. He may have had a good grasp of the English language, but also remember that the family had/has pretty strong ties to the Mexican oligarchy with their mining interests in mexico at the beginning of the last century. Mexican was Wm. Buckley's first language. While Wm. Buckley may have had talent, he purged immigration reformers from the National Review a long time ago, essentially selling out this country by denying a rational voice against immigration within public discourse. I piss on his grave. His son has no authority on any politicsl subject whatsoever.

The most ironic part is Buckley partly basing his decision on the pretty prose in Obama's book. When he finds out it was ghost written is Buckley going to vote for the actual author instead?