Posted by
USMC VIET VET on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 4:46:47 PM
William F. Buckley Jr. was the man who gave me the desire and inspiration to be a writer and editor. He introduced me to Conservatism while I was in high school and I became a Goldwater Conservative.
The National Review became my Bible and I read it religiously until I left for Vietnam. When I returned from Vietnam I was neither a conservative nor a liberal. I was numb. I watched the media coverage and the anti-war protests and became angry and bitter. Then I found the National Review again. I became inspired and renewed. I finished my degree in Journalism and started again on the path of Conservatism. I met Ronald Reagan and became a Reagan Conservative and I have tried to live and support a Conservative philosophy ever since that day. But it all began with Mr. Buckley. And today, we all mourn the loss of the William F. Buckley Jr.
They were the Trinity of Conservatism--Barry Goldwater, Ronald Reagan and William F. Buckley, Jr.
All conservatives grieve.