David Brooks on William Buckley.
David Brooks wrote a column on right-winger, William Buckley in today’s NY Times. Buckley died this week at the age of 82.
Brooks, it should be remembered, wrote a recent column defending Ronald Reagan’s racist Southern Strategy when he ran for president. And so it wasn’t surprising that he felt compelled to write about Buckley as if he were a saint.
But I was struck by these comments of Brooks:
I don’t know if I can communicate the grandeur of his life or how overwhelming it was to be admitted into it. Buckley was not only a giant celebrity, he lived in a manner of the haut monde. To enter Buckley’s world was to enter the world of yachts, limousines, finger bowls at dinner, celebrities like David Niven and tales of skiing at Gstaad.
Wow. Celebrities like David Niven, Gstaad and finger bowls at dinner. I thought I was being cool not wiping my nose on my sleeve.
Brooks is quite the schmuck.
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lol. Didn’t David Niven die in the early 80’s? I guess Brooks hadn’t been invited over to the Buckley’s for dinner in quite some time.