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Buckley Quizzed by the Dissatisfied Right
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Item Title Buckley Quizzed by the Dissatisfied Right
Guest Lofton, John
Guest Rusher, William A. (1923-)
Guest Phillips, Howard (1941-2013)
Host Buckley, William F., Jr. (1925-2008)
Date CreatedJune 24, 1987
Description

Normally when Mr. Buckley becomes the one being questioned, his examiners are political liberals. This time he finds himself facing a trio to his right. A delicious hour, with some surprises. WFB: "I tend to be nervously impatient ... and that nervous impatience, for instance, in the American Revolution would probably have had me on the side of Sam Adams rather than John. And in Israel I probably would have joined the Irgun rather than its more sedentary alternative. And in South Africa I would have said: 'To hell with these people, I'm not going to live another day as a slave. I'm going to start shooting people.' I'm not saying this is wise or prudent, I'm saying this is the way I would behave, probably." WAR: "Bill, every once in a while, whether he knows it or not, gets his kicks out of taking the slightly angular position just to watch the ball bounce that way. He doesn't, I think, regard it as that. He'll have an elaborate, almost theological justification for what he's done. But in point of fact there's a little gamin back in there that's having fun with the whole situation."

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Place RecordedNew York City, New York, United States
DimensionsDuration: 60 minutes
FormatText
Medium television programs
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Color
color
Soundtrack
sound
Hoover IDProgram S0742
Record Number80040.985
NotesVideo available through special order.
RightsCopyright held by Stanford University. This copy is provided for educational and research purposes only. No publication, further reproduction, or reuse of copies, beyond fair use, may be made without the express written permission of the Hoover Institution Library & Archives on behalf of Stanford University.

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