In a 24/7 news cycle, with all the shrieking, howling voices and rapid-response and instant spinning and Soviet-style disinformation-mongering, a good idea has a shelf life of about, um, six seconds. Christopher Buckley Read Quote
I think people assumed because of my last name that I was a real right-winger. And if you cared to look at my writing, you would be hard pressed to deduce that I’m an ideological right-winger. Christopher Buckley Read Quote
My instincts are conservative, but my inclinations are also libertarian. Christopher Buckley Read Quote
If you’re a speech writer for a president, you don’t really see all that much of him because there’s so many layers between you and him. But with a vice president, it’s different. Christopher Buckley Read Quote
I can say this, now that my own beloved and irreplaceable parents are gone: George and Barbara Bush are parents anyone would kill to have. Christopher Buckley Read Quote
I have been on the receiving end of many blessings in my life, few as great as having known George and Barbara Bush. Christopher Buckley Read Quote
George H. W. Bush may be a World War II hero and New England Yankee blue blood, but he has the tear ducts of a Sicilian grandmother. Christopher Buckley Read Quote
I’ve lived in Washington since 1981 and have been a faithful reader of ‘The Washington Post’ ever since. Christopher Buckley Read Quote
President Obama came to office proclaiming that he aims to solve problems, not hand them on to our children. Most presidents say that sort of thing. Christopher Buckley Read Quote
