A Buckley endorses Obama - Democratic Underground

susanbanks44

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Fri Oct-10-08 06:40 PM
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A Buckley endorses Obama

(CNN) — No, hell has not frozen over, but a Buckley is backing a Democrat for president.

Christopher Buckley, the son of the late conservative icon William F. Buckley, said Friday he's decided to back Barack Obama's White House bid, the first time in his life he will vote Democrat.

“It’s a good thing my dear old mum and pup are no longer alive. They’d cut off my allowance," Buckley, a columnist for the conservative National Review, wrote on the Web site The Daily Beast Friday.

Buckley, who praised McCain in a New York Times Op-Ed earlier this year and defended the Arizona senator's conservative credentials against wary talk-radio hosts, said McCain is no longer the “real” and “unconventional” man he once admired.

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http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/10/a-buckley-endorses-obama/

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TheCowsCameHome

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Fri Oct-10-08 06:42 PM
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1. The right will paint him a loon and out-of-touch nobody

Watch and see.

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RoyGBiv

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Fri Oct-10-08 06:56 PM
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3. They're gonna need a lot of paint ...

Quite a number of conservatives have been abandoning McCain's banner lately. The smart ones know what the Sbrub has done to this country, and they know McCain has no principles left, that he'd just continue the slide into oblivion.

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thunder rising

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Fri Oct-10-08 06:42 PM
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2. Ok George Will, your turn.

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