Ethics

Parker Defends Buckley

By Ed Brayton

Kathleen Parker, a conservative columnist for the National Review who has taken a lot of heat for telling the truth about the Palin nomination, defends Christopher Buckley against similar attacks for endorsing Obama.

I am not a passive bystander to these events. Buckley is a friend, as are other members of his family, especially Uncle Reid, with whom I have worked for several years. National Review is home to many friends, and its online editor, Kathryn Jean Lopez, kindly subscribes to my column. Like Buckley, I have enjoyed a decent fragging for suggesting that Sarah Palin excuse herself from the Republican ticket.

What gives here?

What does it mean that the right cannot politely entertain dissenting opinions within its ranks? What, if anything, does it portend that Buckley The Younger has bolted from the Right, even resigning from the family flagship?

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on October 22, 2008 (boomark / email).