There were two bills at National Review. And in the conservative movement, two bills. Bill buckley, a brilliant shooting star who lit up the sky, and bill rusher, a neverwavering north star by which conservatives learn today chart their learned to chart their political course. Many have written about william f. Buckley jr. , that irresistible renaissance man, but no one until david frisk has given us an indepth portrait of the other bill, william a. Rusher, who among his other salutary contributions played a pivotal role in the life of the National Draft Goldwater Committee. And that was critical. Because if there had been no draft Goldwater Committee, there would have been no president ial candidate Barry Goldwater in 1964. And if there had been no candidate goldwater in 1964, there would have been no president elect Ronald Reagan in 1980. It was goldwater, you see, who approved reagans famous a time for choosing television address which made reagan a political star overnight and led
[applause] thank you, john. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. There were two bills at National Review and in the conservative movement. Two bills. Bill buckley, a brilliant shooting star who lit up the sky and william rusher, and never wavering north star by which conservatives learned to chart their political course. Many have written about william f. Buckley jr. That irresistible renaissance man, but no one until david frisk has given us an indepth portrait of the other bill, william rusher. Who among his other solutes for contributions played a pivotal role in the life of the National Draft Goldwater Committee. That was critical because if there had been no Draft Goldwater Committee there would have been no president ial candidate Barry Goldwater in 1964 and if there had been no candidate goldwater in 1964, there would have been no president elect Ronald Reagan in 1980. It was goldwater who approved reagans famous a time for choosing television address which made reagan politica
David frisk has given us an in depth portrait of the other bill, william rusher, who among his other contributions played a pivotal role in the life of the National Draft Goldwater Committee, and that was critical. Because if there had been no draft Goldwater Committee, there would have been no president ial candidate Barry Goldwater in 1964. And if there had been no candidate goldwater in 1964, there would have been no president elect Ronald Reagan in 1980. It was goldwater you see who approved reagans Famous Television address which made reagan a political star overnight. And led to his running for governor of california and eventually president of these united states. David recounts how bill rusher shored up the Goldwater Committee when money ran short and spirits sagged. Skillfully guided Young Americans for freedom in its early chaotic days and forced some order and discipline on the spare to ran National Review, expanded the conservative movement through the tv program, the advoc
Lived for these extraordinarily significant times and knew people like richard nixon, who she had an absolutely bistro response to a did not like at all, which are interesting. Her perspective is a perceptive i dont never think ive seen a madhouse. Its very much a womans date because she was responding to the way she treated his wife. And i think that is what is valuable, that is what it what it would contribute to the historical record, but also wider story is important because people have a slightly different take on experience. Another question . If not, i have more. [inaudible] adding imac i like to tell stories in a way. And i really wanted a boat to try to understand, you know, [inaudible] people had to understand culture and he felt so upset when he would reach people on the hill and they didnt know what he was talking about. He really chilled it into me and everything i said he would say qualified bad. How do you know that . Prove that to me . He would never stand some vague. I
I got the sense that Priscilla Buckley and burnham were sort of distant ancestors of neo conservatives and meyer, of course, being a fusion test some the fusion test would have disagreements. Was primarily about what conservative should do about the welfare state. Um wondering what russias role was in as ideological debates. A very good question. I would commend something he says which is, i dont believe there was much conflict about what position to take on the welfare state, but there was some. It was not russias primary concern. His primary concern in terms of radiology was that National Review must be in the logical, that the exact positions it took would very often be secondary, but that insofar as it had certain believe some these issues, in the issues, it should be really serious about holding other conservatives and especially Public Office holders to account in showing lead on them and in supporting candidates who were most likely to really be solid on those issues whereas bre