William F. Buckley II on today’s Republican Party


Chris Lydon publishes a fascinating audio [MP3 file] interview with Bill Buckle

a writer and a player to be reckoned with in the Republican tong wars going back to Robert “Mr. Republican” Taft vs. Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952. He stood with Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan in battle with the Rockefeller faction of the party through the 1970s.