William Buckley was a Marketing Whore too
From the nytimes:
As a senior, he was given the honor of delivering the speech for Yale’s Alumni Day celebration, but was replaced after the university’s administration objected to his strong attacks on the university. He responded by writing his critique in the book that brought him to national attention, in part because he gave the publisher, Regnery, $10,000 to advertise it.
Here’s Buckley from his showFiring Line, Firing Line, astutely gumming for the camera while he fires off a couple of crowd pleasers:
He’s voice exudes pompousness
Hoaf
February 28, 2008 at 6:18 pm
Wikipedia says that this is not his fault
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_F._Buckley,_Jr.#Language_expertise
Manchild
February 28, 2008 at 7:07 pm