WFB Would Be Proud, By Kathleen Parker Friday, October 17, 2008; 12:00 AM

"Christopher Buckley's endorsement of Barack Obama -- followed by his abrupt departure from the back page of the magazine his father founded, National Review -- has caused a ripple of contempt from the conservative right.

"Nay, make that a tsunami of hostility. An avalanche of venom. A cataclysm of ... well, you get the idea. People are mad. Good riddance, they say, and don't let the door hit you on the way out."

Under a thousand points of light, with near unanimity, these compassionate conservatives have gutted the son of William Buckley, Jr., and de facto fired him. Shows how they handle dissent. (And with about two more iterations of the "Patriot Act", demonstrate the spirit in which the rest of us would be marshalled into low-cost Federal housing.)

Buckley, the Wikipedia entry referenced through his name, is a very bright, funny and talented guy. Has a great sense of humor, which is not usually appreciated by extremists.

Arf