David Safier by David Safier Christopher Buckley. Son of famed conservative William F. Buckley. Novelist like his father. Conservative like his father. Writes Wrote on the back page of the very conservative National Review his father founded. Supports Barack Obama. Let me repeat. Supports Barack Obama I have known John McCain personally since 1982. I wrote a … Read more
by David Safier The Northern Pima County Chamber of Commerce doesn’t make a regular practice of endorsing Democrats. Those types of organizations are run by people who usually go with Republicans by reflex. Which makes that group’s endorsement of Cheryl Cage over Al Melvin in the LD-26 Senator race that much more significant. The members … Read more
by David Safier How often do I get a chance to reach across the aisle and say I agree with Bill “I can say as much stupid stuff as I want because I’m an intellectual” Kristol? I just saw him on FOX News bemoaning McCain’s dysfunctional campaign and repeating the points he made in today’s … Read more
by David Safier I’ve never heard of Wick Allison before, but he was the publisher of the National Review from 1990 to 1993, recruited by no less a conservative luminary than William F. Buckley himself. Less than a month ago, Allison wrote A Conservative for Obama In D Magazine in Dallas, a magazine he co-founded. … Read more
by David Safier A funny thing has happened in the post-Palin era. A number of conservative pundits are jumping ship. I guess the effete intellectuals (to use the Republican’s parlance) of their party seem to think they’re too good for common people like Sarah Palin, and they don’t want to get their white gloves dirty … Read more