Buckley v. Palin: how the country has changed (and for the worse)

When I was a young man, William F. Buckley was head of the con- servative movement in this country: bright, an intellectual, an editor and writer. Now Sarah Palin of Alaska is, a soccer mom? hunter? former beauty pageant gal? whatever the hell she is. She definitely is not an intellectual or a writer, though she does have considerable political street smarts. But what a contrast! There's the change in the country for you, Buckley v. Palin. Surreal.