Christopher Buckley on Republicans, Obama October 27, 2008

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/09/18/Uncommon_Knowledge_Christopher_Buckley

Conservative author and columnist Christopher Buckley criticizes the state of the modern Republican Party, and expresses tacit support for Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama.

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Christopher Buckley, former chief speechwriter for Vice President George H. W. Bush, is the editor at large for ForbesLife magazine.

He is the author of 13 books, including the comic novels Little Green Men, Boomsday, Thank You for Smoking, and, most recently, Supreme Courtship.

In this wide-ranging interview, bouncing from the comic to the serious and back again, Christopher Buckley comments on the new media, politics, Republicans, the war, spending, McCain, Obama, and American life.

After rating the speechifying of Obama, McCain, Palin, and Biden, he concludes with reflections on life with William F. Buckley - Hoover Institution

Christopher Taylor Buckley is an American political satirist and the author of several novels. He is the son of William F. Buckley Jr. and Patricia Buckley. After a classical education at the Portsmouth Abbey School, Buckley, like his father, graduated from Yale University, as a member of Skull and Bones. He became managing editor of Esquire Magazine and later worked as the chief speechwriter for Vice President George H. W. Bush. His novels include God Is My Broker, Thank You for Smoking, Little Green Men, The White House Mess, No Way to Treat a First Lady, Wet Work, Florence of Arabia, Boomsday, and, most recently, Supreme Courtship.