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William F. Buckley Gives Last Public Speech
After more than half a century as a political and cultural pundit, conservative icon William F. Buckley has delivered what he said will be his last speech on public affairs.
Buckley gave his speech to the Yale Political Union, a debating society, on Wednesday, the 60th anniversary of his first speech at the YPU.
Buckley, 80, graduated from Yale in 1950 and the following year published "God and Man at Yale,” which criticized the university as anti-capitalist and anti-religion.
In his speech, the founder of National Review and longtime co-host of TV’s "Firing Line” argued that Democratic candidates in the upcoming elections should withdraw, the New York Sun reported.
"Democrats are dominated by craven, greedy, hypocritical thought,” he said, castigating them for not demanding the immediate withdrawal of American forces from Iraq.
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He called the address "my terminal speech on public affairs.” However, this is not the first time Buckley has delivered what he called his final speech.
His nephew L. Brent Bozell III, founder of the Media Research Center, said: "He’s given more final speeches than Barbra Streisand has given final concerts.”
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