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I rarely agreed with much that Buckley had to say, though I always respected the manner in which he said it. His articulate appeals on the part of the right are probably one of the things that kept me from developing into a full blown leftist moonbat, allowing me to see that there were good points to be made on all sides. His arguments were better structured and more closely related to reality than just about any of his ilk. Who knows what kind of frothing irrational beast The National Review will become without him around?