Sam Tannenhaus
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
It's well over 30 years ago, 34 years ago.
He sees that some big thing is up for grabs in the country.
It's not about winning a war.
Vietnam War is over.
The Cold War is over.
You know, we ended it.
The Russians lost.
We won.
Cold War is over.
But he sees these other rising forces.
Now, he would be an early opponent of that first war in Iraq.
And, you know, some people who...
wondered about the later pages in my book, some kind of Republican establishment types were offended that he didn't say more about how Bill Buckley got involved on the side of the neocons when there were fights about Pat Buchanan.
But the reason I didn't make more of that was Buckley supported Buchanan when he challenged George Bush.
And George Bush was one of Buckley's friends.
They belonged to all the same clubs at Yale and then out in the Bohemian Grove in California.
But Buckley thought Buchanan was making a point.
So I saw him.
I was at his house.
My wife and I were there.