Christopher Buckley: Media and the Decline of Politics

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Christopher Buckley: Media and the Decline of Politics
The Hoover Institution - Hoover Institution
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