"Conservatives had better be grateful for Ronald Reagan, for my guess is that he is unique. We shall not see his like again." Source: If Not Us,...
Conservative Gratitude for Reagan
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William Rusher
Personal Dislike of Exercise
"Exercising may make your day; it would assuredly ruin mine." Source: If Not Us, Who? William Rusher, National Review, and the Conservative Movement...
Roy Cohn’s Alienation
"Few appointments were ever better calculated to arouse resentment on all sides. Everybody over 26 resented Cohn's youth. Everybody less clever …...
Buckley’s National Impact
"Bill Buckley's emergence onto the national stage … in the 1950s, and the impact of his striking personality … caused a lesion in the...
Reagan’s Unique Qualifications
"As for Reagan, I think that you are underrating the man. Essentially, there is no really good preparation for the Presidency, save perhaps being...
Expertise and Authority
""The world's foremost authority on widgets” or “the world's foremost authority on anything."" Source: If Not Us, Who? William Rusher, National...
Crusading Against the New Deal
"[He] prosecuted the New Deal as though it were a criminal, piling up irresistible mountains of logic, lancing it with swift strokes of sarcastic...
Goldwater vs. Kennedy and Johnson
"… Goldwater's popularity as a conservative candidate stemmed in very substantial part from the sharp contrast between his personal and political...
Video: Conversations with History: William A. Rusher
UC-Berkeley Interview (54 minutes) : Rusher reflects on his life and...
Video: The YAF Buckley Roast pt 1
Audio Only : Young Americans for Freedom “Buckley Roast” (43 minutes). Rusher serves as MC. Mediocre...
Video: President Reagan’s Interview with William Rusher on May 23, 1986
1986—Interview with President Reagan : Rusher discusses Reagan’s early career and his famous 1964...
Video: Lewis Lehrman Roast
1986 Roast for Lew Lehrman : Rusher is the MC for this comedic event, introduced by Morton Blackwell for his "sympathy"...