Conservative Leadership Archives - Bill Rusher Centennial

Nixon’s Betrayal of Conservatives

"There is no sadder chapter in the whole history of American conservatism than that which describes how Richard Nixon, in whom the majority of...

"Occasionally … Goldwater shoots from the hip; it is at least possible that he hated himself the morning after that interview. But it is more...

"No doubt he ought to have been made of sterner stuff. But there is simply no denying that President Reagan is extremely sensitive to the human...

"Like a skillful club boxer, Reagan moved into the attack, landed his punches, backed off, shifted his weight, parried, and attacked again. I came...

"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,...

"Bill Buckley's emergence onto the national stage … in the 1950s, and the impact of his striking personality … caused a lesion in the...

"[He] prosecuted the New Deal as though it were a criminal, piling up irresistible mountains of logic, lancing it with swift strokes of sarcastic...

"As for Reagan, I think that you are underrating the man. Essentially, there is no really good preparation for the Presidency, save perhaps being...

""The world's foremost authority on widgets” or “the world's foremost authority on anything."" Source: If Not Us, Who? William Rusher, National...

UC-Berkeley Interview (54 minutes) : Rusher reflects on his life and...

Audio Only : Young Americans for Freedom “Buckley Roast” (43 minutes). Rusher serves as MC. Mediocre...

1986—Interview with President Reagan : Rusher discusses Reagan’s early career and his famous 1964...