I'd worked at the White House for two years, and I'd read a bunch of White House memoirs because everybody who works at the White House, even for five minutes, writes a memoir usually not less than 600 pages long - and never without the word 'power' in the title. Christopher Buckley bunchhouselong share on social
I think I got a lot of my 'funny' DNA from my mother, who had a glorious sense of the ridiculous. Christopher Buckley dnafunnyglorious Change image and share on social
I haven't left the Republican Party. It left me. Christopher Buckley leavepartyrepublican Change image and share on social
I worked at the White House in the early Reagan administration at a time when the deficit rocket really started to take off. Christopher Buckley administrationdeficitearly Change image and share on social
Not much ever really comes of commissions, really. The last one that really came up with something truly concrete was the Warren Commission, and for all its good work, most Americans persist in believing that Oswald was working in tandem with the CIA, FBI, Lyndon Johnson, and the John Birch Society. Christopher Buckley americanbelievebirch share on social
I love Oscar Wilde, still the wittiest writer of anyone, dead or living. Christopher Buckley deadlivelove Change image and share on social
When the going gets tough in Washington, presidents appoint 'blue ribbon' commissions. Christopher Buckley appointbluecommission Change image and share on social
My instincts are conservative, but my inclinations are also libertarian. Christopher Buckley conservativeinclinationinstinct Change image and share on social
I have known John McCain personally since 1982. I wrote a well-received speech for him. Christopher Buckley johnmccainpersonally Change image and share on social
I can clear a dinner table in less than 60 seconds, moaning like a dockyard Elijah about the deficit and the inevitable reckoning. Christopher Buckley cleardeficitdinner Change image and share on social