It seems that F. H. Buckley thinks a bit differently than most Republicans and Democrats.
In his book, “Progressive Conservatism: How Republicans Will Become America’s Natural Governing Party,” he makes it quite clear why that is the case. He belongs to a genre of politics that is rare: a combination of the two (or three, if you toss in libertarian).
This is not to say that Buckley does not belong to a political party. The cover of his book makes that obvious. But it is clear that he has a smidgen of disdain for the current order of the Republican party, and much more so for the modern American political order….