Comments on: Paul Weyrich Dead at 66

By: Sad News: Conservative Icon Paul Weyrich Dead at Age 66 | Political Byline

Sad News: Conservative Icon Paul Weyrich Dead at Age 66 | Political Byline — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00:49 +0000

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By: raoul

raoul — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:29:44 +0000

Swank: Thanks for the link. What can one say.

By: Scott Swank

Scott Swank — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:52:34 +0000

I lieu of speaking ill of the recently deceased I will let him speak for himself.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/11/a-piece-of-presidential-history/

By: John Burgess

John Burgess — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:56:22 +0000

During the Reagan Administration, I had several opportunities to work with Weyrich when he was on the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy.

I found him to be level-headed and generally on the same wavelength as I on issues of Public Diplomacy. On other issues, I found him to be more extreme than I cared to go.

I did not recognize him from the photo here. When I knew him, he was on the chubby side, so he must have had a lingering illness.

By: raoul

raoul — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:26:30 +0000

He was among the last intellectual conservatives that I actually respected. Though I'm sure I will find outrageous quotes of his, he did try to persuade through reason unlike the modern brethren of know nothings (to name a couple Goldberg, Rush). I guess George Will remains, but his intellectual vacuity trails his words (what I am saying is that he intentionally distorts). Besides, Paul W. was a big fan of rail. RIP

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:21:20 +0000

I know he's been wheelchair bound for a number of years but wasn't aware that this was imminent.

By: John Cole

John Cole — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:56:26 +0000

Was he ill, or was this an unexpected thing?