conservaves that areas, william f. buckley wrote, were uncoordinated and inconclusive. because the philosophy of freedom was not the next systematically in the university and the media. buckley decided a new journal was needed to come back to liberals, compensate for weakness in the academy enforce the energies of the emerging conservative movement. enter national review and its editor. a 30-year-old six-foot tall unspun tali with a flashing smile, bright blue eyes and a half british have southern drawl . buckley and his colleagues described it as a synthesis of the libertarian in anti-communist wing of american conservatism. they attack e u.n. and the social impulses of both parties in our first issue, buckley heard conservatives let us that all americans in a liberal world and therefore we conservatives were out of place, no matter. national review of ford's historylinks.. confident that a vigorous and incorruptible journal of conservative opinion could make a critical difference in the realms of ideas and politics. at the same time, the emergence of senator barry gold

william f. buckley, jr. the young america's foundation is hosting an event marking axises live coverage, here on c- span. >> we have come together here today and tomorrow to mark the 50th anniversary of a very important event in american politically -- political history. it was a meeting held in great elm that led to the riding of the sheriff's -- sharon statement, the creation of the young americans for freedom, and the modern conservative youth movement. the of two excellent panels this afternoon that will look both at the influence of the events of 1960, and the rise of the modern conservative unit, as well as where we are today, and the future of freedom, free enterprise, and a strong america. i am not going to take time out to do much rather than introduce the chairman of the session, and one of the panelists, wayne thorburn. he is the author of a great new history of the events we are commemorating this week. all of our guests at a dinner tonight will receive a copy of this new book that was just

conservatives that areas, william f. buckley wrote, were uncoordinated and inconclusive. because the philosophy of freedom was not the next systematically in the university and the media. buckley decided a new journal was needed to come back to liberals, compensate for weakness in the academy enforce the energies of the emerging conservative movement. enter national review and its editor. a 30-year-old six-foot tall unspun tali with a flasing smile, bright blue eyes and a half british have southern drawl . buckley and his colleagues described it as a synthesis of e libertarian in anti-communist wing of american conservatism. they attack the u.n. and the social impulses of both parties in our first issue, buckley heard conservatives let us that all americans in a liberal world and therefore we conservatives were out of place, no matter. national review of ford's history links.. confident that a vigorous and incorruptible journal of conservative opinion could make a critical difference in the realms of ideas and politics. at the same time, the emergee of senator barry goldwa

viewers may not remember the republican party we described and it was with that brief clip of william f buckley a different beast. >> it definitely was. if you go back in time and permit me, teddy roosevelt was the prototypical progressive and even richard nixon was in favor of national health care and established the environmental protection agency. ronald reagan made a deal with tip o'neal to save social security. george h.w. bush raised taxes to balance the budget. even gorge w. was for -- these were all republican who is wanted to contribute to the discussion and they thought to make government run better, not to run away from government. >> that are raises i guess look to that overall point right now. what happens if enough of the tea partier dos well to shift the balance towards them and not just on the stump, but in congress. what is truly an anti-government concept, a group of anti-government people govern. >> with great difficulty if not impossible. i covered newt gingrich when he ran the revolution in 1994. the old one looks like nelson rockefeller compared to this one. newt couldn't

i used to occasionally debate william f. buckley.eed deeply about issues, we obvious had vigorous arguments, but we had agreed-upon facts. what fox does is create an alternate universe where the debate is distorted. it's about things that aren't true, and it leads people in a direction, for example, on economic policy where they think that the solution to a massive downturn in the economy is to cut government spending. that would take us back to the days of herbert hoover. >> the president oftentimes is critical of the cables. ironically i think he probably would fit right in if he ever hosted a show if he calls it destructive. >> ed, the truth of the matter is i think every time he said cable, he meant fox. today he actually said "fox." >> bob shrum, always a pleasure. >> thank you. >>> in our survey tonight, i asked do you agree that the democrats need to buck up? 96% said yes, 4% said no. that's "the ed show." for more information on this saturday cease one nation march, go to wegoted.com.

but it really was, as just that brief videotape clip of william f. buckley suggested, really a different beast than what we have today. correct? >> no, it definitely was. if you can go back in time a little bit, if you permit me, teddy roosevelt was the proto typical progressive. and even richard nixon was in favor of national health care and established the environmental protection agency. ronald reagan made a deal with tip o'neill essentially to save social security for a generation. george h.w. bush raised taxes to help try to balance the budget. even george w. as you pointed out was for immigration reform. so these were all republicans who wanted to contribute to the discussion and who wanted, they thought, to make government run better, not to run away from government. >> and that raises i guess let's get to that overall point here right now. what happens if enough of the tea partiers do well enough to shift the balance toward them, not just on the stump but in congress? how does what is truly an antigovernment concept, a group of antigovernment people

the john birch society, famous for being kicked out of respectable politics in the 1960s by william f. buckleyompany because they didn't want how crazy the john birchers were to be conflated with the rest of conservatives. the john birch society also famous for contending that president eisenhower, yes, ike, was not only a communist but an agent of the soviet union secretly controlled by his brother. famous for leading the charge in putting fluoride in drinking water because it was secret mind control plot. so sharon angle this weekend went to a john birch society event in utah and told the assembled crowd, quote, this is mainstream america. the john birch society and the fluoride. again, this is mainstream america. quoting sharron angle there. the john birch society is not mainstream america. it may be mainstream republican politics right now. sharron angle is in fact opposed to fluoride. but mainstream america, the john birch society, no. no, no, no, no, no, no. do you believe that president eisenhower was a soviet agent? you don't? then no. no, okay? no. joining us now for the interview is

marks the 50th anniversary of a statement by a group of young conservatives of the home of william f. buckley. today a look at the impact of that document. tomorrow is the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and we will have live coverage as the new memorial in shanksville, pennsylvania, is unveiled at 9:30 a.m. eastern with michelle obama and laura bush. president obama will be at the benning benning's memorial ceremony. live coverage of that -- pentagon's memorial ceremony. and at 2:00 eastern we'll be with the pilots as they remember 9/11. this weekend on c-span 2's book tv, lawrence right pulitzer prize winner for "the looming power" on the events that led up to 9/11. on afterwards, posteditor in chief editor in chief arianna huffington. she's interviewed by cnbc's maria. go to book tv.org. >> the bottom line is we need our borders secured and we can't afford all the illegal immigration. >> it's hurt us. it's hurt arizona's economy seriously. we see the stories everyday. >> with the midterm elections about 50 days away, follow campaign 2010 online at the c-span video library w

the fact that william f. buckley junior is no longer an icon for conserve tiffs may be the clearest sign yet that the authorities of old have collapsed. baton rouge, louisiana. steven on the republican line. good morning. caller: yes. actually, moderation has got us in the shape we're in right now. that is a moot point about a moderate move because obama ran as a moderate and then he took the gloves off when he got in office and has driven us into the ground. so moderation is not what we need. we need good old-fashioned -- we need good old-fashioned blibcal principle ideas that respect the constitution. thank you. host: i wanted to ask you about pat too mi. guest: is he the conservative republican? host: he's running against the democrat joe sestak. caller: he's running as a republican. i'll support him. host: he ran with the backing of the tea party supporters. he is now, according to articles sort of tacking to the middle and saying that he is a moderate voice. that he would have voted for the likes soff sonya sota