Comments on: James J. Kilpatrick, RIP- the Conservative Literary Path Not Taken…. http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/08/16/james-j-kilpatrick-rip-the-conservative-literary-path-not-taken/ Author James Bovard Tue, 22 May 2012 21:10:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Jim http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/08/16/james-j-kilpatrick-rip-the-conservative-literary-path-not-taken/#comment-128388 Jim Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:40:29 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/?p=1995#comment-128388 Geez, I'm surprised how quickly that paper vanished from the local memory. Using revenue from the News Leader to pay for Rolling Stone -- wouldn't that make the News Leader an accessory to corrupting a minor??? That is more plausible than many of the terrorist financing/material support cases of recent years. Geez, I’m surprised how quickly that paper vanished from the local memory.

Using revenue from the News Leader to pay for Rolling Stone — wouldn’t that make the News Leader an accessory to corrupting a minor??? That is more plausible than many of the terrorist financing/material support cases of recent years.

]]> By: Tom Blanton http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/08/16/james-j-kilpatrick-rip-the-conservative-literary-path-not-taken/#comment-128386 Tom Blanton Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:25:52 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/?p=1995#comment-128386 I talked to several Richmonders between the ages of 30 and 40 about Kilpatrick and the News Leader. None of them knew who he was and only one remembered the News Leader. I'm surprised there has been such little mention locally about Kilpatrick's death. The best thing about the News Leader was that I made enough dough to buy stacks of 45 RPM records and Rolling Stones (when it was on newsprint) delivering that rag. For my money, I was digging Dr. H. S. Thompson's prose in R.S. far more than anything in the News Leader. I talked to several Richmonders between the ages of 30 and 40 about Kilpatrick and the News Leader. None of them knew who he was and only one remembered the News Leader. I’m surprised there has been such little mention locally about Kilpatrick’s death.

The best thing about the News Leader was that I made enough dough to buy stacks of 45 RPM records and Rolling Stones (when it was on newsprint) delivering that rag. For my money, I was digging Dr. H. S. Thompson’s prose in R.S. far more than anything in the News Leader.

]]> By: Jim http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/08/16/james-j-kilpatrick-rip-the-conservative-literary-path-not-taken/#comment-128385 Jim Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:37:22 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/?p=1995#comment-128385 I was never worth a snuff for any distance longer than 220 yards. I was never worth a snuff for any distance longer than 220 yards.

]]> By: The Infamous Oregon Lawhobbit http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/08/16/james-j-kilpatrick-rip-the-conservative-literary-path-not-taken/#comment-128384 The Infamous Oregon Lawhobbit Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:38:39 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/?p=1995#comment-128384 *ahem* "See blind Spot." "Well, no, actually he can't. Which means he doesn't run too well, either." *ahem*

“See blind Spot.”

“Well, no, actually he can’t. Which means he doesn’t run too well, either.”

]]> By: Jim http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/08/16/james-j-kilpatrick-rip-the-conservative-literary-path-not-taken/#comment-128383 Jim Wed, 18 Aug 2010 03:47:28 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/?p=1995#comment-128383 Tom, I didn't know of your links to the News Leader. That was the missing link. Kilpatrick at least usually tried to write in ways that readers would understand - as opposed to some subsequent conservative hotshots who prided themselves on pelting readers with words that have not been in common usage since roughly the time of Beowulf. Kirkpatrick was sometimes wrongheaded but he did not strike me as pretentious. As for Freeman - there was a helluva author. Tom, I didn’t know of your links to the News Leader. That was the missing link.

Kilpatrick at least usually tried to write in ways that readers would understand - as opposed to some subsequent conservative hotshots who prided themselves on pelting readers with words that have not been in common usage since roughly the time of Beowulf. Kirkpatrick was sometimes wrongheaded but he did not strike me as pretentious.

As for Freeman - there was a helluva author.

]]> By: Tom Blanton http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/08/16/james-j-kilpatrick-rip-the-conservative-literary-path-not-taken/#comment-128382 Tom Blanton Wed, 18 Aug 2010 03:29:28 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/?p=1995#comment-128382 Kilpatrick was like a rock star to all the right-wingers here in Richmond back in the 60's and 70's and all of his writings continued to appear in the News Leader back when I was delivering that paper. Now, most people in Richmond probably have no idea of who he was and many don't remember the News Leader. The News Leader was merely the afternoon version of the morning paper, the Times-Dispatch - both published by Media General on the same presses. It simply wasn't profitable for Media General to publish twice a day. Anyway, I doubt if there will be any schools named after Kilpatrick here as was the case for his old boss, Douglas Southall Freeman. His column on writing was pretty good, but I never paid much attention to anything else the old pompous windbag wrote. But, as bad as these old school guys may have been, the current crop of pompous windbags seem retarded. Kilpatrick was like a rock star to all the right-wingers here in Richmond back in the 60’s and 70’s and all of his writings continued to appear in the News Leader back when I was delivering that paper. Now, most people in Richmond probably have no idea of who he was and many don’t remember the News Leader.

The News Leader was merely the afternoon version of the morning paper, the Times-Dispatch - both published by Media General on the same presses. It simply wasn’t profitable for Media General to publish twice a day.

Anyway, I doubt if there will be any schools named after Kilpatrick here as was the case for his old boss, Douglas Southall Freeman.

His column on writing was pretty good, but I never paid much attention to anything else the old pompous windbag wrote. But, as bad as these old school guys may have been, the current crop of pompous windbags seem retarded.

]]> By: Jim http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/08/16/james-j-kilpatrick-rip-the-conservative-literary-path-not-taken/#comment-128381 Jim Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:27:30 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/?p=1995#comment-128381 And like they taught me when I was learning how to drive, if you can't see a blind spot, then it can't hurt you. And like they taught me when I was learning how to drive, if you can’t see a blind spot, then it can’t hurt you.

]]> By: The Infamous Oregon Lawhobbit http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/08/16/james-j-kilpatrick-rip-the-conservative-literary-path-not-taken/#comment-128380 The Infamous Oregon Lawhobbit Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:34:51 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/?p=1995#comment-128380 Which is not to say he didn't do some darned fine writing in other areas. It's just sad that he had a couple of blind spots. Which is why I read Jim Bovard's stuff - since we share the same blind spots, I don't know what I'm missing and therefore don't worry about it.... :D Which is not to say he didn’t do some darned fine writing in other areas. It’s just sad that he had a couple of blind spots.

Which is why I read Jim Bovard’s stuff - since we share the same blind spots, I don’t know what I’m missing and therefore don’t worry about it…. :D

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