FOR DR. KING, 40 YEARS LATER COMPASSIONATE CONSERVATISM

For April 4th, the 40th anniversary of the murder of the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr, some pundits on the right have produced compassionate and respectful columns. Would that the conservative writers of Reverend King's time were so enlightened, for example the recently departed William Buckley's position concerning black voting rights is quite revealing and not at all gentlemanly, despite Mr. Buckley's personal polish. To be fair most of the political right, does not openly take that position now but unfortunately only seems to "get" history, once events have become history. The isolationist movement in WWII is another case in point.
Years from now future conservative columnists will surely dismiss the very real support, nuances and all, for President Bush and his inept policies that they themselves now represent, but that again, will be after the day.