Chris Buckley said that he ".... issued his endorsement on Oct. 5 at the Daily Beast, a Web site owned by Barry Diller's IAC/InteractiveCorp and run by former New Yorker editor Tina Brown. Mr. Buckley said he didn't publish the endorsement in the National Review in hopes that a new venue would soften the reaction from the magazine's arch-conservative readership. It did not."


He said in an interview with Chris Mathews that, following his father's principle that you could say whatever you wished as long as you presented a clear argument, he offered a complete explanation of his position in his endorsement. He went on to note McCain's shifting positions, and Obama's intelligence and leadership.
   The magazine was overwhelmed with emails and calls demanding he be fired....