I remember reading from multiple of Buckley's published materials that the race issue ended up being one of his greatest regrets at National Review. The worst aspect of conservative fusionism is that it had to continue to pander to the far right, with its extreme xenophobia and racism. The Goldwater election (which Buckley saw as a necessary precursor to Reagan's 1980 win) signaled the death of the black Republican. NR should have taken the same stand against the supremacists that they did against the Birchers.
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