I know who Byrd was. Buckly claimed I supported Byrd back in the day. I was pointing out that when Byrd was part of the Klan, I wasn't born. However, unless Buckly can show where those he recruited denounced the Klan like he did, Byrd's influence extends well beyond "back in the day".
Buckley is just trying to defend his own racism. And failing. I actually believe you would not have voted for Byrd, CFM. And I never believed personally Byrd ever believed a thing he said about denouncing the KKK. That was political pandering to save his seat.