It is merciful, perhaps, that Buckley did not live to see the detested Ayn Rand become the central intellectual figure on the right.

Until recently the only prominent conservative known to have been influenced at one point by the Evita of the nerds was Alan Greenspan, and he was given a pass for a youthful indiscretion..

Source: http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2010/03/15/ayn_rand/