Welcome to the thread. You’re late.
Way up thread I predicted someone might say Buckley. Lots of dopers loved Bill Buckley.
But there is two things wrong with your answer.
1. He’s dead.
2. He was no conservative.
Here's another sign.
I ask again: Which of these guys are not conservatives?
Tom Tancredo
http://www.westword.com/2009-10-29/news/tom-tancredo-wants-to-turn-marijuana-into-the-toke-of-the-town/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDi8UXojlMY
Bob Barr
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-barr/federal-drug-war-rethough_b_125458.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPRPRmr8G4I
Grover Norquist
http://counterpunch.org/gardner01292006.html
Pat Robertson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQi7A5MW2kQ
Thomas Sowell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZbHndilYsI
Buckley was no conservative? Then what the heck was he?