Barry M. Goldwater

[ItsjustMe]

Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the Republican party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them.



https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/777519-mark-my-word-if-and-when-these-preachers-get-control

[marybourg]

1. He was a conservative. Those running the gop today

are radical reactionary lunatics.

[Zambero]

2. This speaks volumes as to the current state of the GOP

that, in retrospect, Barry Goldwater comes across as a reasonable moderate.

[Abolishinist]

3. Not only were he and his wife pro-abortion, they paid for their daughter to have an illegal one.

In 1956 Joanne, Barry & Margaret (Peggy) Goldwater's eldest daughter, became pregnant while still in college at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. In a later interview, Goldwater's daughter described how she was not ready to become a mother at the age of twenty and instead chose to have an abortion. At the time, abortions were federally illegal.

However, due to their financial security and political connections, Goldwater and his wife arranged for an illegal abortion for their daughter in Virginia. Peggy Goldwater supported her daughter's decision to have an abortion and helped her throughout the process. She continued her support for abortion and reproductive rights throughout her life and was a founding member of Planned Parenthood in Arizona.

[StarryNite]

4. Kick