Barry Goldwater "Mark my words, if and when these preachers get control....

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36. A Goldwater saga involving an acquaintance:

Many years ago I treated a fellow who was a far right wing lunatic even for the 1980s. He was a hateful, racist, intolerant man with an extremely short temper and a huge physique. He was one of the most dangerous people I ever knew and was very careful around him. When he would talk politics I would nod and smile and not give him any disagreement at all whatsoever with what he was saying. He had been fired from every job he ever had as executive chef in many places including country clubs and very fine restaurants, such as we had in Philadelphia.

He had been an airman stationed in the base where Goldwater was a regular, And if I recall correctly he told me that Goldwater was a bird colonel in the Air Force. He had had many conversations with him over the years and was respectful of his rank and attainment as senator however he felt that he was way too liberal and was closer to being a Democrat than a Republican. As an aside, The interesting part about this patient of mine was that he was extremely bright and intuitive, well read, and fully aware of the implications of everything he said and wished for. He was not a moron, he was not blind, he was not stupid and that one of the reasons I found him so dangerous was that he could intuitively interpret any body language, offhand remark, or statement as a slight against him. He was known to get into altercations with just about anyone who cross his path who got on his nerves.

I was quite relieved one day when I was told that he had been found deceased in his apartment, although no one ever knew exactly what it was that killed him and everyone assumed it was a heart attack. He was the first real effective extreme right winger with whom I had to be in contact in my lifetime on a regular basis And at the time but he might be sort of an anomaly. I will certainly wrong about that.