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zentrum

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5. Wow.

Sat Sep 26, 2015, 04:25 PM

Sep 2015

And he was such a radical for his time.

If only LBJ hadn't been involved in cold-war thinking and hadn't pursued the Viet Nam war, we'd be in such better shape today. The Dems would have stayed in the WH with Humphrey after Johnson and very likely on and on. No Nixon for sure.

The war was the first huge blow to Democratic Party unity.

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And that time has come. leftofcool Sep 2015 #1

He really made quite a left turn towards the end of his life oberliner Sep 2015 #2

He was on "Larry King Live" and talked about SusanaMontana41 Sep 2015 #9

Goldwater loathed Nixon. hifiguy Sep 2015 #16

Hah! Rock salt! Hugin Sep 2015 #38

Loathed. That's the word. SusanaMontana41 Sep 2015 #39

According to Woodward and Bernstein hifiguy Sep 2015 #41

"Richard Nixon hated Commies, lastlib Sep 2015 #47

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You mean "this tired old man that we elected king"? SusanaMontana41 Sep 2015 #10

+1 nomorenomore08 Sep 2015 #20

If Goldwater were alive today, the Republicans would call him a RINO. n/t radicalliberal Sep 2015 #4

If he were a Republican. n/t SusanaMontana41 Sep 2015 #13

I hadn't thought about that! ;) n/t radicalliberal Sep 2015 #34

"If" is the operative word. I believe Goldwater would be FUCKING APPALLED by what passes... Raster Sep 2015 #57

I was a Goldwater girl. juajen Sep 2015 #23

I was an eighth-grader in the fall of 1964. (Wow! What a long time ago that was! -- radicalliberal Sep 2015 #35

No shame, juajen. I was a Nixon girl SusanaMontana41 Sep 2015 #40

If Goldwater were alive today Hillary would be on his staff YabaDabaNoDinoNo Sep 2015 #42

I read somewhere that in '64 she was a Goldwater girl. radicalliberal Sep 2015 #61

Wow. zentrum Sep 2015 #5

This might interest/infuriate you ... eppur_se_muova Sep 2015 #52

Well I'm liberal but to a degree. Juicy_Bellows Sep 2015 #6

Props. vanlassie Sep 2015 #7

Cheers! Juicy_Bellows Sep 2015 #17

Still funny as hell, 50 years later. nomorenomore08 Sep 2015 #22

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Let us not be revisionists. Goldwater was no Ike. The saying was, "In your heart, you know he's WinkyDink Sep 2015 #27

Revisionist? LOL. How about let's not be obtuse. tabasco Sep 2015 #30

I love that word Reter Sep 2015 #37

Oh, rly? I was paying attention in 1964: WinkyDink Sep 2015 #45

"In your heart, ... MgtPA Sep 2015 #54

I thought the Democratic response was: "In your guts, you know he's nuts." (eom) StevieM Sep 2015 #58

You ain't that damned old to remember the 1880s n/t Kennah Sep 2015 #56

I probably didn't agree with anything Goldwater was for but I always thought he was A Simple Game Sep 2015 #11

Neither are the Liberals...as far as I can see. nt clarice Sep 2015 #18

Many of the ones that call themselves liberals anyway. I haven't changed that much, A Simple Game Sep 2015 #25

They certainly wern't! juajen Sep 2015 #24

BG on abortion ErikJ Sep 2015 #12

".......Religion has no place in public policy" ErikJ Sep 2015 #14

K & R. Barry was foretelling about religion alright. appalachiablue Sep 2015 #15

Profound. SoapBox Sep 2015 #19

Remember... WiffenPoof Sep 2015 #21

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It's all relative. Turbineguy Sep 2015 #48

That's depressing MFrohike Sep 2015 #59

no shit barry. your asshole party invited them in with open arms. spanone Sep 2015 #26

His dauther, CC is very cool. Kath1 Sep 2015 #28

Pretty sure you've got that backwards HuskyOffset Sep 2015 #50

Whoops! Kath1 Sep 2015 #60

As a WWII pilot he carried supplies to war zones frogmarch Sep 2015 #29

Wow, quite a story. Duppers Sep 2015 #43

Receiving a Goldwater Scholoarship frogmarch Sep 2015 #46

I imagine you have a story about how you met the nurses. Duppers Sep 2015 #62

He Did Move Left Steadily colsohlibgal Sep 2015 #31

They left him, not the other way around. hifiguy Sep 2015 #36

That is funny MFrohike Sep 2015 #32

But...but...AU H2O 64! pinboy3niner Sep 2015 #44

k and r...nt. Stuart G Sep 2015 #49

"Au H2O" I actually supported him in 1964. Binkie The Clown Sep 2015 #51

As was Hillary. Duppers Sep 2015 #63

My parents were Arizonans. snort Sep 2015 #53

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