If Barry Goldwater were alive today, I wonder what his view of the GOP

[Pryderi]

would be.

“I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.”

"Every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass."

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

1. 1996 - Described himself as "the new liberal of the Republican Party"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=1556335

he woulda left by now...

[Pryderi]

8. Nice thread! Thanks for the link! "Everyone knows that gays have served

honorably in the military since at least the time of Julius Caesar."

"I don't like being called the New Right; I'm an old, old son-of-a-bitch. I'm a conservative. "

"However, on religious issues there can be little or no compromise. There is no position on which people are so immovable as their religious beliefs. There is no more powerful ally one can claim in a debate than Jesus Christ, or God, or Allah, or whatever one calls this supreme being. But like any powerful weapon, the use of God's name on one's behalf should be used sparingly. The religious factions that are growing throughout our land are not using their religious clout with wisdom. They are trying to force government leaders into following their position 100 percent. If you disagree with these religious groups on a particular moral issue, they complain, they threaten you with a loss of money or votes or both. I'm frankly sick and tired of the political preachers across this country telling me as a citizen that if I want to be a moral person, I must believe in "A," "B," "C," and "D." Just who do they think they are? And from where do they presume to claim the right to dictate their moral beliefs to me? And I am even more angry as a legislator who must endure the threats of every religious group who thinks it has some God-granted right to control my vote on every roll call in the Senate. I am warning them today: I will fight them every step of the way if they try to dictate their moral convictions to all Americans in the name of "conservatism." -- From the Congressional Record, September 16, 1981

[madmark]

2. he would demand to return to the grave

[muntrv]

3. Barry

would be fuming about the GOP being taken over by the "kooks" called the religious right.

[immoderate]

4. Barry had principle.

He would not like Bush. He would hate wht the GOP does. My opinion.

--IMM

[MichiganVote]

5. He'd call them what they are:crooks

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

6. One thing's for sure: he'd listen to Stephanie Miller

After all, her dad was his running mate in '64.

[windy252]

7. Am I incorrect in believing

that the GOP chased him out towards the end of his life?