Barry Goldwater Clip

In your heart, you know he's right.

this same speech would be effective today, we still face the same problems. they havent been solved in 45 years

You're right, He may have well been speaking about the present. Its shocking how decades of liberal agenda have made no progress.

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the aimlessness is still seen today, some wear pants around their ankles to the mall others wear wife beaters to court.(if you see color in that, its a projection, there is no color line forit) for every youth with a clear goal and their head on straight he wasnt talking about, you can point at 2 or 3 that he was. to parse a general statement is to miss the point when it is true.
personal cars and the freedom they provide is a passion of america,not all of us, but it is still true.

The real sadness is that this speech was made 45 years ago and we have only become worse as a nation. Slavery occurs when the citizens allow a citizen government to usurp power and become vehicle for the rights of the collective instead of the rights of the individual. This modern slavery is force fed to the people despite the obvious objections. Read your new healthcare proposal and see the new ways your government is about to control your lives.

Brilliant.

Amen! Where are the Goldwater's of today? We need individuals who bring a conscience to the process of public policy making. It's ok to have diversity of thought if that thought is backed by conscience. It seems like a tough idea for people to comprehend today and that might explain why the political process is full of pandering.

I happen to be an admirer of Goldwater's. That doesn't mean I can't disagree with a phrase from one of his speeches. It was a simple observation. Why is that unacceptable to you?

And what does any of it have to do with 2009?

Admittedly it does sound a lot like a mere talking point although aspects of conservative ideology take the view that welfare removes the incentive to work and destroys ambition.

Maybe it was a reference to youth in general and not just their educated elite.

Would that be a fair assessment? - My view is that when "youth" is spoken of in current political discourse, it's a referent to students rather than say a 20 year old who's chosen this path. - No political capital in them I'd imagine.